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VMware – 5.8 Fix now merged with 15.5.6 Patchset..

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on September 6, 2020 by RGSeptember 6, 2020

The fixes for Kernel 5.8 (and 5.9-rc..) support have now been incorporated in the usual VMware vmmon/vmnet 15.5.6 patchset, at: https://github.com/mkubecek/vmware-host-modules/tree/workstation-15.5.6.     Thanks are due to baryonix and mkubecek .. Robert Gadsdon.   September 6th 2020. … Continue reading →

Posted in fix, kernel, Linux, patches, VMware | Tagged kernel 5.8 patches merged, vmmon, vmnet, vmware 15.5.6 | 8 Replies

VMware – Fix for Kernel 4.13-rc1 and vmnet, Already..

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on July 15, 2017 by RGJuly 15, 2017

Thanks to fast work by dariusd at the VMware forum, there is already a fix for the vmnet compile failure with Kernel 4.13-rc1.. The patch can be found on this thread:  https://communities.vmware.com/message/2688967 I have tested it, and vmnet now compiles OK, and VMware 12.5.7 loads/runs on Kernel 4.13-rc1.. Robert Gadsdon.   July 15, 2017. … Continue reading →

Posted in fix, kernel, Linux, VMware | Tagged kernel 4.13-rc1, patch, success, vmnet, vmware 12.4.7 | 1 Reply

VMware – Not Working with Fedora 26 – GCC 7, and Workarounds..

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on March 12, 2017 by RGJuly 16, 2017

UPDATE:  The vmware runtime fix shown here has not worked since version 12.5.6, and the solution is in a later article:  http://rglinuxtech.com/?p=1992 I have recently updated one crash-and-burn system to Fedora 26 (alpha/testing) and have encountered two problems with VMware and the ‘bleeding edge’ version of GCC included.. The first problem sounded very familiar, and it is a … Continue reading →

Posted in alpha release, compilation, Crash and Burn.., Fedora, fix, Hacks, kernel, Linux, VMware | Tagged fedora 26, fix, gcc 7, gcc 7.0.1, manual compile, vmmon, vmnet, vmware 12.5.3 runtime fails, workarounds | 21 Replies

VMware – Patch for Kernel 4.11 Support..

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on March 7, 2017 by RGMarch 7, 2017

Thanks to Virgo, there are now patches for vmnet and vmmon with Kernel 4.11 (see his comments under the earlier article).    These are incremental patches, for application to VMware 12.5.2 code already patched for Kernel 4.9/4.10 support.. Links are here:   http://pastebin.com/McqmUf0u     and    http://pastebin.com/yjbDHiSX I have modified these (adding appropriate #if LINUX_VERSION_CODE…… #endif statements) to be backward-compatible with … Continue reading →

Posted in compilation, Crash and Burn.., fix, Hacks, kernel, Linux, patches, Performance, VMware | Tagged incremental patches, kernel 4.11-rc1, vmmon, vmnet, vmware 12.5.2 | 7 Replies

VMware – Possible Kernel 4.7 Fix for 12.1.1..

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on May 31, 2016 by RGMay 31, 2016

Thanks to g, from their comment on my previous article ( http://rglinuxtech.com/?p=1746 ), there may be a more correct vmnet fix than simply ‘commenting out the code’..    Replace dev->trans_start = jiffies with  netif_trans_update(dev) in netif.c I have made this change, and VMware 12.1.1 is – so far – loading and running OK, as usual.. Robert Gadsdon.   May 30, … Continue reading →

Posted in compilation, fix, Hacks, kernel, Linux, VMware | Tagged fix, kernel 4.7-rc1, netif.c, vmnet, vmware 12.1.1 | 7 Replies

Kernel – 4.2-rc1 – and rc2 – and -rc3 – Breaks Nvidia and VMware..

