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May 20, 2011 12:06 PM

vmware 7.1.4 miscompiles vmmon on redhat enterprise 6.1?

Foolishly I upgraded a redhat enterprise 6.0 workstation to 6.1 yesterday.  vmware won't start, because the vmmon.ko module won't load, because the smp_ops symbol definition is wrong.

 

Any bright ideas on a quick software patch?

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1. May 21, 2011 10:18 AM in response to: WSLH
Re: vmware 7.1.4 miscompiles vmmon on redhat enterprise 6.1?

I encoutered the same problem. How did you find out the problem is caused by "smp_ops symbol definition"? Currently, I'm setting the previous working kernel (2.6.32-71.29.1) as default in grub.conf as a temporary solution before the patch is available.

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2. May 21, 2011 4:50 PM in response to: bloommax
Re: vmware 7.1.4 miscompiles vmmon on redhat enterprise 6.1?

Filed this in redhat bugzilla:

 

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=706216

 

daryl

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3. May 27, 2011 10:35 AM in response to: akrherz
Re: vmware 7.1.4 miscompiles vmmon on redhat enterprise 6.1?

Anybody hear anything on this matter?

 

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4. May 28, 2011 5:55 PM in response to: akrherz
Re: vmware 7.1.4 miscompiles vmmon on redhat enterprise 6.1?

As posted to the Red Hat bugzilla entry, RHEL 6.1 users can workaround the issue by compiling the vmmon module on thier system. You can find a howto here:

 

http://blog.toracat.org/2011/05/vmware-workstation-and-rhel6-1/

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5. May 28, 2011 6:04 PM in response to: toracat
Re: vmware 7.1.4 miscompiles vmmon on redhat enterprise 6.1?

Works! Thanks so much

 

daryl

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6. May 29, 2011 8:18 AM in response to: WSLH
Re: vmware 7.1.4 miscompiles vmmon on redhat enterprise 6.1?

It can also be resolved by using DKMS auto installation of kernel modules. See my post here (most bottom):

 

http://communities.vmware.com/message/979827#979827

 

You need to run the installation when the 2.6.32-130* kernel is running. If installed under earlier kernels, the wmmon module won't be listed as weak-update for 2.6.32-130*.

 

Most recent dkms support package can be downloaded here:

 

http://linux.dell.com/dkms/permalink/

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7. Jun 22, 2011 8:22 AM in response to: WSLH
Re: vmware 7.1.4 miscompiles vmmon on redhat enterprise 6.1?

You folks may already know this, but I feel it's worth mentioning: RHEL 6 is only supported as a Guest OS for Workstation 7.x, not as a Host OS. The Compatibility Guide shows this: http://bit.ly/SCL-RHEL6

 

So, when upgrading from an unsupported OS to another unsupported OS, it perhaps shouldn't be a surprise that Workstation breaks.

Stephen Gardner / Technical Writer / VMware Inc. / http://kb.vmware.com
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8. Jul 6, 2011 2:39 PM in response to: WSLH
Re: vmware 7.1.4 miscompiles vmmon on redhat enterprise 6.1? 
Here, you can submit a feature request to support RHEL 6.1 as host platform for VMware Workstation:

https://www.vmware.com/contact/contactus.html?department=prod_request
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9. Jul 6, 2011 2:44 PM in response to: Karmoy
Re: vmware 7.1.4 miscompiles vmmon on redhat enterprise 6.1?

Thanks. I have submitted a requet.

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10. Sep 1, 2011 1:02 PM in response to: toracat
Re: vmware 7.1.4 miscompiles vmmon on redhat enterprise 6.1?

I submitted a request too   Anybody hear anything?

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11. Sep 2, 2011 5:28 AM in response to: akrherz
Re: vmware 7.1.4 miscompiles vmmon on redhat enterprise 6.1?

No sign of life from VMware regarding this nasty problem

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12. Sep 2, 2011 7:50 AM in response to: akrherz
Re: vmware 7.1.4 miscompiles vmmon on redhat enterprise 6.1?

Nope, no news from VMware regarding adding support for RHEL-6.

 

I'm a long time user of VMware since version 1.x (year 1999) but started looking for alternatives. I run kvm on other systems because it seems a natural fit for RHEL. Don't know if VMware's relationship with Red Hat is deteriorating... hope not.

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13. Sep 3, 2011 12:42 AM in response to: toracat
Re: vmware 7.1.4 miscompiles vmmon on redhat enterprise 6.1?

Me too, I am disappointed by VMware. Not just products with the shiny "Cloud" sticker bring value to customers.

 

Me too, I have an eye on KVM. An earlier version was still too rough around the edges for me. But I was told that it KVM is improving rapidly because most public Cloud providers use and improve it. Therefore, I will definitely give KVM another try.

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