From: "Mohammad A. Haque" <mhaque@haque.net>
To: tpepper@vato.org
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] 2.4.4 breaks VMware
Date: Tue, 01 May 2001 21:56:26 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3AEF694A.6B1D7602@haque.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20010501184240.A28442@cb.vato.org>
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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
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diff -urw vmnet-only/vnetInt.h vmnet-only-patched/vnetInt.h
--- vmnet-only/vnetInt.h Wed Nov 1 20:48:28 2000
+++ vmnet-only-patched/vnetInt.h Tue Apr 17 23:29:47 2001
@@ -16,9 +16,15 @@
# define KFREE_SKB(skb, type) kfree_skb(skb)
# define DEV_KFREE_SKB(skb, type) dev_kfree_skb(skb)
# define SKB_INCREF(skb) atomic_inc(&(skb)->users)
+# ifdef KERNEL_2_4_0
+# define SKB_IS_CLONE_OF(clone, skb) ( \
+ skb_cloned(clone) \
+ )
+# else
# define SKB_IS_CLONE_OF(clone, skb) ( \
skb_datarefp(clone) == skb_datarefp(skb) \
)
+# endif
# define SK_ALLOC(pri) sk_alloc(0, pri, 1)
# define DEV_QUEUE_XMIT(skb, dev, pri) ( \
(skb)->dev = (dev), \
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2001-05-02 1:57 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2001-05-02 1:42 [PATCH] 2.4.4 breaks VMware tpepper
2001-05-02 1:52 ` David S. Miller
2001-05-02 1:56 ` Mohammad A. Haque [this message]
2001-05-02 4:53 ` Bjoern A. Zeeb
2001-05-03 1:25 ` Gregory T. Norris
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