Kernel – 5.14-rc4 – VMware 16.1.2 Fix Already Available..
Kernel 5.14-rc4 is out, and brief details are here: http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/2108.0/00269.html The most recent – patched – NVIDIA driver 470.57.02 is OK, but if you have an earlier version of the VMware 16.1.2 patchset, you may encounter an error when booting a Windows guest: “The operation on file “/home/rgadsdon/vmware/Windows_XP_Pro-SP3-2/Windows_XP_Pro-000001-cl3-s002.vmdk” failed.” … etc … – followed by boot failure.. … Continue reading →