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SubjectRe: Linux with kvm-intel locks up VMplayer guest is started
On Tue, Jun 17, 2008 at 8:44 AM, Martin Michlmayr <tbm@cyrius.com> wrote:
> Sorry, Anthony, I just realized I misparsed your response. So you're
> saying that it's a known issue and that VMware is the problem. Thanks
> a lot! I'll take it up with VMware.

i think what he's saying is that VMWare is a closed binary blob
executing in the kernel; so there's no way to certify anything with
this.

as soon as you put some unknown (and unknowable, unverifiable,
untrustable) code in the kernel, you can't know what will work and
what won't.

--
Javier


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