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stephen_donnell
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32-bit/64-bit VMCI interoperation?

Using VMCI with Workstation 6.0.0 on a 32-bit Linux host, and a 32-bit Linux guest VM, my app works fine.

I enable Intel VT and install a 64-bit Linux guest VM, but when I try my app I get "Failed opening default VMCI device with error 2." (Failed to init VMCI library).

The "vmci" driver module is loaded on the guest, and the /dev/vmci device node exists.

Should VMCI work on a 64-bit guest with a 32-bit host? Have a made an error installing VMware Tools on the guest machine?

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stephen_donnell
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I forgot to enable VMCI in the .vmx file of the 64-bit guest VM. With this enabled it initialises and works correctly.

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