Firstly – my apologies for late response to some messages – this (12-year-old) website has been experiencing some issues, and really needs to be updated\/rehosted…\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 I am travelling, away from my main systems, and only have a laptop to test with..<\/p>\n
I have been testing the latest VMware Workstation releases from Broadcom – 17.6 and 17.6.1 – and have found them to be inconsistent and in some cases unusable..<\/p>\n
With the 17.6.x releases on my HP Envy 17 laptop (Intel i7) and Kernel 6.11.5, VMware install hangs, and vmnet(?) throws a tombstone:<\/p>\n
…………….. Sometimes the install appears to complete successfully, but then there is no network connection available to the guest (Win10) system…<\/p>\n After further testing, I have reverted to 17.5.2…\u00a0 Fortunately 17.5.2 with the 6.9 patchset still works fine on Kernel 6.11.x (tested with 6.11.5) and 6.12-rc (tested with 6.12-rc4)..\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 It is worth mentioning that the 17.6.1 release has been reported to compile\/install with Kernel 6.11 without<\/span> any patches, but I have not had an opportunity to confirm this yet…..<\/p>\n Robert Gadsdon.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 October 26th 2024.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Firstly – my apologies for late response to some messages – this (12-year-old) website has been experiencing some issues, and really needs to be updated\/rehosted…\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 I am travelling, away from my main systems, and only have a laptop to test with.. I have been testing the latest VMware Workstation releases from Broadcom – 17.6 and 17.6.1 – …<\/span> Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,6,14,15,19,20,25],"tags":[2686,2684,2687,2685,366,761,2683],"class_list":["post-3263","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-compilation","category-crash-and-burn","category-kernel","category-linux-2","category-opinion","category-performance-2","category-vmware","tag-6-9-patchset","tag-install-hangs","tag-ok-with-kernel-6-12-rc4","tag-reverted-to-17-5-2","tag-tombstone","tag-vmnet","tag-vmware-17-6-x"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rglinuxtech.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3263","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rglinuxtech.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rglinuxtech.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rglinuxtech.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rglinuxtech.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3263"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/rglinuxtech.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3263\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3267,"href":"https:\/\/rglinuxtech.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3263\/revisions\/3267"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rglinuxtech.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3263"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rglinuxtech.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3263"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rglinuxtech.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3263"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n[ 6.877091] \/dev\/vmmon[1111]: Module vmmon: registered as misc device<\/strong><\/span>
