vmware-config-tools.pl --kernel-version $KERNEL does not install kernel modules

[link-m]

Hi,

I'm trying to upgrade the kernel modules before rebooting the vm as I'm using the pvscsi module and a reboot would not be possible without this module.

I found out that it is possible to build the necessary kernel modules beforehand with vmware-config-tools.pl.

The compilation process went fine, but the kernel modules were not copied into /lib/modules/$KERNEL/misc

Does anyone know how to build the vmware kernel modules (vmxnet3, pvscsi) before rebooting?

Cheers,

Nicki

[link-m]

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[AndreTheGiant]

I suppose that you have alread installed the header and source for the new kernel.

$KERNEL is the new kernel build?

Which kind of distro do you have?

Have you tried to copy manually the .ko files?

Andre

[jwestta]

I'm seeing this problem too.

Seems that, at least on CentOS 5.6, the --kernel-version argument doesn't work.  It will act like it went through the installation process, but doesn't put the modules in /lib/modules/<kernel version>/misc as it should be doing.

And if you just do the short argument (-k) you're greeted with the usage options.