Bug 45748

Summary:	vmware-workstation-4.0.5.6030-r1 crash after kernel upgrade
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	erik poupaert <erik.poupaert>
Component:	Current packages	Assignee:	Chris Gianelloni (RETIRED) <wolf31o2>
Status:	RESOLVED NEEDINFO
Severity:	normal	CC:	vapier
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description erik poupaert 2004-03-25 16:02:51 UTC

The original situation, which I have restored, works fine:
bzImage-2.4.20-gentoo-r5-gcc3.2.3 CC=(no flags) CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu"
vmware complains about it though; because my current system compiler is gcc3.3.2. It even says that it *will* crash, but it doesn't.

The buggy situation, which crashes randomly, is the current kernel/current gcc, with a few optimization flags:
bzImage-2.4.22-gentoo-r7-gcc3.3.2 CC=="-march=pentium4 -mcpu=pentium4 -pipe -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer -frename-registers -fforce-addr" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu"

So, I'm now forced to use an old, ugly and unoptimized kernel in order to keep M$Windows running. What can I do to upgrade the kernel anyway, without crashing vmware?

Reproducible: Always
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Comment 1 Chris Gianelloni (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2004-03-29 10:27:46 UTC

Have you tried the newest VMWare version in portage?

Comment 2 Chris Gianelloni (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2004-04-28 18:46:50 UTC

1 month + no response == resolved-needinfo