Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2001 15:37:26 +0900 (JST) From: Masahide -mac- NODA <mac@clave.gr.jp> To: stable@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: peter@wemm.org Subject: Re: 4.4-RC kernel can't boot on vmware Message-ID: <20010822.153726.126569560.mac@clave.gr.jp> In-Reply-To: <20010820073103.142BD3811@overcee.netplex.com.au> References: <20010819.210151.74757516.mac@clave.gr.jp> <20010820073103.142BD3811@overcee.netplex.com.au>
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Now, I cvsup RELENG_4 again(08/22 13:00 JST) and make kernel on vmware guest OS. It works fine! Why? I don't know, but, I'm happy. :) Probably, recent pci commit has some effect.... Thank you! Peter! From: Peter Wemm <peter@wemm.org> Subject: Re: 4.4-RC kernel can't boot on vmware Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2001 00:31:03 -0700 Message-ID: <20010820073103.142BD3811@overcee.netplex.com.au> peter> > peter> The only effect that the commit changed that is not masked by peter> > peter> the CPU_ENABLE_SSE that I know about is the change to the pcb peter> > peter> structure layout. I would like to know if the following peter> > peter> (UNTESTED) patch has any effect: peter> > peter> > peter> Index: npx.h peter> > peter> > I test this patch for cvsuped 4.4-RC kernel, compiled without peter> > CPU_ENABLE_SSE option. It works fine! (fpu.ko fail to compile) peter> peter> This is bad news. :-( It looks like vmware "knows" the layout of the pcb peter> structure and is breaking when it doesn't recognize it anymore. :-( peter> peter> I've got a query in with the vmware folks. -- mac@clave.gr.jp/mac@jp.freebsd.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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