Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 1 Sep 1999 01:26:30 +0200 | From | Jens Axboe <> | Subject | Re: linux-kernel-digest V1 #4372 |
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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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