Bug 526636

Summary:	app-emulation/open-vm-tools-kmod and kernel 3.16
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	nico <nico>
Component:	Current packages	Assignee:	Gentoo Linux bug wranglers <bug-wranglers>
Status:	RESOLVED DUPLICATE
Severity:	normal
Priority:	Normal
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---
Attachments:	9.4.6-0006-Fix-vmxnet-module-on-kernels-3.16.patch 9.4.6-0007-Fix-vmhgfs-module-on-kernels-3.16.patch 9.4.6-0008-Fix-segfault-in-vmhgfs.patch

Description nico 2014-10-24 10:57:03 UTC

with kernel 3.16, open-vm-tools-kmod-9.4.6.1770165 failed to compile

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. emerge -q gentoo-sources
2. emerge -q =app-emulation/open-vm-tools-kmod-9.4.6.1770165
Actual Results:  
Compilation failed : vmxnet/vmxnet.c:1148:7: error: ‘struct net_device’ has no member named ‘do_ioctl’


adding following patches fix it :

0006-Fix-vmxnet-module-on-kernels-3.16.patch
0007-Fix-vmhgfs-module-on-kernels-3.16.patch
0008-Fix-segfault-in-vmhgfs.patch

sources :
https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/open-vm-tools-dkms/

Comment 1 nico 2014-10-24 10:58:06 UTC

Created attachment 387292 [details, diff]
9.4.6-0006-Fix-vmxnet-module-on-kernels-3.16.patch

Comment 2 nico 2014-10-24 10:58:36 UTC

Created attachment 387294 [details, diff]
9.4.6-0007-Fix-vmhgfs-module-on-kernels-3.16.patch

Comment 3 nico 2014-10-24 10:58:57 UTC

Created attachment 387296 [details, diff]
9.4.6-0008-Fix-segfault-in-vmhgfs.patch

Comment 4 Jeroen Roovers (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2014-10-24 12:46:20 UTC


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 519822 ***