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Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2011 13:21:23 +0200
From: Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: A helping hand with virtual machines, please.
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On Wed, 23 Nov 2011 10:17:07 +0100
Nicolas Sebrecht <nsebrecht@piing.fr> wrote:
> The 22/11/11, Alan McKinnon wrote:
>
> > I use virtualbox and it's the one I recommend.
> >
> > The kernel modules are no better and no worse than any other
> > out-of-tree modules.
>
> You're wrong. Using the virtualbox module means you turn the kernel to
> "tained crap" because of the number of problems it causes, including
> random memory curruption.
>
Care to back that up with something resembling evidence?
EVERY out-of-tree module will taint the kernel. As to whether it
deserves the "crap" moniker is a matter of opinion
--
Alan McKinnnon
alan.mckinnon@gmail.com