Ahh .... I misunderstood the problem ... I thought you were trying to install vsock in a guest. You are right that the problem does still exist for the host and open-vm-tools cannot be installed there.
In this particular case ... the vmci module is different on the host and the guest. The vsock module is the same code compiled with different defines. In particular the vsock module on the host is compiled without SOCK_STREAM support because the vmci module on the host does not have exactly the same support as the vmci module in the guest.* The change to get module versions is actually the same makefile change for both the VMCI module on the host and the guest as well as the vsock module. You can look at the patch Adar posted awhile back: http://launchpadlibrarian.net/19950928/modversions.ubuntu.patch to see the open-vm-tools version which should the same for the host and the guest (adding the postbuild makefile target for vmci and a prebuild target for vsock). Really that just automates the copy of Module.symvers between the two directories like you do in the shellscript you posted at: https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=447430 Hopefully that change will make it into a future WS patch release ... but until then it is probably easiest to just manually copy the Module.symvers file. *The VMCI module on the guest supports datagrams and queuepair primitives while the host vmci module only supports datagram primitives. Hope that helps clarify things a bit, Aaron On Dec 2, 2008, at 12:31 AM, Dominique Leuenberger wrote: > Aaron, > > No problem for some delays. I hope you enjoyed your holiday. > >>>> On 12/1/2008 at 8:11 PM, Aaron Rolett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Dominique, >> Apologies for the delay in my response ... I was on vacation last > >> week. >> >> Unfortunately my change did not make it into the workstation 6.5.1 >> release but >> is in the latest open-vm-tools release (11-18) >> >> The changes are only makefile related. In particular the changes are > in: >> open-vm-tools-2008.11.18-130226/modules/linux/vsock/Makefile.kernel >> open-vm-tools-2008.11.18-130226/modules/linux/vsock/Makefile >> open-vm-tools-2008.11.18-130226/modules/linux/vmci/Makefile.kernel >> open-vm-tools-2008.11.18-130226/modules/linux/vmci/Makefile >> >> Hopefully the change will make it into the next patch release for > WS. >> >> Let me know if there are more issues, >> Aaron >> > > Well, to 'my' understanding the open-vm-tools are to be installed on a > virtual machine (inside a guest) whereas the report I pointed out in > the > mail is more about the host system not having the capabilities it > should > provide for installation. > > Would you generally advise to install open-vm-tools on the host and > the > guest? > > Dominique ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ open-vm-tools-devel mailing list open-vm-tools-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/open-vm-tools-devel
