Re: [2.6 patch] let 4KSTACKS depend on EXPERIMENTAL and XFS on4KSTACKS=n

[Zwane Mwaikambo]

On Thu, 29 Jul 2004, Mika Bostrom wrote:

>   Now, the reason this can't be any kind of bugreport is clear:
>   1) kernel is tainted
>   2) VMWare's modules are not yet updated to cope with 2.6.7 kernel
>
>   So until VMWare updates their product, I consider this a bug in their
> modules. When they do, I intend to test 4k stacks again. If the hangs
> continue, then I shall see with their support whether it can be tracked
> to their code or not.
>
>   But at least at the moment if you wish to use VMWare and XFS, using 4k
> stacks is, in my experience, asking for trouble.

Given that XFS and 4k stacks has known issues perhaps it isn't a fault of
VMWare. I've been using VMWare 4 with 4K stacks running linux, netbsd and
win2k on a system with a 30day uptime, i'm using ext3 on 2.6.7-rc3-mm2.
-
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/