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Bug 36116 - compatibility issues of vmware scripts and kernel 2.6.0
Summary: compatibility issues of vmware scripts and kernel 2.6.0
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: Gentoo Linux
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Current packages (show other bugs)
Hardware: All All
: High normal (vote)
Assignee: Chris Gianelloni (RETIRED)
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Reported: 2003-12-19 08:28 UTC by Georgi Georgiev
Modified: 2003-12-31 05:39 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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vmware-workstation-ksyms.patch (vmware-workstation-ksyms.patch,3.89 KB, patch)
2003-12-19 08:30 UTC, Georgi Georgiev 		Details | Diff
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Description Georgi Georgiev 2003-12-19 08:28:31 UTC 
Two vmware scripts need to look not in /proc/kallsyms instead of /proc/ksyms, but the path to /proc/ksyms is hardcoded. One is vmware-config.pl and the other is /etc/vmware/init.d/vmware
This issue is fixed using the patch that I will attach next.
Comment 1 Georgi Georgiev 2003-12-19 08:30:23 UTC 
Created attachment 22438 [details, diff]
vmware-workstation-ksyms.patch

changes the hard-coded /proc/ksyms to be a variable. The variable is set to the
value of the file that exists in /proc/: ksyms or kallsyms.
Comment 2 Chris Gianelloni (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2003-12-30 12:25:09 UTC 
Which versions of VMWare does this apply to?
Comment 3 Georgi Georgiev 2003-12-30 12:28:35 UTC 
vmware-workstation-4.0.5.6030 I believe.

I am running build 6802 currently (4.1.0 Beta 2), so I cannot confirm for sure, but I believe it was 4.0.5.
Comment 4 Chris Gianelloni (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2003-12-30 15:30:47 UTC 
Patch has been added and updated in CVS
Comment 5 Georgi Georgiev 2003-12-31 01:23:34 UTC 
The fixed ebuild is looking for a ${FILESDIR}/vmware-26kern-ksyms-gentoo.patch but the file in portage is named vmware-26kern-init-gentoo.patch
Comment 6 Chris Gianelloni (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2003-12-31 05:39:28 UTC 
I just fixed this in CVS.  It was my fault.