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Re: Hyper-V Synthetic drivers on SL6
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Troy Dawson <[log in to unmask]>
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Troy Dawson <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 3 Mar 2011 13:22:09 -0600
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On 03/03/2011 12:14 PM, Dave Capone wrote:
> Hi,
> Is there a way to enable to the Hyper-V synthetic drivers in the SL6
> kernel similiar to Ubuntu?
> Can they be enabled with a recompile?

I currently don't know, I'll leave that for others to answer.

>If so, would the SL
> developers/contributors consider publishing 2 versions of the
> distribution, one with the drivers enabled and another with them
> disabled?  I am admittedly unfamiliar with recompiling linux kernels to
> add this support.

That I can answer.  The answer is no.
It has been the tradition of Scientific Linux to never mess with the 
kernel.  It's not a matter of not knowing how to recompile the kernel, 
it's a matter of support.  We don't have the resources to support a 
second kernel.

Troy
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