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VMware – Fix for Kernel 4.2..?

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on August 1, 2015 by RGAugust 1, 2015

Thanks to craigacgomez on the VMware Forum, there is a hack to fix VMware (vmnet) with Kernel 4.2..  https://communities.vmware.com/thread/516196 I made some more changes, to make it backward-compatible, and it seems to work OK with Kernels 4.1.3 and 4.2-rc4.. I should emphasize that I am an amateur at such things, but if you want to try this, … Continue reading →

Posted in compilation, CuBox, Hacks, kernel, Linux, VMware | Tagged backward-compatible, hack, kernel 4.2, sk_alloc, vmnet fix, vmnetint.h, vmware 11 | 5 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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