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on July 6, 2015 by RGJuly 20, 2015

Update:   Same results with 4.2-rc3..    (RG  July 19) Update:   Kernel 4.2-rc2 fails with VMware (vmnet) and NVIDIA in the same ways..     (RG July 14) Updated to kernel 4.2-rc1 on the test system: # uname -a Linux rg6830l 4.2.0-rc1 #1 SMP Sun Jul 5 18:36:06 PDT 2015 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux Brief details are here:  http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1507.0/02156.html VMware 11.1.2 … Continue reading →

Posted in Linux | Tagged 11.1.2, 346.82, 352.21, compile fail, gpl-only, kernel 4.2-rc1, nvidia, sk_alloc, too few arguments, vmnet, vmnetbridgeup, vmware, workqueue.c | Leave a reply

VMware – Backward-Compatible 3.19 Fix..

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

After the solution to the Kernel 3.19/vmnet problem mentioned in previous posts, I have produced a fix that includes tests for kernel versions, and works with Kernel 3.19 and with earlier kernel versions.. This is probably not the most elegant code, but it works – I have tested it with VMware 11.0 and Kernels 3.19-rc5 and 3.18.3 … Continue reading →

Posted in compilation, Crash and Burn.., Hacks, kernel, Linux, Opinion, Performance, VMware | Tagged backward-compatible, kernel 3.19 fix, success, test for kernel version, vmnet, vmware 11 | 36 Replies

Kernel 3.17-rc4 – OK with (Patched) VMware, and latest NVIDIA..

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on September 8, 2014 by RGSeptember 8, 2014

Updated to Kernel 3.17-rc4, and the vmnet-patched VMware (10.0.3) and latest NVIDIA (340.32) all compile/load OK..    See previous -rc3 article for details of the patch.. $ uname -a Linux rg6830l 3.17.0-rc4 #1 SMP PREEMPT Sun Sep 7 22:33:23 PDT 2014 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux Details of the changes are here:  http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1409.0/04463.html Robert Gadsdon.  September 8, 2014. … Continue reading →

Posted in compilation, kernel, Linux, NVIDIA, VMware | Tagged kernel 3.17-rc4, linux, nvidia 340.32, success, vmnet, vmware 10.0.3 patched | 2 Replies

Kernel 3.17-rc3 – Breaks VMNET – and a Fix..

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on September 4, 2014 by RGSeptember 4, 2014

Just tested Kernel 3.17-rc3, and it breaks VMware (10.0.3) – vmnet: ……………. /tmp/modconfig-d0zqLW/vmnet-only/netif.c: In function ‘VNetNetIf_Create’: /tmp/modconfig-d0zqLW/vmnet-only/netif.c:152:64: error: macro “alloc_netdev” requires 4 arguments, but only 3 given     dev = alloc_netdev(sizeof *netIf, deviceName, VNetNetIfSetup);                                                                 ^ /tmp/modconfig-d0zqLW/vmnet-only/netif.c:152:10: error: ‘alloc_netdev’ undeclared (first use in this function)     dev = alloc_netdev(sizeof *netIf, deviceName, VNetNetIfSetup); …………… Thanks to Erwin Zoer (see … Continue reading →

Posted in compilation, Crash and Burn.., Hacks, kernel, Linux, Opinion, Performance, VMware | Tagged fix, kernel 3.17-rc3, netif.c, net_name_unknown, requires 4 arguments, success, vmnet, vmware problem | 4 Replies

VMware 10.0.2 – No Patch Needed..

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on April 21, 2014 by RGApril 21, 2014

Just upgraded to VMware Workstation 10.0.2, and no patches are needed…   Tested with (Host) Kernels 3.14.1 and 3.15-rc2.. Details are here:  https://www.vmware.com/support/ws10/doc/workstation-1002-release-notes.html Robert Gadsdon.   April 21, 2014.. … Continue reading →

Posted in kernel, Linux, VMware | Tagged kernel 3.14.1, kernel 3.15-rc2, no patches needed, success, vmnet, vmware 10.0.2 | 2 Replies

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