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Re: VMWare on current kernels



On Mon, 05 Feb 2007 the mental interface of
Jan Schledermann told:

[...]
> A significant difference between the pre-compiled 2.6.18-1-686
> kernel and the source code, is that the source code by default
> creates version 2.6.18 and NOT 2.6.18-1-686. This version
> difference could cause the compile problem?

No! Since 2.6.18 we're using include/linux/utsrelease.h instead of
include/linux/version.h. Either the vm-sources have to be patched or
as you suggested use  a selfconfigured (compiled) kernel.

Elimar

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