[CentOS] CentOS 4 vs 5 for VMware?

[Akemi Yagi]

On 8/6/07, redhat at mckerrs.net <redhat at mckerrs.net> wrote:
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Johnny Hughes" <johnny at centos.org>
> To: "CentOS mailing list" <centos at centos.org>
> Sent: Monday, August 6, 2007 9:55:10 PM (GMT+1000) Australia/Brisbane
> Subject: Re: [CentOS] CentOS 4 vs 5 for VMware?
> >
> > The kernels are available in testing form here:
> >
> > http://people.centos.org/~hughesjr/vmware-kernels/
> >
> >
> >
> > Johnny, will these kernels eventually be pushed into centosplus ?
> >
>
> Maybe ... we are trying to work out a way to prevent conflict.  Users
> seem to have a problem with more than 1 item of the same type in a
> specific repo.  We will put out instructions on how to use
> "exclude=whatever" in yum, but they don't and then we get a hundred bug
> reports / e-mails that the plus kernel replaces the vmware kernel or the
> other way around.
>
> If we can have them easily coexist in the same repo and make it EASY for
>  the users and provide the content, then we will put them there,
> otherwise (or until then) people will need to look for it here.
>
> Thanks,
> Johnny Hughes
>
> Cool,
>
> would you say they are ready for primetime even although they are in 'testing' ?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Brian.

The i686 version has been tested / used for a while now and I'm sure
Johnny can tell you his experience.  As for x86_64, it is not as
extensively tried.  I have been running it in a test VM and all seems
good so far.

Akemi