[SOLVED] vmware-player-6.0.0 and kernel 3.11

[pums974]

Hey what about a version bump for vmware-player vmware-tools and vmware-modules ?

I try to make it works myself, but i'm stuck with vmware-modules...

First, I managed to make vmware-modules-271.2 works with linux 3.11 thanks to this patch that I found here.
Then, I managed to make vmware-player-6.0.0.1295980 and vmware-tools-9.6.0.1295980 emerging by adjusting version numbers in ebuild.

vmware-player-6.0.0.1295980

[chrisyu]

I saw a bump request here https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=484084

And thanks for the patch, it works.

[pums974]

Ok I did it thanks to an archlinux patch

So, you just need to replace the 279-3.10.0.patch with vmblock-9.0.2-5.0.2-3.10.patch

[cazdli]

Hey there, can I have clarification as to exactly what you did? I'm having issues emerging vmware-modules.

[chrisyu]

[pums974]

I did two independant things.

• I made vmware works with kernel-3.11
  

  chrisyu wrote:

  Code: mkdir -p /etc/portage/patches/app-emulation/vmware-modules-271.2 cd /etc/portage/patches/app-emulation/vmware-modules-271.2 wget https://raw.github.com/willysr/SlackHacks/master/vmware/vmware-3.11/vmblock.3.11.patch Change the first several lines, add vmblock-only to path. Code: diff --git a/vmblock-only/linux/file.c b/vmblock-only/linux/file.c index d7ac1f6..5499169 100644 --- a/vmblock-only/linux/file.c +++ b/vmblock-only/linux/file.c

  
  
  
• I made a version bump of vmware-player (adapt paths)
  

  Code:

  mkdir -p /usr/portage/local/app-emulation/vmware-player mkdir -p /usr/portage/local/app-emulation/vmware-modules mkdir -p /usr/portage/local/app-emulation/vmware-tools mkdir -p /usr/portage/local/app-emulation/vmware-workstation mkdir -p /etc/portage/patches/app-emulation/vmware-modules-279.0 cp -r /usr/portage/tree/app-emulation/vmware-workstation/files /usr/portage/local/app-emulation/vmware-workstation/ cp -r /usr/portage/tree/app-emulation/vmware-player/files /usr/portage/local/app-emulation/vmware-player/ cp -r /usr/portage/tree/app-emulation/vmware-modules/files /usr/portage/local/app-emulation/vmware-modules/ cp /usr/portage/tree/app-emulation/vmware-modules/vmware-modules-271.2.ebuild /usr/portage/local/app-emulation/vmware-modules/vmware-modules-279.0.ebuild cp /usr/portage/tree/app-emulation/vmware-player/vmware-player-5.0.2.1031769.ebuild /usr/portage/local/app-emulation/vmware-player/vmware-player-6.0.0.1295980.ebuild cp /usr/portage/tree/app-emulation/vmware-tools/vmware-tools-9.2.3.1031769.ebuild /usr/portage/local/app-emulation/vmware-tools/vmware-tools-9.6.0.1295980.ebuild cp /usr/portage/tree/app-emulation/vmware-workstation/vmware-workstation-9.0.2.1031769-r1.ebuild /usr/portage/local/app-workstation/vmware-workstation-10.0.0.1295980.ebuild cd /usr/portage/local/app-emulation/vmware-workstation/files cp 271-makefile-kernel-dir.patch 279-makefile-kernel-dir.patch cp 271-makefile-include.patch 279-makefile-include.patch cp 271-netdevice.patch 279-netdevice.patch cp 271-vmblock.patch 279-vmblock.patch cp 271-apic.patch 279-apic.patch cp 271-putname.patch 279-putname.patch

  
  And edit those files
  
  • /usr/portage/local/app-emulation/vmware-tools/vmware-tools-9.6.0.1295980
    

    Code:

