Re: VMWare Server and Kernel?
On Sun, 12 Feb 2006 20:21:26 +0100
"Jan Johansson" <j2@mupp.net> wrote:
> I am about to set up a new VMWare host since VMWare Server is now a free
> application.
>
> I have understood that in order to complie the various modules, you "must"
> use the exact same GCC for the kernel as for the module.
>
> Now, if I want to grab linux-image-2.6.15-686-smp and make sure I can build
> the VMWare modules how would I go about doing that?
>
> Can I download the kernel source and make an "exact copy" of the prepackaged
> kernel somehow? As in, all modules compiled the same way and so forth?
>
> Any hints appreciated!
You could try 'make oldconfig' using your current config (you can find it in /boot) and use make-kpkg to build a kernel package, which you can install with 'dpkg -i your-kernel-package.deb'
Andrei
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