Kernel 3.17-rc1 – OK with VMware and NVIDIA..
Just installed Kernel 3.17-rc1, and the latest VMware (10.0.3) and NVIDIA (340.32) drivers compile and load OK… I had previously had trouble with VMware and NVIDIA’s ‘beta’ driver 343.13, so did not test this version again..
$ uname -a Linux rglinux-i7 3.17.0-rc1 #1 SMP PREEMPT Sat Aug 16 13:56:55 PDT 2014 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
Brief details of -rc1 are here: http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1408.2/00077.html
Robert Gadsdon. August 16, 2014.
Just wanted to let you know that if you intend to work with VMware Workstation 10.0.3 on 3.17rc3, you do need to modify the vmnet source code. Below please find a diff, showing the modifications required where vmnet-only-patched is the version required to be able to successfully compile.
root@erwin-pc:/tmp/modules# diff vmnet-only/netif.c vmnet-only-patched/netif.c
152c152
dev = alloc_netdev(sizeof *netIf, deviceName, NET_NAME_UNKNOWN, VNetNetIfSetup);
Many thanks for the info.. I have applied that change you mention, and it seems to work just fine!
RG.