Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2007 15:18:31 +0100 From: Adam J Richardson <fatman@crackmonkey.us> To: CyberLeo Kitsana <cyberleo@cyberleo.net> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: VMware Player 2 Linux on 6.2-RELEASE Message-ID: <46CEE8B7.8030704@crackmonkey.us> In-Reply-To: <46CE304E.3090500@cyberleo.net> References: <46CE09A8.2010304@crackmonkey.us> <46CE304E.3090500@cyberleo.net>
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CyberLeo Kitsana wrote: > Unless the two machines have identical CPUs with identical capabilities, > this will likely end in failure. Operating systems aren't happy having > their CPUs switch capabilities or instruction sets between one cycle and > the next. I hadn't considered that. I assumed VMware "virtualised" the CPU, so that hot-swapping would be possible without a panic. You mean it allows direct access to the CPU? builder# dmesg | head | grep CPU: CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU T7200 @ 2.00GHz (2008.36-MHz 686-c So it does. Didn't notice that. Oh well, I can just start the VM on the slower machine. :) Adam J Richardson
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