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VMware – 14.1.0 released – OK with Kernel 4.14, Still Broken with 4.15, and a Nasty Hack to Fix..

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on December 21, 2017 by RGDecember 21, 2017

Just updated to VMware Workstation 14.1.0, and release notes are here:  https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-Workstation-Pro/14.0.0/rn/workstation-141-release-notes.html This now works OK with Kernel 4.14 (tested with 4.14.8) but vmmon is still broken with Kernel 4.15 (tested with 4.15-rc4): ……………. /tmp/modconfig-04hK9s/vmmon-only/linux/hostif.c: In function ‘HostIF_InitUptime’: /tmp/modconfig-04hK9s/vmmon-only/linux/hostif.c:1770:4: error: implicit declaration of function ‘init_timer’; did you mean ‘init_timers’? [-Werror=implicit-function-declaration] init_timer(&uptimeState.timer); ^~~~~~~~~~ init_timers /tmp/modconfig-04hK9s/vmmon-only/linux/hostif.c:1771:31: error: assignment from … Continue reading →

Posted in compilation, Crash and Burn.., Hacks, kernel, Linux, Opinion, patches, VMware | Tagged broken with 4.15, driver.c, hostif.c, kernel, linux, nasty hack, ok with kernel 4.14, patches, vmmon, vmware 14.1.0 | 3 Replies

VMware 11 – Fix for vmnet and Kernel 3.19..

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on January 23, 2015 by RGJanuary 23, 2015

Thanks to Al Viro, and to coderus on the VMware forum, we now have a solution for vmnet and Kernel 3.19, as follows: In vmnet-only/driver.c (lines 269, 1194, and 1195): Replace instances of f_dentry with f_path.dentry In vmnet-only/userif.c (line 526): Replace    return skb_copy_datagram_iovec(skb, 0, &iov, len); with    struct iov_iter to;    iov_iter_init(&to, READ, &iov, 1, … Continue reading →

Posted in compilation, Crash and Burn.., Hacks, kernel, Linux, VMware | Tagged driver.c, kernel 3.19, success, userif.c, vmnet fix, vmware 11.0 | Leave a reply
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