The patch doesnt apply clean with Kernel-2.4.5-ac13 either but does patch
clean with the standard 2.4.5 kernel.
On Thursday 14 June 2001 11:31 am, you wrote:
> I just upgraded to kernel 2.4.6-pre3 - there are several important VM
> fixes in there which will likely have an effect on w4l, especially for
> those ppl who are having the "slowness" issues.
>
> Problem is, the patch does not apply clean to the kernel, one of the
> hunks for arch/i386/kernel/entry.S fails. I manually applied using my
> best judgement, and the kernel complied and booted fine. But I got a
> problem when the init script for Win4Lin ran in the boot process -
> something to do with vnet - something to the effect of "found kernel
> BUG" with a stack dump following. Once booted, attempting to start
> win4lin results in an 'vm86 process died'.
>
> So - any chance of a working 2.4.6-pre3 patch?
>
> Also, I realize this may be an ignorant question - but it deserves
> asking and serious thought by the developers: Is there a critical
> reason why Win4Lin needs to patch the kernel in order to work? If there
> was any way for it to build kernel modules and simply load those w/o
> patching the kernel directly (a la vmware) it would be a pretty
> important change for the better IMHO. It would definitely make it
> possible for a much wider audience to use the product.
>
> Al
>
>
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