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Author Topic: [EN] VMware Player -- fix for kernel 3.4  (Read 4094 times)

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[EN] VMware Player -- fix for kernel 3.4
« on: 2012/05/21, 22:05:22 »
Another kernel version, another VMware compilation issue.  :roll:

As told here, the fix is easy.

With /usr/lib/vmware/module/source/vmblock.tar extracted, open the file /usr/lib/vmware/module/source/vmblock-only/linux/filesystem.c for editing.  Go to line 528, and change d_alloc_root(rootInode) to read d_make_root(rootInode).

That's it -- re-tar vmblock and the module will build correctly on towo's new kernel.
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RE: VMware Player -- fix for kernel 3.4
« Reply #1 on: 2012/05/22, 17:25:44 »
^nice
-Hinto

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RE: VMware Player -- fix for kernel 3.4
« Reply #2 on: 2012/05/23, 19:13:21 »
Works as advertised.  Thanks.
-H