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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 – Fix for Kernel 4.14-rc1..

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on September 17, 2017 by RGSeptember 17, 2017

Thanks to Niol for reporting this – and thanks to mkubecek for the patch itself – there is a fix for vmmon with Kernel 4.1.-rc1.   Details are here:   https://github.com/mkubecek/vmware-host-modules/commit/770c7ffe611520ac96490d235399554c64e87d9f I have created this patch, and applied it to vmmon (hostif.c), and VMware 12.5.7 (with this patch, and the 4.13 vmnet patch) now runs OK on Kernel 4.14-rc1.. … Continue reading →

Posted in compilation, fix, kernel, Linux, patches, VMware | Tagged hostif.c, kernel 4.14-rc1, patch, success, vmmon, vmware | Leave a reply

KERNEL – 4.8-rc1 Out – Breaks VMware and NVIDIA – and Fixes..

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on August 8, 2016 by RGAugust 8, 2016

Kernel 4.8-rc1 is out, and brief details are here:   http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1608.0/04804.html VMware 12.1.1 – with the previous 4.6/4.7 patches, fails to compile vmmon: /tmp/modconfig-gfkQLR/vmmon-only/linux/hostif.c: In function ‘HostIF_EstimateLockedPageLimit’: /tmp/modconfig-gfkQLR/vmmon-only/linux/hostif.c:1597:47: error: ‘NR_ANON_PAGES’ undeclared (first use in this function) Further research revealed that NR_ANON_PAGES has been changed to NR_ANON_MAPPED in 4.8, and so the fix is quite simple.. In ~/vmmon-only/linux/hostif.c, around … Continue reading →

Posted in fix, Hacks, kernel, Linux, NVIDIA, Performance, VMware | Tagged additional patches, breaks vmware and nvidia, compiles ok, hostif.c, kernel 4.8-rc1, nvidia 367.35, nvidia-drm, patches available, vmmon, vmware 12.1.1 | 8 Replies
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