Date: Sun, 22 Jul 2001 05:40:46 -0400
From: Alan Eldridge <alane@geeksrus.net>
To: "Bernhard R. Erdmann" <be@berdmann.de>
Cc: SGI XFS Dev List <linux-xfs@oss.sgi.com>
Subject: Re: 2.4.7-pre8-xfs breaks VMWare
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On Sun, Jul 22, 2001 at 10:16:45AM +0200, Bernhard R. Erdmann wrote:
>
>Same here. The Google groups has a link to a patch which addresses this 
>issue. I've just installed it and whilst it gives compilation warnings,
>the 
>modules build and install OK.
>
>I'm now happily running VMWare 2.0.4 under Linux 2.4.7. So, to make this 
>work first download the patch:
>
>        ftp://platan.vc.cvut.cz/pub/vmware/vmmon-for-2.4.7-only.tar.gz
>

Ok, this must have happened around 2.4.7pre6 or so. The earlier one that I'm
running (2.4.6pre3 from cvs.20010708) is fine. Seems as though a structure
changed.

I've looked at the patch and it looks innocuous enogh. I'll make sure that
the right patches continually get to VMware so that when 3.0 comes out, the
drivers will likely build without being patched. Just keep adding to the
pile of macros. And then, when we have a big enough pile ....


-- 
Alan Eldridge
"My brain hurts." -- D. P. Gumby