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From: Chris Cox <onebeer@××××××××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Vmware modules doesn't build for gentoo-2.6.9-gentoo-r3 kernel
Date: Tue, 07 Dec 2004 09:16:21
Message-Id: 200412070316.12228.onebeer@bluebottle.com
In Reply to: RE: Re: [gentoo-user] Vmware modules doesn't build for gentoo-2.6.9-gentoo-r3 kernel by Matthew Marlowe
1 On Monday 06 December 2004 05:47 pm, Matthew Marlowe wrote:
2 > >> 
3 > >>
4 > >> >>What is the location of the directory of C header files that match
5 > >> >> your running
6 > >> >>kernel? [/lib/modules/2.6.9-gentoo-r3/build/include]
7 >
8 > The above is the correct syntax. We are using similiar g.d.s. kernels for
9 > vmware GSX here. However, you probably want to switch to the ck kernel tree
10 > as it has patches to fix oom-killer and other vmware sensitive bugs.
11 > Otherwise, your you may find virtual machines being killed off for no
12 > reason during high util.
13 >
14 > I don't know why the modules weren't building for you.
15 >
16 I posted that question on 9 Nov, since then I've updated my kernel at least
17 twice. And the problem has been corrected. I don't know people are just now
18 sending replies to this thread.
19
20 Chris
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Re: [gentoo-user] Vmware modules doesn't build for gentoo-2.6.9-gentoo-r3 kernel Martin Larsson <martin.larsson@×××××.com>