\n[ 6.877094] \/dev\/vmmon[1111]: Using tsc_khz as TSC frequency: 2611200<\/strong><\/span>
\n[ 6.877095] \/dev\/vmmon[1111]: Module vmmon: initialized<\/strong><\/span>
\n[ 6.889536] Guest personality initialized and is inactive<\/strong><\/span>
\n[ 6.889577] VMCI host device registered (name=vmci, major=10, minor=121)<\/strong><\/span>
\n[ 6.892913] Initialized host personality<\/strong><\/span>
\n[ 6.907321] NET: Registered PF_VSOCK protocol family<\/strong><\/span>
\n[ 6.914929] Missing ENDBR: init_module+0x0\/0xd0 [vmnet]<\/strong><\/span>
\n[ 6.914939] ------------[ cut here ]------------<\/strong><\/span>
\n[ 6.914940] Kernel BUG at exc_control_protection+0x28f\/0x2a0 [verbose debug info unavailable]<\/strong><\/span>
\n[ 6.914947] Oops: invalid opcode: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP NOPTI<\/strong><\/span>
\n[ 6.914950] CPU: 10 UID: 0 PID: 1190 Comm: modprobe Tainted: G O 6.11.5 #1<\/strong><\/span>
\n[ 6.914953] Tainted: [O]=OOT_MODULE<\/strong><\/span>
\n[ 6.914953] Hardware name: HP HP Envy Laptop 17-cw0xxx\/8BDE, BIOS F.06 11\/06\/2023<\/strong><\/span>
\n[ 6.914954] RIP: 0010:exc_control_protection+0x28f\/0x2a0<\/strong><\/span>
\n [6.914956] Code: f9 ff 45 31 c9 49 89 d8 b9 09 00 00 00 48 8b 93 80 00 00 00 be 63 00 00 00 48 c7 c7 96 9c 58 8c e8 06 0e f9 ff e9 e38 fe ff ff <0f> 0b 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 0f 1f 44 00 00 90 90 90 90 90<\/strong><\/span>
\n[ 6.914957] RSP: 0018:ffffaf76820d3a00 EFLAGS: 00010002<\/strong><\/span>
\n[ 6.914959] RAX: 000000000000002b RBX: ffffaf76820d3a38 RCX: 0000000000000000<\/strong><\/span>
\n[ 6.914960] RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: ffff9c40cfa9c840 RDI: ffff9c40cfa9c840<\/strong><\/span>
\n[ 6.914961] RBP: 0000000000000000 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: ffffaf76820d37f8<\/strong><\/span>
\n[ 6.914962] R10: ffffffff8c922208 R11: 0000000000000003 R12: 0000000000000003<\/strong><\/span>
\n[ 6.914963] R13: 0000000000000000 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: 0000000000000000<\/strong><\/span>
\n[ 6.914964] FS: 00007f88b5c77740(0000) GS:ffff9c40cfa80000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000<\/strong><\/span>
\n[ 6.914965] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033<\/strong><\/span>
\n[ 6.914966] CR2: 00007f88b5c7651d CR3: 0000000125448000 CR4: 0000000000f50ef0<\/strong><\/span>
\n[ 6.914967] PKRU: 55555554<\/strong><\/span>
\n[ 6.914969] Call Trace:<\/strong><\/span>
\n[ 6.914972] <TASK><\/strong><\/span>
\n[ 6.914973] ? __die_body.cold+0x19\/0x26<\/strong><\/span>
\n[ 6.914976] ? die+0x29\/0x50<\/strong><\/span>
\n[ 6.914977] ? do_trap+0xc5\/0x110<\/strong><\/span>
\n[ 6.914980] ? do_error_trap+0x60\/0x80<\/strong><\/span>
\n[ 6.914982] ? exc_control_protection+0x28f\/0x2a0<\/strong><\/span>
\n[ 6.914983] ? exc_invalid_op+0x4d\/0x70<\/strong><\/span>
\n[ 6.914985] ? exc_control_protection+0x28f\/0x2a0<\/strong><\/span>
\n[ 6.914986] ? asm_exc_invalid_op+0x1a\/0x20<\/strong><\/span>
\n[ 6.914990] ? exc_control_protection+0x28f\/0x2a0<\/strong><\/span>
\n[ 6.914991] asm_exc_control_protection+0x26\/0x40<\/strong><\/span>
\n[ 6.914994] RIP: 0010:init_module+0x0\/0xd0 [vmnet]<\/strong><\/span>
\n[<\/strong><\/span> 6.914999] Code: e1 cc 66 90 b8 f7 ff ff ff c3 cc cc cc cc b8 ff ff ff ff c3 cc cc cc cc 66 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 <66> 0f 1f 00 53 e8 a6 4e 00 00 85 c0 0f 85 65 7d 00 00 48 c7 c2 a0<\/strong><\/span>
