Hello there,
is there any chance 2.6.29 kernels in Fedora 10 or 11 would be make the use of VMware Workstation 5.5 possible without patching/recompiling?
This following post presents a tiny patch for 2.6.29 kernels so that VMWare 5.5 can be used (otherwise you have to use VMWare 6.x, meaning paying the upgrade price):
http://www.insecure.ws/2009/04/21/vmware-specific-specific-55x-and-kernel-26...
For the moment I'm stuck w/ F10's 2.6.27 kernel, but might consider upgrading to F11 if its latest kernel is OK for VMWare 5.5 or eventually recompile the kernel (in F10 or F11).
Regards,
wwp wrote:
is there any chance 2.6.29 kernels in Fedora 10 or 11 would be make the use of VMware Workstation 5.5 possible without patching/recompiling?
We do not support proprietary software, and I think a patch to export private APIs will definitely be considered a no-go.
Kevin Kofler
Hello Kevin,
On Mon, 06 Jul 2009 15:11:50 +0200 Kevin Kofler kevin.kofler@chello.at wrote:
wwp wrote:
is there any chance 2.6.29 kernels in Fedora 10 or 11 would be make the use of VMware Workstation 5.5 possible without patching/recompiling?
We do not support proprietary software, and I think a patch to export private APIs will definitely be considered a no-go.
I thought the "problem" of incompatibility between recent kernels and "old" VMWare WS version were due to mis-exported kernel symbols. If I'm wrong I can understand your point. Thanks for your reply!
Regards,
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Kevin Kofler -
wwp