[F.Req] Updates to the 17.0.2 modules? (Yes, I know they're retired, please un-retire them)

[yum13241]

Workstation 17.0.2 is the last version before the XSAVE instruction is required, so it'd be great if the modules could be updated to work with newer kernels.

Right now, the only solution is using an LTS kernel, and even that won't last forever.

The only real solution would be to use Workstation 16, which you still update (it doesn't have the RETIRED file), which is an inferior product. If 17.0.2 is archaic, 16.2.5 more so. Even then, you may end up not updating Workstation 16 modules.

[KJBurton]

This is a sore point for me too. Absolute damn nuisance. Why the hell this XSAVE thing can't just be selected if needed.

17.0.2 is last version of any use to me me likewise. This module compiling on recent kernels is bonkers. One of the main reasons i use Linux is because it runs happily on my old Z600 workstation. Only thing not happy now is me.

Let us please have a workaround for this.

Kevin

[yum13241]

Why the hell this XSAVE thing can't just be selected if needed.

Not how programming works to be honest. You'd have to have 2 huge pipelines with bugs unique to each.

Not to play devil's advocate, but you'd think since their main users are businesses that they'd keep compatibility, but I'd assume that they wanted to do some refactoring or something and they had to use XSAVE to keep the code clean (even though VBox exists).

See this EndeavourOS forums thread for more information. (READ: A fix for Linux <=6.11)