Comment 10 for bug 1275656

In response to comment #9 from Michael Schaller:
> Robert, what are HWE kernels on Precise?
> Which of these metapackages will install a HWE kernel?
> linux-image-generic-lts-quantal
> linux-image-generic-lts-raring
> linux-image-generic-lts-saucy
> linux-image-generic-lts-trusty

All of those install an HWE kernel, you want Saucy or later. A kernel which is v3.9 or later is required for functionality in these patches and I will clarify in the package description with an update to the patch attached here. I suggest Saucy as of today because it is the supported LTS kernel in Precise as per https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/LTSEnablementStack#Kernel.2BAC8-Support.Ubuntu_Kernel_Support. The Trusty LTS kernel for Precise is in early preview as of today and will not be supported until 12.04.5 according to that web page.

To make things easier, there is a single meta package you can use to point to the latest HWE kernel, linux[-image]-hwe-generic. Sadly, that package is still pointing to Quantal but I have opened bug #1319471 to correctly point the linux[-image]-hwe-generic packages to linux[-image]-generic-lts-saucy. Hopefully that can be resolved by the time this package becomes available and we'll have simpler guidance on which kernel to use.

> Robert, if you introduce a new package to Precise can you also make sure that there is a transitional package in Trusty?
> This would greatly help during a dist-upgrade from Precise to Trusty...

The second patch does just that, it updates the trusty open-vm-tools packages to provide transitional packages and make for a smooth Precise to Trusty upgrade.