Summary: | Vmware's vmware-config.pl doesn't compile with 2.6.0-test10 kernel, on arch amd64 | ||
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Product: | Gentoo Linux | Reporter: | Jeff Davey <jeffdavey> |
Component: | New packages | Assignee: | Chris Gianelloni (RETIRED) <wolf31o2> |
Status: | RESOLVED CANTFIX | ||
Severity: | normal | CC: | amd64, vapier |
Priority: | High | ||
Version: | unspecified | ||
Hardware: | All | ||
OS: | Linux | ||
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Package list: | Runtime testing required: | --- |
Description
Jeff Davey
2003-11-25 14:02:16 UTC
Uhh, VMware is not an emulator ... don't expect it to work on amd64 unless vmware specifically releases an amd64 version. Since it does require kernel modules, I seriously doubt you'll see this working anytime soon. theres a reason KEYWORDS is set to "-* x86" :) For some reason, since the amd64 can do 32bit emulation, I figured vmware would work. Maybe making a chroot would work? Or having to have a module loaded with the kernel is a big deal? I do not know the internals of Vmware, but if the kernel module has any closed-source portions, or does anything that assumes 32bit (assuming the module is necessary), it's not going to be possible, because you can't load a 32bit object into a 64bit object. But vmware should run in 32bit mode if it didn't require that module... Quite simply, AMD64 is not a supported platform for VMWare. VMWare's kernel modules are not writtent o be 64-bit clean. You *can* run VMWare on AMD64, provided you're using a 32-bit x86 kernel. |