Bug 466686

Summary:	app-emulation/open-vm-tools-kmod with kernel >3.7 - ?
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Olipro <olipro+gentoopub>
Component:	Current packages	Assignee:	Gentoo Linux bug wranglers <bug-wranglers>
Status:	RESOLVED DUPLICATE
Severity:	normal	CC:	kroemmelbein
Priority:	Normal
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description Olipro 2013-04-21 15:29:31 UTC

the latest testing build fails to compile as the module code does not actually support the reorganised structures introduced with Linux 3.7

There is a patch available here that fixes the problem: http://git.sabayon.org/overlays/for-gentoo.git/tree/app-emulation/open-vm-tools-kmod/files/open-vm-tools-kmod-linux-3.8.patch?id=532e1d359c183d7b8b0bac85d8a11477e3ec480b

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Have /usr/src/linux pointing to source for 3.7 or 3.8
2. Attempt to emerge app-emulation/open-vm-tools-kmod
3. compiling of the vmci kernel module fails.
Actual Results:  
build fails due to compiler error

Expected Results:  
build should not fail.

Comment 1 Jeroen Roovers (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2013-04-24 16:34:04 UTC


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 460224 ***