--- configure	Mon Feb 19 21:49:15 2007
+++ /home/reddawg/qemu-0.9.0/configure	Mon Feb 19 21:00:11 2007
@@ -111,6 +111,7 @@
 ;;
 FreeBSD)
 bsd="yes"
+freebsd="yes"
 oss="yes"
 if [ "$cpu" = "i386" -o "$cpu" = "x86_64" ] ; then
     kqemu="yes"
@@ -719,6 +720,10 @@
 if test "$solaris" = "yes" ; then
   echo "CONFIG_SOLARIS=yes" >> $config_mak
   echo "#define HOST_SOLARIS $solarisrev" >> $config_h
+fi
+if test "$freebsd" = "yes" ; then
+  echo "CONFIG_FREEBSD=yes" >> $config_mak
+  echo "#define HOST_FREEBSD 1" >> $config_h
 fi
 if test "$gdbstub" = "yes" ; then
   echo "CONFIG_GDBSTUB=yes" >> $config_mak
--- Makefile.target	Mon Feb 19 21:49:15 2007
+++ /home/reddawg/qemu-0.9.0/Makefile.target	Mon Feb 19 21:07:04 2007
@@ -440,7 +440,11 @@
 ifndef CONFIG_DARWIN
 ifndef CONFIG_WIN32
 ifndef CONFIG_SOLARIS
+ifndef CONFIG_FREEBSD
 VL_LIBS=-lutil -lrt
+else
+VL_LIBS=-lutil
+endif
 endif
 endif
 endif
--- osdep.c	Mon Feb 19 22:01:46 2007
+++ /home/reddawg/qemu-0.9.0/osdep.c	Mon Feb 19 21:40:45 2007
@@ -79,7 +79,12 @@
 
 #if defined(USE_KQEMU)
 
+#ifdef HOST_FREEBSD
+#include <sys/param.h>
+#include <sys/mount.h>
+#else
 #include <sys/vfs.h>
+#endif
 #include <sys/mman.h>
 #include <fcntl.h>
 
@@ -102,6 +107,9 @@
 #ifdef HOST_SOLARIS
             tmpdir = "/tmp";
         if (statvfs(tmpdir, &stfs) == 0) {
+#elif HOST_FREEBSD
+            tmpdir = "/tmp";
+        if (statfs(tmpdir, &stfs) == 0) {
 #else
             tmpdir = "/dev/shm";
         if (statfs(tmpdir, &stfs) == 0) {
--- vl.c	Mon Feb 19 22:01:46 2007
+++ /home/reddawg/qemu-0.9.0/vl.c	Mon Feb 19 22:10:06 2007
@@ -47,6 +47,9 @@
 #ifndef __APPLE__
 #include <libutil.h>
 #endif
+#ifdef HOST_FREEBSD 
+#include <sys/module.h>
+#endif
 #else
 #ifndef __sun__
 #include <linux/if.h>
@@ -3171,6 +3174,34 @@
 
 #endif /* CONFIG_SLIRP */
 
+#ifdef HOST_FREEBSD
+
+#define LOAD_QUIETLY   1
+#define LOAD_VERBOSLY  2
+
+/* This function is used to load needed kernel modules for tap */
+int loadmodules(int how, const char *module, ...) {
+  int loaded = 0;
+  va_list ap;
+
+  va_start(ap, module);
+#ifndef NO_MODULES
+  while (module != NULL) {
+    if (modfind(module) == -1) {
+      if (kldload(module) == -1) {
+        if (how == LOAD_VERBOSLY)
+          fprintf(stderr, "%s: Cannot load module\n", module);
+      } else
+        loaded++;
+    }
+    module = va_arg(ap, const char *);
+  }
+  va_end(ap);
+#endif
+  return loaded;
+}
+#endif
+
 #if !defined(_WIN32)
 
 typedef struct TAPState {
@@ -3226,11 +3257,55 @@
     char *dev;
     struct stat s;
 
+#ifdef HOST_FREEBSD
+    int i, kldtried = 0, enoentcount = 0, err = 0;
+    char dname[100];
+#ifdef USE_DEVTAP
+    /*
+     * 5.x has /dev/tap, but that seems to just blindly increase its
+     * couter on every open() for some people(??), i.e. on every qemu run.
+     */
+    i = -1;
+#else
+    i = 0;
+#endif
+    for (; i < 10; i++) {
+        if (i == -1)
+           strcpy(dname, "/dev/tap");
+        else
+           snprintf(dname, sizeof dname, "%s%d",
+                    "/dev/tap", i);
+        fd = open(dname, O_RDWR);
+        if (fd >= 0)
+            break;
+        else if (errno == ENXIO || errno == ENOENT) {
+            if (i == 0 && !kldtried++) {
+                /*
+                 * Attempt to load the tunnel interface KLD if it isn't loaded
+                 * already.
+                 */
+                if (loadmodules(LOAD_VERBOSLY, "if_tap", NULL))
+                    i = -1;
+                continue;
+            }
+            if (errno != ENOENT || ++enoentcount > 3) {
+                err = errno;
+               break;
+            }
+        } else
+            err = errno;
+    }
+    if (fd < 0) {
+        fprintf(stderr, "warning: could not open %s (%s): no virtual network emulation\n", dname, strerror(err));
+        return -1;
+    }
+#else
     fd = open("/dev/tap", O_RDWR);
     if (fd < 0) {
         fprintf(stderr, "warning: could not open /dev/tap: no virtual network emulation\n");
         return -1;
     }
+#endif
 
     fstat(fd, &s);
     dev = devname(s.st_rdev, S_IFCHR);