(Translation into English below)
Los modulos VMWARE no compilan en el Kernel 2.6.24 (No esta aun
soportado).
El patch oficial vmware-any-any-update115,
ftp://platan.vc.cvut.cz/pub/vmware,
resuelve problemas con algunos kernels anteriores pero tampoco compila
en el 2.6.24.
Peter
Teoh ha creado el patch no oficial vmware-any-any-update-116.tgz
que si compila en 2.6.24 modificando el modulo vmmon.tar, tomando como
base el patch 115 anterior.
Pero los patch vmware-any-any-update no soportan el modo
bridge con tarjetas de red wireless. Se puede leer en el
source del modulo vmnet.tar, en smac_linux.x386.c:
KERN_WARNING
vmnet: You are trying to use wireless bridged networking together with
vmware-any-any-update. This is not supported configuration, and your
wireless bridge will probably not work
Tras
investigar un poco, el problema es que esta funcion solo la soporta el
modulo vmnet.tar que viene con el vmware original, que incluye los
binarios precompilados smac_linux.x386.o_shipped y smac_linux.x86_64.o_shipped
que dan soporte a esta funcion. Pero los modulos originales no valen
porque no funcionan en el kernel 2.6.24.
Tras investigar algo mas, hay una forma de conseguir que el
vmware-any-any-update115 soporte esta funcion.
Las instrucciones son:
En /usr/local/lib/vmware/modules/source/ estan los modulos
originales tras instalar vmware.
tar xvf vmnet.tar // El original de vmware
mv vmnet.tar vmnet.tar_orig
mv vmnet-only vmnet-only_orig
tar xvf vmnet.tar // El de vmware-any-any-update-115
mv vmnet.tar vmnet.tar_115
rm vmnet-only/smac_linux.x386.c
rm vmnet-only/smac_linux.x86_64.c
cp vmnet-only_orig/smac* vmnet-only //Se pasan los binarios y las cabeceras
tar ccfs vmnet.tar vmnet-only
Con
esto generamos el nuevo vmnet.tar con soporte Wireless. Y con el
vmmon.tar modificado del 116 podemos regenerar el
vmware-any-any-update115 con soporte para Kernel 2.6.24 y Wireles
Bridge.
Se puede bajar aqui: vmware-any-any-update-115-K2.6.24-WirelessBridge.tar.gz
Otras consideraciones para instalar VMWARE en kernel nuevos:
nohz=off // Como opcion al kernel para desactivar tickless
/etc/init.d/mountdevsubfs.sh // Descomentar #Magic to make
/proc/bus/usb work
Testeado en Vmware Workstation 6.02
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VMWARE Linux Kernel 2.6.24 (Hardy) and Wireless Bridge
VMware modules do not compile in the Kernel 2.6.24 (Not even
supported).
The official patch vmware-any-any-update115,
from ftp://platan.vc.cvut.cz/pub/vmware,
solves problems with some earlier kernels, but it does not compile in
2.6.24.
Peter
Teoh has created the unofficial patch vmware-any-any-update-116.tgz
that compiles with 2.6.24 modifying the module vmmon.tar, based on the
previous 115 patch.
But vmware-any-any-update patchs do not support bridge
networking with wireless network cards. It can be read in the
source of module vmnet.tar, smac_linux.x386.c:
KERN_WARNING
vmnet: You are trying to use wireless networking bridged together with
vmware-any-any-update. This configuration is not supported, and your
wireless bridge will probably not work
After
investigating a bit, the problem is this function is only supported in
vmnet.tar module that comes with the original vmware, which includes
precompiled binaries smac_linux.x386.o_shipped and smac_linux.x86_64.o_shipped
which support this function. But the original modules are not worth
because they do not compile in the kernel 2.6.24.
After investigating something more, there is a way to make the
vmware-any-any-update115 support this function.
The instructions are:
In /usr/local/lib/vmware/modules/source/ are vmware original modules
after install.
tar xvf vmnet.tar // vmnet.tar original vmware
mv vmnet.tar vmnet.tar_orig
mv vmnet-only vmnet-only_orig
tar xvf vmnet.tar // vmnet.tar from vmware-any-any-update-115
mv vmnet.tar vmnet.tar_115
rm vmnet-only/smac_linux.x386.c
rm vmnet-only/smac_linux.x86_64.c
cp vmnet-only_orig/smac* vmnet-only //copy smac binaries and headers
tar ccfs vmnet.tar vmnet-only
This
generates the new vmnet.tar with wireless support. And with modified
vmmon.tar from 116 we can regenerate the vmware-any-any-update115 with
support for Kernel 2.6.24 and Wireless Bridge.
It can be downloaded here: vmware-any-any-update-115-K2.6.24-WirelessBridge.tar.gz
Other considerations to install VMware in new kernels:
nohz=off // As the kernel option to disable tickless en
grub/menu.lst
/etc/init.d/mountdevsubfs.sh // uncomment #Magic to make /proc/bus/usb
work
Tested with Vmware Workstation 6.02
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