[TriLUG] re: VMware and kernel 2.4.8 ( 2.4.7 compiles vm*.o fine on my amd box).

[Brett Bolen]

>On Thu, Sep 13, 2001 at 10:06:27AM -0400, Brett Bolen spoke thusly:
>> The error I get when i run vmware-config.pl is
>> 
>>   vmnet.o: unresolved symbol _mmx_copy
>> 
>> I'm building an amd athlon kernel.  Is this relevant?
>
>Might be. The athlon doesn't ahve MMX, and vmware relies on some of
>those calls to virtualize it's Intel Pentium CPU.

I went back to a 2.4.7 kernel, and it compiled on my athlon.  I have 
it running, now to get opengl direct rendering back up...