Re: VmWare Workstation and 2.6.8.1 kernel

From: Jean-Marie Verdun (vejmarie_at_numericable.fr)
Date: 09/27/04

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    Date: Mon, 27 Sep 2004 21:48:32 +0200
    
    

    Hi,

    I will be very surprised that it could be AMD related, I am surprised that
    the AthlonXP has this issue
    while the Pentium M doesn't seems to have. I will be very happy to know
    which vmware version our
    Pentium M user ( Craig ) test the 2.6.8.1 kernel.

    I am running the 2.6.8.1 64 bits kernel version, and I was more suspecting a
    32 bits compatibility issue
    between the vmnet driver and the vmnet-bridge binary which is a 32 bits
    binary.
    The vmnet driver is "OpenSource" while the vmnet-bridge binary is not, so we
    will have to get
    back to vmware unfortunatly they do not provide support for demo user. So is
    there a vmware user
    registered into the list. Before acquiring the software I would like at
    least to make it work for my target system !

    Jm
    ----- Original Message -----
    From: "Robert Locke" <rlocke@ralii.com>
    To: "For users of Fedora Core releases" <fedora-list@redhat.com>
    Sent: Monday, September 27, 2004 9:13 PM
    Subject: Re: VmWare Workstation and 2.6.8.1 kernel

    > On Mon, 2004-09-27 at 13:00, Craig wrote:
    > > <snip>
    > > Of course I did. Not only is this "vmware 101", but vmware 4x builds
    will tell
    > > you what to do if you don't (at least it will according to the vmware
    site). I
    > > will say that it would appear to be an AMD-related issue since I am
    running an
    > > Athlon XP myself. Although I would have to admit, despite the numerous
    times
    > > such processor-specific problems have been reported, this would be the
    first
    > > time I've ever run into any specific issues regarding AMD vs. Intel, I
    still
    > > believe/hope that it would be something more configuration-specific that
    could
    > > be edited/fixed. Otherwise I will have to return to dual-booting for
    this
    > > project which wouldn't make me very happy. :(
    >
    > I figured you probably had run it, but thought it might be worth
    > mentioning... <grin>
    >
    > I don't know much about AMD, is the Athlon XP the AMD64 architecture,
    > like the OP? Of course, this probably means a need to go troll the
    > vmware support site to get the specifics.... petr, over there always
    > seems to have a vmanyanyupdate that seems to help many people....
    >
    > --Rob
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