From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S267867AbUBRTZB (ORCPT ); Wed, 18 Feb 2004 14:25:01 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S267908AbUBRTZB (ORCPT ); Wed, 18 Feb 2004 14:25:01 -0500 Received: from pileup.ihatent.com ([217.13.24.22]:58851 "EHLO pileup.ihatent.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S267867AbUBRTYK (ORCPT ); Wed, 18 Feb 2004 14:24:10 -0500 To: "Petr Vandrovec" Cc: Zoltan NAGY , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: v2.6 in vmware? References: <10ADD433537@vcnet.vc.cvut.cz> From: Alexander Hoogerhuis Date: 18 Feb 2004 20:23:34 +0100 In-Reply-To: <10ADD433537@vcnet.vc.cvut.cz> Message-ID: <8765e4fayx.fsf@lapper.ihatent.com> User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.3 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org "Petr Vandrovec" writes: > On 18 Feb 04 at 14:37, Zoltan NAGY wrote: > > I've been trying to get 2.6.x working in vmware4, but it drops some > > oopses during init... I cannot provide details, but I'm sure that it > > does not just me who are having problems with it.. > > Definitely you are... I do not know about any problems with running > 2.6.x as a guest under VMware. > There was something about sysenter support or something in that general direction; I had Zwane Mwaikambo send me a patch that worked around this for pre 4.0.5 vmware, but never got around to test it as I upgraded the vmware software. Grep the archives for "[PATCH][2.5] VMWare doesn't like sysenter" and "2.6.0 under vmware ?", and look here: http://www.ussg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0401.0/1254.html mvh, A -- Alexander Hoogerhuis | alexh@ihatent.com CCNP - CCDP - MCNE - CCSE | +47 908 21 485 "You have zero privacy anyway. Get over it." --Scott McNealy