Re: [PATCH] 2.4.4 breaks VMware

From: Bjoern A. Zeeb (bzeeb+linuxkernel@zabbadoz.net)
Date: Tue May 01 2001 - 23:53:49 EST


On Tue, 1 May 2001, Mohammad A. Haque wrote:

> tpepper@vato.org wrote:
> > This patch replaces a wee bit of code vmware wanted in include/linux/skbuff.h
> > although I'm guessing it was removed for a reason and vmware should be patched
> > to use the new method.
> >
>
> Better to patch vmware rather than the kernel. Here's a patch thet
> should be applied to source files in
> /usr/lib/vmware/modules/source/vmnet.tar

An even better solution would be getting vmware 2.0.4 which seems to
be a bit more 2.4-kernel compliant.
It is not yet announced on their web from what I can see but you may
already fetch it from p.ex. ftp://download1.vmware.com/pub/software/

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