From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S267415AbUHVPSM (ORCPT ); Sun, 22 Aug 2004 11:18:12 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S267465AbUHVPSM (ORCPT ); Sun, 22 Aug 2004 11:18:12 -0400 Received: from the-village.bc.nu ([81.2.110.252]:17807 "EHLO localhost.localdomain") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S267415AbUHVPSH (ORCPT ); Sun, 22 Aug 2004 11:18:07 -0400 Subject: Re: 2.6.8.1-mm2 breaks vmware From: Alan Cox To: Petr Vandrovec Cc: Tonnerre , Ville Herva , Arjan van de Ven , Andrew Morton , petr@vandrovec.name, Linux Kernel Mailing List In-Reply-To: <20040822135923.GA24092@vana.vc.cvut.cz> References: <20040820104230.GH23741@viasys.com> <20040820035142.3bcdb1cb.akpm@osdl.org> <20040820131825.GI23741@viasys.com> <20040820144304.GF8307@viasys.com> <20040820151621.GJ23741@viasys.com> <20040820114518.49a65b69.akpm@osdl.org> <20040820184932.GA11789@devserv.devel.redhat.com> <20040820193024.GL23741@viasys.com> <20040822114214.GB19768@thundrix.ch> <20040822135923.GA24092@vana.vc.cvut.cz> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <1093184131.24597.0.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.6 (1.4.6-2) Date: Sun, 22 Aug 2004 15:15:32 +0100 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sul, 2004-08-22 at 14:59, Petr Vandrovec wrote: > > Does VMware > 4.0 still require cmov? > > Yes, this requirement is not going to go away: VMware >= 4.0 / GSX >= 3.0 require > processors which support CMOV instruction. qemu isnt as fast and isnt as featured but doesn't need cmov. The current one runs stuff like Win98 rather well including PCI video card emulation. Alan