linux-kernel - Re: VMware, x86

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Date:	Tue, 1 May 2007 13:09:33 +0200 (MEST)
From:	Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@...ux01.gwdg.de>
To:	Jeff Chua <jeff.chua.linux@...il.com>
cc:	nigel@...el.suspend2.net, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: VMware, x86_64 and 2.6.21.

On May 1 2007 14:13, Jeff Chua wrote:
> On 5/1/07, Nigel Cunningham <nigel@...el.suspend2.net> wrote:
>> Hi.
>> 
>> Does anyone have VMware working on x86_64 with 2.6.21? It's working fine
>> for me with 2.6.20, but freezes the whole computer with 2.6.21. Before I
>
>
> I'm on i386 and noticed it makes the "guest" very unresponsive.
>
> Uncheck "disable write-caching" solves the problem.

Why do you even have "disable wc" turned _on_? (Yes, it's a VMware 5 bug where
it gets randomly set upon machine creation, VM WS 6 has it fixed.)

Jan
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