Re: VMWare will not run on kernel 2.4.0-test11

Re: VMWare will not run on kernel 2.4.0-test11

[Petr Vandrovec]

On 23 Nov 00 at 20:22, Alan Cox wrote:
> > vmware-2.0.3-786 refused to run.  Running vmware-config.pl resulted in a
> > the following message:
> 
> Run 2.4.0-test11-ac3

Hi Alan,
  is change to field name temporary, and name will be reverted back
to flags, even although contents may differ between 2.2.x and 2.4.x,
or is there features to stay? Currently VMware does

"^\(features\|flags\).* tsc"

but question is - should we leave it here, or revert it back?

  BTW, as I told couple of times here, if you have problem with VMware
on 2.3.x/2.4.x kernel, please first visit news server news.vmware.com
and look into vmware.for-linux.experimental newsgroup. If you'll not
find fix/workaround here (this one is there since Tigran pointed it to
me more than week ago - Nov 15, 02:59 CET), post question to that forum. 
I watch that newsgroup almost continuously during my working hours (that 
is aprox. 12:00-24:00 CET Mon-Fri).
                                            Thanks,
                                                    Petr Vandrovec
                                                    vandrove@vc.cvut.cz
                                                    
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Re: VMWare will not run on kernel 2.4.0-test11

[Alan Cox]

>   is change to field name temporary, and name will be reverted back
> to flags, even although contents may differ between 2.2.x and 2.4.x,
> or is there features to stay? Currently VMware does
> 
> "^\(features\|flags\).* tsc"
> 
> but question is - should we leave it here, or revert it back?

I believe we should change it back. Until Linus makes a decision then I
dont think its final by any means.

features breaks stuff, flags seems not to

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VMWare will not run on kernel 2.4.0-test11

[Phil Stracchino]

I just compiled and installed kernel 2.4.0-test11.  Upon rebooting,
vmware-2.0.3-786 refused to run.  Running vmware-config.pl resulted in a
the following message:

	"Your processor does not have a Time Stamp Counter. VMware will
	 not run on this system."

Since (1) my hardware has not changed, (2) this VMware release ran
perfectly on 2.4.0-test10, and (3) I changed nothing but the kernel in
between 2.4.0-test10 and 2.4.0-test11, I feel quite confident in believing
that I do indeed possess a Time Stamp Counter (whatever such a fabulous
beast may be), but for some reason VMware is unable to detect its presence
when running on kernel 2.4.0-test11.  Evidently there has been some change
in the kernel which renders VMware unable to detect this mysterious - but
apparently crucial - feature.


I would appreciate any insights from either kernel folks or VMware folks
as to where this problem may lie, with an eventual aim of patching either
VMware or the kernel to allow VMware to run on this kernel.



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Re: VMWare will not run on kernel 2.4.0-test11

[Mohammad A. Haque]

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Tiny patch for vmware-config.pl

Phil Stracchino wrote:
> 
> I just compiled and installed kernel 2.4.0-test11.  Upon rebooting,
> vmware-2.0.3-786 refused to run.  Running vmware-config.pl resulted in a
> the following message:
> 
>         "Your processor does not have a Time Stamp Counter. VMware will
>          not run on this system."
> 

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--- vmware-config.pl.old	Thu Nov 23 15:12:32 2000
+++ vmware-config.pl	Thu Nov 23 15:12:55 2000
@@ -1113,7 +1113,7 @@
   if (direct_command(shell_string($gHelper{'grep'}) . ' ' . shell_string('^cpuid') . ' /proc/cpuinfo') eq '') {
     error('Your ' . (($gSystem{'smp'} eq 'yes') ? 'processors do' : 'processor does') . ' not support the cpuid instruction. VMware will not run on this system.' . "\n\n");
   }
-  if (direct_command(shell_string($gHelper{'grep'}) . ' ' . shell_string('^flags.* tsc') . ' /proc/cpuinfo') eq '') {
+  if (direct_command(shell_string($gHelper{'grep'}) . ' ' . shell_string('^features.* tsc') . ' /proc/cpuinfo') eq '') {
     error('Your ' . (($gSystem{'smp'} eq 'yes') ? 'processors do' : 'processor does') . ' not have a Time Stamp Counter. VMware will not run on this system.' . "\n\n");
   }
 }

Re: VMWare will not run on kernel 2.4.0-test11

[Phil Stracchino]

On Thu, Nov 23, 2000 at 03:15:25PM -0500, Mohammad A. Haque wrote:
> Tiny patch for vmware-config.pl

Thanks, Mohammed!  That was fast.  :)




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Re: VMWare will not run on kernel 2.4.0-test11

[Jan Dvorak]

On Thu, Nov 23, 2000 at 12:07:01PM -0800, Phil Stracchino wrote:
> I just compiled and installed kernel 2.4.0-test11.  Upon rebooting,
> vmware-2.0.3-786 refused to run.  Running vmware-config.pl resulted in a
> the following message:
> 
> 	"Your processor does not have a Time Stamp Counter. VMware will
> 	 not run on this system."
> 
> Since (1) my hardware has not changed, (2) this VMware release ran
> perfectly on 2.4.0-test10, and (3) I changed nothing but the kernel in
> between 2.4.0-test10 and 2.4.0-test11, I feel quite confident in believing
> that I do indeed possess a Time Stamp Counter (whatever such a fabulous
> beast may be), but for some reason VMware is unable to detect its presence
> when running on kernel 2.4.0-test11.  Evidently there has been some change
> in the kernel which renders VMware unable to detect this mysterious - but
> apparently crucial - feature.
> 
> 
> I would appreciate any insights from either kernel folks or VMware folks
> as to where this problem may lie, with an eventual aim of patching either
> VMware or the kernel to allow VMware to run on this kernel.
>

It's probably due to /proc/cpuinfo change - 'flags' has changed to 'features'.

Jan Dvorak <johnydog@go.cz>
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Re: VMWare will not run on kernel 2.4.0-test11

[Alan Cox]

> vmware-2.0.3-786 refused to run.  Running vmware-config.pl resulted in a
> the following message:

Run 2.4.0-test11-ac3
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