This post is not longer maintained since VMWare has announced the latest version of 3.1.3 (416484) which is able to work with the linux 2.6.38 (which is being used in Ubuntu 11.04). I’ve tested the latest version, and I’ve updated my virtual ubuntu as 11.04, and verified it works fine in everything. Thank you for all nice and wonderful comments and suggestions on this post.
This is a note for patching VMware tool for linux kernel 2.6.37/38 guest OS while using VMware Fusion.
Here is my environment for your reference.
- Host OS: Mac OS 10.6.6
- Guest OS: Ubuntu 10.10 + Kernel Updated (2.6.38)
- VMware Fusion: 3.1.2 (332101)
Since the vmware-tool in vmware fusion is not aware of the changes of the latest kernel structure, it needs to be patched in order to get correct kernel module for vmware tool such like file sharing, clipboard sharing, etc.
Here is the walk-through steps:
- Install VMware Tool
- Copy vmware-tools-distrib directory into a local directory (say, ~/tmp/vmware-tools-distrib) by
mkdir -p ~/tmp/ && tar -C ~/tmp -xvzf /media/VMware\ Tools/VMwareTools-8.4.5-332101.tar.gz
-
cd ~/tmp/vmware-tools-distrib/lib/modules/source
-
tar -xvf vmci.tar && tar -xvf vmhgfs.tar && tar -xvf vsock.tar
- copy patch files (0001-vmwaretool-vmci-Linux-2.6.37.patch, 0001-vmwaretool-vmhgfs-Linux-2.6.37.patch, 0001-vmwaretool-vsock-Linux-2.6.37.patch) into ~/tmp/vmware-tools-distrib/lib/modules/source
-
cd vmci-only && git apply --ignore-whitespace ../0001-vmwaretool-vmci-Linux-2.6.37.patch && cd ..
-
cd vmhgfs-only && git apply --ignore-whitespace ../0001-vmwaretool-vmhgfs-Linux-2.6.37.patch && cd ..
- Caution: For now (05/07/2011), this will pass the compile error, but a segment fault error is caused while creating/removing a file on the filesystem. If I find a resolution, I will update it. (Thanks, Chris.)
-
cd vsock-only && git apply --ignore-whitespace ../0001-vmwaretool-vsock-Linux-2.6.37.patch && cd ..
-
rm -rf vmci.tar vmhgfs.tar vsock.tar
-
tar -cvf vmci.tar vmci-only && tar -cvf vmhgfs.tar vmhgfs-only && tar -cvf vsock.tar vsock-only
-
rm -rf vmci-only vmhgfs-only vsock-only
- Install the vmware tool by
cd ~/tmp/vmware-tools-distrib && ./vmware-install.pl
Here is the patches for your references:
- 0001-vmwaretool-vmci-Linux-2.6.37.patch:
From ad10b5458d4aa6d5df7b913174185d395943ce32 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: YOUNGWHAN SONG <breadncup@gmail.com> Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2011 22:16:19 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] Linux 2.6.37 Patch --- shared/compat_semaphore.h | 4 ++-- vmci_drv.c | 12 +++++++----- 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/shared/compat_semaphore.h b/shared/compat_semaphore.h index c2902f0..0add974 100644 --- a/shared/compat_semaphore.h +++ b/shared/compat_semaphore.h @@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ #endif -#if defined CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT && LINUX_VERSION_CODE >= KERNEL_VERSION(2, 6, 31) +#if (defined CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT && LINUX_VERSION_CODE >= KERNEL_VERSION(2, 6, 31)) || LINUX_VERSION_CODE >= KERNEL_VERSION(2, 6, 37) /* * The -rt patch series changes the name of semaphore/mutex initialization * routines (across the entire kernel). Probably to identify locations that @@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ #define DECLARE_MUTEX(_m) DEFINE_SEMAPHORE(_m) #endif #ifndef init_MUTEX - #define init_MUTEX(_m) semaphore_init(_m) + #define init_MUTEX(_m) sema_init(_m,1) #endif #endif diff --git a/vmci_drv.c b/vmci_drv.c index ac64f02..14ac3b5 100644 --- a/vmci_drv.c +++ b/vmci_drv.c @@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ static int vmci_probe_device(struct pci_dev *pdev, static void vmci_remove_device(struct pci_dev* pdev); static int vmci_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file); static int vmci_close(struct inode *inode, struct file *file); -static int vmci_ioctl(struct inode *inode, struct file *file, +static long vmci_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg); static unsigned int vmci_poll(struct file *file, poll_table *wait); #if LINUX_VERSION_CODE < KERNEL_VERSION(2, 6, 19) @@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ static struct file_operations vmci_ops = { .owner = THIS_MODULE, .open = vmci_open, .release = vmci_close, - .ioctl = vmci_ioctl, + .unlocked_ioctl = vmci_ioctl, .poll = vmci_poll, }; @@ -496,9 +496,8 @@ vmci_close(struct inode *inode, // IN *----------------------------------------------------------------------------- */ -static int -vmci_ioctl(struct inode *inode, // IN - struct file *file, // IN +static long +vmci_ioctl(struct file *file, // IN unsigned int cmd, // IN unsigned long arg) // IN { @@ -506,10 +505,12 @@ vmci_ioctl(struct inode *inode, // IN return -ENOTTY; #else int retval; + lock_kernel(); VMCIGuestDeviceHandle *devHndl = (VMCIGuestDeviceHandle *) file->private_data; if (devHndl == NULL) { + unlock_kernel(); return -EINVAL; } @@ -669,6 +670,7 @@ vmci_ioctl(struct inode *inode, // IN break; } + unlock_kernel(); return retval; #endif } -- 1.7.4.1 - 0001-vmwaretool-vmhgfs-Linux-2.6.37.patch:
From 2d1de0f0ea3ef2fce534944431c096baed1e423b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: YOUNGWHAN SONG <breadncup@gmail.com> Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2011 23:07:15 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] vmware:vmhgfs: Support new linux kernel 2.6.37 --- super.c | 2 +- 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/super.c b/super.c index f6f26ff..c5627f5 100644 --- a/super.c +++ b/super.c @@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ struct super_operations HgfsSuperOperations = { #ifndef VMW_USE_IGET_LOCKED .read_inode = HgfsReadInode, #endif - .clear_inode = HgfsClearInode, + .evict_inode = HgfsClearInode, .put_super = HgfsPutSuper, .statfs = HgfsStatfs, }; -- 1.7.4.1 - 0001-vmwaretool-vsock-Linux-2.6.37.patch:
From dea787ae80d9a6267be21928efc164d0b4f1d4c6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: YOUNGWHAN SONG <breadncup@gmail.com> Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2011 23:13:28 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] vmwaretool:vsock:Linux-2.6.37 --- shared/compat_semaphore.h | 4 ++-- 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/shared/compat_semaphore.h b/shared/compat_semaphore.h index 802d174..0add974 100644 --- a/shared/compat_semaphore.h +++ b/shared/compat_semaphore.h @@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ #endif -#if defined CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT && LINUX_VERSION_CODE >= KERNEL_VERSION(2, 6, 31) +#if (defined CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT && LINUX_VERSION_CODE >= KERNEL_VERSION(2, 6, 31)) || LINUX_VERSION_CODE >= KERNEL_VERSION(2, 6, 37) /* * The -rt patch series changes the name of semaphore/mutex initialization * routines (across the entire kernel). Probably to identify locations that @@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ #define DECLARE_MUTEX(_m) DEFINE_SEMAPHORE(_m) #endif #ifndef init_MUTEX - #define init_MUTEX(_m) semaphore_init(_m) + #define init_MUTEX(_m) sema_init(_m,1) #endif #endif -- 1.7.4.1
p.s. Thanks to Vyacheslav, I corrected the conditional branch definition. (03/15/2011)
