Re: fixing Vmware 2 port for 5.x and 6.x.. kmem _alloc_pageable

From: Doug Ambrisko <ambrisko_at_ambrisko.com>
Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2005 21:53:03 -0800 (PST)
Julian Elischer writes:
| Well I have it compiling but when running
| it fails with:
| 
| julian_at_jules:vmware
| Setting TMPDIR=/var/tmp.
| VMware Workstation PANIC: NOT_IMPLEMENTED F(566):1081
| VMware Workstation PANIC: NOT_IMPLEMENTED F(566):1081
| VVMware Workstation PANIC: NOT_IMPLEMENTED F(566):1296
| AIO panic loop
| Mware Workstation PANIC: AIO: NOT_IMPLEMENTED F(566):1081
| julian_at_jules:
| 
| I am guessing that, since this DID work before
| the new linux base libraries are expecting to use AIO
| and maybe we don't support it?

vmware/linux has a bug.  Linux libs changed the call breaking
vmware.  There are source programs to patch the vmware binaries.
Do a google search for vmware-any-any-update, build and run against
you vmware bin.

Doug A.
Received on Wed Mar 02 2005 - 04:53:04 UTC

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