Messages in this thread | | | From | David Sanders <> | Subject | Re: [BUG] x86 kenel won't boot under Virtual PC | Date | Sun, 7 Sep 2008 22:49:15 -0400 |
| |
On Sunday 07 September 2008 21:48, H. Peter Anvin wrote: > David Sanders wrote: > > Yes the patch you supplied (and now in Linus's tree) fixes (part) of the > > problem. In order to get a working kernel I also need a patch for the > > nops.h issue. I have tested and confirmed that the patch posted by Linus > > works and finally solves the problem with virtual PC. > > > > Linus please apply your patch (which I quote below). > > No, please don't. Instead, David, please enable CONFIG_X86_GENERIC. >
I checked the distribution I'm using (debian) and the kernel shipped with it does not have CONFIG_X86_GENERIC set. This means _when_ they ship a 2.6.27 kernel it won't work with Virtual PC so I won't be able to even install it. However, with Linus's patch I am guaranteed to work for all kernels built for X86_32 and even for X86_64 because in that case the virtual environment will support the multibyte NOPs. I need Linus's fix in order to support the Linux-using virtual pc community. I don't have the resources to lobby each individual distribution about their kernel config. I want it to just work. David
| |