[CentOS] RHEL / CentOS Kernel Updates

[Akemi Yagi]

On Jan 29, 2008 12:25 PM, William Hooper <whooperhsd at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Jan 29, 2008 3:18 PM, Les Mikesell <lesmikesell at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Johnny Hughes wrote:
> > >
> > > Overall ... unless you really, Really, REALLY need a newer kernel, it is
> > > best to use the one provided by the distribution.
> >
> > Is there a difference in the way kernel modules are managed between
> > CentOS4 and 5?  I thought that under CentOS4 after a kernel update
> > VMware would insist that you run vmware-config.pl but it would always
> > say that the existing module loads perfectly, where under CentOS5 it
> > always compiles a new version for each updated kernel.
>
> If we are talking about VMWare Server, RHEL4 is a supported OS, but
> RHEL5 isn't.  If your not on a supported OS, it won't have a
> pre-configured set of modules.
>
> It does look like RHEL5 support was added in VMWare Workstation 6, but
> I haven't used that version.

With VMWare Workstation 6 under CentOS-5, you run vmware-config.pl for
each kernel update, but you do not need to compile the modules each
time.

Akemi