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authorknu <knu@FreeBSD.org>2000-07-19 03:13:15 +0800
committerknu <knu@FreeBSD.org>2000-07-19 03:13:15 +0800
commitbe130347cdacc230267e14cb7534ff99d3543ce4 (patch)
tree3ae1674e4e92cb226735638e41f7d1934555fbf2 /emulators
parent1d9897726e086998678d3b520f57debce66fae2b (diff)
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Add a note for users to always keep the kernel and this port in sync.
Diffstat (limited to 'emulators')
-rw-r--r--emulators/vmware2/files/Hints.FreeBSD6
-rw-r--r--emulators/vmware3/files/Hints.FreeBSD6
2 files changed, 12 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/emulators/vmware2/files/Hints.FreeBSD b/emulators/vmware2/files/Hints.FreeBSD
index a2e4540f5b7f..59bf8445adbc 100644
--- a/emulators/vmware2/files/Hints.FreeBSD
+++ b/emulators/vmware2/files/Hints.FreeBSD
@@ -2,6 +2,12 @@ $FreeBSD$
Here is a list of some useful hints on using VMware on FreeBSD.
+- Note that this port includes some kernel modules, which means you
+should rebuild and reinstall this port everytime you update the kernel
+so as to keep them in sync; otherwise VMware might coredump or crash
+together with the whole system if kernel interfaces were somewhat
+different than before.
+
- Full screen text mode does not work. Don't ever do it!
- Full screen graphics mode will work, but you have to be careful e.g.
diff --git a/emulators/vmware3/files/Hints.FreeBSD b/emulators/vmware3/files/Hints.FreeBSD
index a2e4540f5b7f..59bf8445adbc 100644
--- a/emulators/vmware3/files/Hints.FreeBSD
+++ b/emulators/vmware3/files/Hints.FreeBSD
@@ -2,6 +2,12 @@ $FreeBSD$
Here is a list of some useful hints on using VMware on FreeBSD.
+- Note that this port includes some kernel modules, which means you
+should rebuild and reinstall this port everytime you update the kernel
+so as to keep them in sync; otherwise VMware might coredump or crash
+together with the whole system if kernel interfaces were somewhat
+different than before.
+
- Full screen text mode does not work. Don't ever do it!
- Full screen graphics mode will work, but you have to be careful e.g.