Re: linux-kernel-digest V1 #4372

Jens Axboe (axboe@image.dk)
Wed, 1 Sep 1999 01:26:30 +0200

On Sun, Aug 29 1999, Alan Cox wrote:
> > Sorry, false alert. This only happens after someone has used vmware on the
> > computer. OTOH it is strange that Linux can't lock the door even after
> > vmware has terminated.
>
> Vmware isnt a unix application constrained by the OS. It does hardware level
> stuff of its own.

Yes, but what they do in this case is mask out the door locking
capabilities and then "manually" lock/unlock as needed. The
previous state is not restored in thise case, it seems.

-- 
*  Jens Axboe <axboe@image.dk>
*  Linux CD-ROM Maintainer
*  http://www.kernel.dk


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