\n[ 6.915000] RSP: 0018:ffffaf76820d3ae8 EFLAGS: 00010246<\/strong><\/span>
\n[ 6.915001] RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffffffffc1e53120 RCX: 0000000000000000<\/strong><\/span>
\n[ 6.915002] RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: ffffaf76820d3ad0<\/strong><\/span>
\n[ 6.915003] RBP: 0000000000000000 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: ffffaf76820d3836<\/strong><\/span>
\n[ 6.915004] R10: 00000000000007e0 R11: 0000000000000006 R12: 000055fd38660715<\/strong><\/span>
\n[ 6.915004] R13: ffffaf76820d3af0 R14: ffff9c394e64fa00 R15: ffff9c397ad174c8<\/strong><\/span>
\n[ 6.915005] ? __pfx_init_module+0x10\/0x10 [vmnet]<\/strong><\/span>
\n[ 6.915010] do_one_initcall+0x5b\/0x290<\/strong><\/span>
\n[ 6.915013] do_init_module+0x5b\/0x1f0<\/strong><\/span>
\n[ 6.915016] init_module_from_file+0x81\/0xc0<\/strong><\/span>
\n[ 6.915018] idempotent_init_module+0x11c\/0x310<\/strong><\/span>
\n[ 6.915020] __x64_sys_finit_module+0x57\/0x90<\/strong><\/span>
\n[ 6.915021] do_syscall_64+0x7d\/0x160<\/strong><\/span>
\n[ 6.915023] ? ksys_lseek+0x64\/0xb0<\/strong><\/span>
\n[ 6.915025] ? syscall_exit_to_user_mode+0x10\/0x1c0<\/strong><\/span>
\n[ 6.915027] ? do_syscall_64+0x89\/0x160<\/strong><\/span>
\n[ 6.915029] ? vfs_read+0x154\/0x370<\/strong><\/span>
\n[ 6.915031] ? vfs_read+0x154\/0x370<\/strong><\/span>
\n[ 6.915032] ? __rseq_handle_notify_resume+0xa1\/0x3e0<\/strong><\/span>
\n[ 6.915035] ? switch_fpu_return+0x46\/0x80<\/strong><\/span>
\n[ 6.915037] ? syscall_exit_to_user_mode+0x197\/0x1c0<\/strong><\/span>
\n[ 6.915038] ? do_syscall_64+0x89\/0x160<\/strong><\/span>
\n[ 6.915040] ? do_user_addr_fault+0x31b\/0x570<\/strong><\/span>
\n[ 6.915042] ? exc_page_fault+0x5f\/0x80<\/strong><\/span>
\n[ 6.915043] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x71\/0x79<\/strong><\/span>
\n[ 6.915045] RIP: 0033:0x7f88b550055d<\/strong><\/span>
\n[ 6.915046] Code: ff c3 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 90 f3 0f 1e fa 48 89 f8 48 89 f7 48 89 d6 48 89 ca 4d 89 c2 4d 89 c8 4c 8b 4c 24 08 0f 05 <48> 3d 01 f0 ff ff 73 01 c3 48 8b 0d 83 58 0f 00 f7 d8 64 89 01 48<\/strong><\/span>
\n[ 6.915047] RSP: 002b:00007ffdf0346938 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000139<\/strong><\/span>
\n[ 6.915049] RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 000055fd7732fef0 RCX: 00007f88b550055d<\/strong><\/span>
\n[ 6.915050] RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 000055fd38660715 RDI: 0000000000000003<\/strong><\/span>
\n[ 6.915051] RBP: 00007ffdf03469f0 R08: 00007f88b55f6b20 R09: 0000000000000000<\/strong><\/span>
\n[ 6.915051] R10: 000055fd77330040 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 000055fd38660715<\/strong><\/span>
\n[ 6.915052] R13: 0000000000040000 R14: 000055fd7732ff90 R15: 000055fd77330bd0<\/strong><\/span>
\n[ 6.915054] <\/TASK><\/strong><\/span>
\n[ 6.915054] Modules linked in: vmnet(O+) vmw_vsock_vmci_transport vsock vmw_vmci vmmon(O) bnep sunrpc binfmt_misc vfat fat snd_ctl_led snd_soc_skl_hda_dsp snd_soc_hdac_hdmi snd_soc_intel_hda_dsp_common snd_sof_probes snd_hda_codec_hdmi snd_hda_codec_realtek snd_hda_codec_generic snd_hda_scodec_component snd_soc_dmic snd_hda_scodec_cs35l41_spi regmap_spi snd_sof_pci_intel_tgl snd_sof_pci_intel_cnl snd_sof_intel_hda_generic iwlmvm soundwire_intel soundwire_cadence snd_sof_intel_hda_common mac80211 snd_sof_intel_hda_mlink snd_sof_intel_hda libarc4 snd_sof_pci snd_sof_xtensa_dsp snd_sof snd_sof_utils snd_soc_hdac_hda snd_soc_acpi_intel_match soundwire_generic_allocation snd_soc_acpi soundwire_bus nvidia_drm(O) intel_uncore_frequency snd_soc_avs intel_uncore_frequency_common snd_soc_hda_codec intel_pmc_core snd_hda_ext_core nvidia_modeset(O) snd_soc_core snd_compress ac97_bus snd_pcm_dmaengine x86_pkg_temp_thermal intel_powerclamp snd_hda_intel mei_hdcp mei_pxp uvcvideo snd_intel_dspcfg uvc snd_intel_sdw_acpi iwlwifi<\/strong><\/span>
