Re: [Cooker] Win4Lin kernel patches (was: running IE 5)

[Randy Welch]

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> IIRC, they are similar to the kernel hooks already added to support VMware,
> so there _should_ be no ideological issues here.
> 

There are no special 'VMware' hooks in Mandrake.  VMware has modules
they load into the kernel.  No re-compile of the kernel source required.

Since running running Mandrake I haven't had to ( or really wanted to )
re-compile the kernel from source.  And yes I used to do it all the
time.  

Right now that 's what has kept me from trying Win4Lin.  I have a nicely
running system and won't do a whole lot to it until Mandrake has a 2.4
based distro ( yes my main box is still at 7.1 )

> According to the feedback I got from Trelos (now Netraverse), the Mandrake
> folks just don't want to consider it. If true, that's unfortunate.
> 
Perhaps Netraverse would like to have something a little more plug and
play...

-randy