From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Sat, 18 Aug 2001 06:11:34 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sat, 18 Aug 2001 06:11:25 -0400 Received: from [212.17.128.60] ([212.17.128.60]:1920 "HELO lapper.ihatent.com") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id ; Sat, 18 Aug 2001 06:11:21 -0400 To: Martin Knoblauch Cc: jason@topic.com.au, "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" Subject: [OT?] Re: [PATCH] patch's for vmware 2.0.4 for use with linux-2.4.8 kernel In-Reply-To: <3B7D1846.BEB929DE@TeraPort.de> From: Alexander Hoogerhuis Date: 18 Aug 2001 12:09:37 +0200 In-Reply-To: <3B7D1846.BEB929DE@TeraPort.de> Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.0808 (Gnus v5.8.8) Emacs/20.7 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Martin Knoblauch writes: > > [PATCH] patch's for vmware 2.0.4 for use with linux-2.4.8 kernel > > > > From: Jason Thomas (jason@topic.com.au) > > Date: Thu Aug 16 2001 - 03:49:38 EST > > > > > > attached are two very small patches for those that want them. they make > > vmware's kernel modules compile with 2.4.8. Its not all my work, its a > > combination of what was posted a while back and my work. > > > Jason, > > a small gotcha in your vmmon patch. You moved up hostif.h in driver.c, > but you forgot to remove the original include. See my attached new > version of the patch. > > Martin > -- I've applied the patch with your fixes, and I've always noticed that VMware seem to leak a bit of memory (occording to top and ps). Running with 128Mb in a Win2k box it started off at 161Mb process size (140Mb RSS) and within 5 minutes it had turned into 203Mb process size (still only 140Mb RSS). Have anyone seen similar behavior, and does anyone have any pointers to where I can find more info on it? mvh, A -- Alexander Hoogerhuis FYI: perl -e 'print $i=pack(c5,(41*2),sqrt(7056),(unpack(c,H)-2),oct(115),10);'