    8c8,9 < BASE_URI="http://softwareupdate.vmware.com/cds/vmw-desktop/player/6.0.0/$(get_version_component_range 4)/linux/packages/" --- > #BASE_URI="http://softwareupdate.vmware.com/cds/vmw-desktop/player/5.0.$(get_version_component_range 3)/$(get_version_component_range 4)/linux/packages/" > BASE_URI="http://softwareupdate.vmware.com/cds/vmw-desktop/player/5.0.2/$(get_version_component_range 4)/linux/packages/"

    
    
  • /usr/portage/local/app-emulation/vmware-player/vmware-player-6.0.0.1295980.ebuild
    

    Code:

    80c80 < PDEPEND="~app-emulation/vmware-modules-279.${PV_MINOR} --- > PDEPEND="~app-emulation/vmware-modules-271.${PV_MINOR}

    
    
  • /usr/portage/local/app-emulation/vmware-workstation/vmware-workstation-10.0.0.1295980.ebuild
    

    Code:

    86c86 < PDEPEND="~app-emulation/vmware-modules-279.${PV_MINOR} --- > PDEPEND="~app-emulation/vmware-modules-271.${PV_MINOR}

    
    
  • /usr/portage/local/app-emulation/vmware-modules/vmware-modules-279.0.ebuild
    

    Code:

    24,25c24,25 <    || ( =app-emulation/vmware-player-6.0.${PV_MINOR}* <    =app-emulation/vmware-workstation-10.0.${PV_MINOR}* )" --- >    || ( =app-emulation/vmware-player-5.0.${PV_MINOR}* >    =app-emulation/vmware-workstation-9.0.${PV_MINOR}* )" 72c72 < #    kernel_is ge 3 10 0 && epatch "${FILESDIR}/${PV_MAJOR}-3.10.0.patch" --- >    kernel_is ge 3 10 0 && epatch "${FILESDIR}/${PV_MAJOR}-3.10.0.patch"

    
    
  • /etc/portage/patches/app-emulation/vmware-modules-279.0/vmblock-9.0.2-5.0.2-3.10.patch
    

    Code:

    diff -ur vmblock-onlya/linux/control.c vmblock-only/linux/control.c --- vmblock-only/linux/control.c        2013-02-26 10:17:29.000000000 +0200 +++ vmblock-only/linux/control.c        2013-07-05 19:56:48.298553173 +0300 @@ -208,17 +208,18 @@     VMBlockSetProcEntryOwner(controlProcMountpoint);       /* Create /proc/fs/vmblock/dev */ -   controlProcEntry = create_proc_entry(VMBLOCK_CONTROL_DEVNAME, +   /*controlProcEntry = create_proc_entry(VMBLOCK_CONTROL_DEVNAME,                                          VMBLOCK_CONTROL_MODE, -                                        controlProcDirEntry); -   if (!controlProcEntry) { +                                        controlProcDirEntry);*/ +   controlProcEntry = proc_create(VMBLOCK_CONTROL_DEVNAME, VMBLOCK_CONTROL_MODE, controlProcDirEntry, &ControlFileOps); +   if (controlProcEntry == NULL) {        Warning("SetupProcDevice: could not create " VMBLOCK_DEVICE "\n");        remove_proc_entry(VMBLOCK_CONTROL_MOUNTPOINT, controlProcDirEntry);        remove_proc_entry(VMBLOCK_CONTROL_PROC_DIRNAME, NULL);        return -EINVAL;     }   -   controlProcEntry->proc_fops = &ControlFileOps; +   /* controlProcEntry->proc_fops = &ControlFileOps; */     return 0;  }

I think that's it

[cazdli]

i got it working now, thanks for the reply, I kept my folder named under vmware-modules-271.

[Lori]

How come this is still not in Portage? Emerging vmware-modules with a 3.11 kernel still fails
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[billium]

Does this happen for each kernel , bit like Nvidia?

I can't get 279.2 to compile on kernel 3.14.1.