Let me add to what David said earlier:
The file include/linux/sched.h was changed in 2.2.19 and various fields of
the struct task_struct were changed and fileds were added.
The field that screwed up Win4Lin is: unsigned int task_exclusive;
Try moving this to the end of the struct task_struct, then make clean, make
bzImage.
-Alex
> On Tue, 10 Apr 2001, David Peet wrote:
>
> > The problem with at least certain distributions 2.2.19 kernel is that
the task structure
> > was modified to in such a way that any module that uses the "suser()"
inline function
> > and was compiled on different system, will have the suser() function
malfunction.
> > When this function malfunctions, the result in the Win4Lin module is
> > that you will get this "IMPROPER_INSTL" error. The only thing that can
be done
> > for now is to modify the task structure so it works in a back-wards
complatible
> > way and rebuild the kernel. Win4Lin 3.0 was changed to not use
"suser()" because
>
> I haven't tried with a 'stock' 2.2.19 kernel, but another possible
> workaround could be to build with SMP support. Anybody care to confirm or
> deny?
>
>
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