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Subject: Re: Fedora 10 and Fedora 11's 2.6.29 kernels vs VMWare WS 5.5

From: wwp <subscript@xxxxxxx>

Date: Thu, 6 Aug 2009 10:09:27 +0200

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Hello Kevin,

On Mon, 06 Jul 2009 15:11:50 +0200 Kevin Kofler <kevin.kofler@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> wwp wrote:
> > is there any chance 2.6.29 kernels in Fedora 10 or 11 would be
> > make the use of VMware Workstation 5.5 possible without
> > patching/recompiling?
> 
> We do not support proprietary software, and I think a patch to export 
> private APIs will definitely be considered a no-go.

I thought the "problem" of incompatibility between recent kernels and
"old" VMWare WS version were due to mis-exported kernel symbols. If I'm
wrong I can understand your point. Thanks for your reply!

Regards,

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wwp

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