where is the rawhide kernel?..(was:Re: vmware support)

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whrere is the rawhide kernel i mean the url?

thx..


El jue, 07-11-2002 a las 03:35, Marcel J.E. Mol escribió:
> I just installed the latest kernel from rawhide, rebuild the
> vmware modules and noticed that vmware did not crash anymore!
> (libnice did not ssem to work for me though)
> 
> -Marcel
> 
> On Thu, Nov 07, 2002 at 12:49:41AM +0100, Samuel Monsarrat wrote:
> > > 1.  Late in the development cycle RH introduced a scheduler-fixes
> > patch to the 
> > > kernel which causes vmware to panic/crash when you shutdown/poweroff
> > the 
> > > guest.  The fix is to use a replacement for nice().  This is available
> > at: 
> > > http://www.angelfire.com/linux/ylai/
> > > 
> > > This is needed to run both the 3.1.1 and 3.2 versions (I don't know
> > about 
> > > others).  If you (for some reason) cannot get libnice.tar.gz from the
> > above, 
> > > email me and I will send you a copy (it is only 10K).  After
> > installing 
> > > libnice.so, you use it by doing:
> > > 
> > > LD_PRELOAD=libnice.so  vmware
> > > 
> > > to run vmware.
> > 
> > Thanks, got rid of the panic with libnice.so. works great.
> > 
> > > 2. With respect to 3.2, after installing 3.2, configure the kernel
> > source 
> > > properly:
> > > 
> > >  a) edit Makefile so that EXTRAVERSION matches the kernel you are
> > running
> > >  b) copy the config file for the kernel you are running from configs
> > to 
> > > arch/i386/defconfig
> > >  c) make mrproper
> > >  d) make oldconfig
> > >  e) make dep
> > > 
> > > The to configure vmware do:
> > > 
> > >  CC=/usr/bin/gcc  vmware-config.pl
> > > 
> > 
> > I am a relative newbe with regards to kernel stuff, could you explain
> > what this second point is about, why it should be done?
> > 
> > Sam.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
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