\n[ 6.915079] coretemp videobuf2_vmalloc snd_hda_codec videobuf2_memops btusb snd_hda_scodec_cs35l41_i2c snd_hda_core videobuf2_v4l2 btmtk processor_thermal_device_pci rapl snd_hwdep snd_hda_scodec_cs35l41 videobuf2_common processor_thermal_device btrtl spi_nor pmt_telemetry iTCO_wdt btbcm videodev snd_seq intel_pmc_bxt btintel mtd intel_cstate snd_hda_cs_dsp_ctls ee1004 intel_rapl_msr iTCO_vendor_support pmt_class joydev mc snd_seq_device cfg80211 hp_wmi processor_thermal_wt_hint snd_soc_cs_amp_lib bluetooth intel_uncore sparse_keymap platform_profile wmi_bmof pcspkr snd_pcm nvidia(O) processor_thermal_rfim cs_dsp mei_me snd_timer spi_intel_pci snd_soc_cs35l41_lib processor_thermal_rapl intel_rapl_common snd spi_intel i2c_i801 thunderbolt processor_thermal_wt_req processor_thermal_power_floor mei idma64 rfkill intel_vsec drm_ttm_helper processor_thermal_mbox i2c_smbus igen6_edac soundcore serial_multi_instantiate int3403_thermal int340x_thermal_zone int3400_thermal acpi_thermal_rel acpi_pad loop dm_multipath dm_mod<\/strong><\/span>
\n[ 6.915105] nfnetlink zram intel_ishtp_hid hid_sensor_hub crct10dif_pclmul crc32_pclmul crc32c_intel polyval_clmulni polyval_generic ghash_clmulni_intel rtsx_pci_sdmmc sha512_ssse3 mmc_core sha256_ssse3 intel_ish_ipc ucsi_acpi sha1_ssse3 typec_ucsi rtsx_pci i2c_hid_acpi intel_ishtp typec i2c_hid pinctrl_tigerlake serio_raw uas usb_storage nf_conntrack_pptp nf_conntrack nf_defrag_ipv6 nf_defrag_ipv4 ip6_tables ip_tables fuse i2c_dev<\/strong><\/span>
\n[ 6.915118] ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---<\/strong><\/span>
\n[ 6.915119] RIP: 0010:exc_control_protection+0x28f\/0x2a0<\/strong><\/span>
\n[ 6.915120] Code: f9 ff 45 31 c9 49 89 d8 b9 09 00 00 00 48 8b 93 80 00 00 00 be 63 00 00 00 48 c7 c7 96 9c 58 8c e8 06 0e f9 ff e9 38 fe ff ff <0f> 0b 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 0f 1f 44 00 00 90 90 90 90 90<\/strong><\/span>
\n[ 6.915121] RSP: 0018:ffffaf76820d3a00 EFLAGS: 00010002<\/strong><\/span>
\n[ 6.915122] RAX: 000000000000002b RBX: ffffaf76820d3a38 RCX: 0000000000000000<\/strong><\/span>
\n[ 6.915123] RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: ffff9c40cfa9c840 RDI: ffff9c40cfa9c840<\/strong><\/span>
\n[ 6.915124] RBP: 0000000000000000 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: ffffaf76820d37f8<\/strong><\/span>
\n[ 6.915124] R10: ffffffff8c922208 R11: 0000000000000003 R12: 0000000000000003<\/strong><\/span>
\n[ 6.915125] R13: 0000000000000000 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: 0000000000000000<\/strong><\/span>
\n[ 6.915126] FS: 00007f88b5c77740(0000) GS:ffff9c40cfa80000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000<\/strong><\/span>
\n[ 6.915127] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033<\/strong><\/span>
\n[ 6.915128] CR2: 00007f88b5c7651d CR3: 0000000125448000 CR4: 0000000000f50ef0<\/strong><\/span>
\n[ 6.915129] PKRU: 55555554<\/strong><\/span>
\n[ 6.915129] note: modprobe[1190] exited with irqs disabled<\/strong><\/span><\/code><\/p>\n