On Mon Apr 29, 2002 at 01:03:00PM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Has anyone gotten vmware to compile modules for the secure kernel in > > 8.2/cooker yet? It's complaining that the source in > > /usr/src/linux/include is different from the running kernel > > (ie. 2.4.18-6.4mdk vs. 2.4.18-6.4mdksecure). > > > > So I try to build the modules manually, in /usr/lib/vmware/modules, as > > this worked well for me with 8.1 when it wasn't building properly, but > > now when I run vmware-config.pl it doesn't find any suitable drivers > > and I've tried saving them as up-2.4.18-6.4mdksecure-8.2, smp-*, and > > even secure-*, with the SMP option enabled in the properties file > > because it looks as though the secure kernels are built for SMP. > > > > On another note, is there a performance hit on a single CPU system > > running the secure kernel with SMP code enabled? > > > > > What version of VMWare are you running? There's a patch available from > the support site to fix module compilation on >2.4.7 kernels for VMware > 2.x. However, I've not built it against the secure kernel.
[vdanen@logan vdanen]$ rpm -q VMwareWorkstation VMwareWorkstation-3.1.1-1790 [vdanen@logan vdanen]$ I don't think a patch for 2.x will work... =) -- MandrakeSoft Security; http://www.mandrakesecure.net/ "lynx -source http://www.freezer-burn.org/bios/vdanen.gpg | gpg --import" 1024D/FE6F2AFD 88D8 0D23 8D4B 3407 5BD7 66F9 2043 D0E5 FE6F 2AFD Current Linux kernel 2.4.18-6.4mdk uptime: 3 hours 0 minutes.
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