Re: Latest kernels and VMWare
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From: "Christopher A. Williams" <chrisw01(a)comcast.net>
To: "For testers of Fedora Core development releases"
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Sent: Sunday, July 16, 2006 5:38 AM
Subject: Re: Latest kernels and VMWare
On Sat, 2006-07-15 at 20:59 -0600, Stephen John Smoogen wrote:
> On 7/15/06, Tom London <selinux(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> > On 7/15/06, Jim Bevier <jim(a)jbsys.com> wrote:
> > > The last couple of kernels (2396 & 2401) create a problem with the
> > > vmware-config.pl script. It seems the 2.6.18 kernel mods have
> > > changed where
> > > the definition of "UTS_RELEASE" is stored. It used to be in
> > > version.h, now
> > > it is in utsrelease.h. Manually adding "#include utsrelase.h" to
the
> > > version.h file gets me past this problem. It caused vmware to not be
> > > able
> > > to find the proper kernel include files. One I get past this problem
> > > vmmon
> > > build fine, but building vmnet aborts with "unknown symbol
> > > 'lockdep_init_map'". I guess this is some new kernel thing.
Does
> > > anyone
> > > know how to get around this error? I like to test vmware and ntfs
> > > for each
> > > new kernel release.
> > >
> > > Jim
> > >
> > No easy way around this.....
> >
> > The new kernel adds a new 'CONFIG_LOCKDEP' option that appears to add
> > some stuff (GPL code, I think) that 'breaks' the VMWare vmmon.
> >
> > Here is a reference: http://lkml.org/lkml/2006/7/4/247
> >
> > Looks like Petr (from VMWare) is working on it (I hope!).
> >
> > Until then, the last kernel that I've gotten VMWare working is
> > kernel-2.6.17-1.2339.fc6. Don't delete that one!
> >
>
> I have not had a problem with vmware for a while after using the usual
> vmware-any-any.tar.gz [ http://ftp.cvut.cz/vmware/ ]
Same here. Using the latest vmware-any-any.tar.gz patch on VMware
Workstation 5.5, the compiler flags a few warnings, but it compiles and
runs just fine.
I also just loaded VMware Server GA version on FC5 with the same kernel
update (2.6.17-1.2157). It compiles flawlessly out of the box with no
warnings at all (no patches required).
I have the 101 fixes and vmware did work until the 2.6.18 mods started ~2356
kernel I think. Update to rawhide and you will find vmware no longer builds
or works! Note that I was using kernels 2396 and 2401 on FC6T1, not FC5.
Vmware works fine on FC5.
Jim
Cheers,
Chris
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