On Wednesday 24 February 2010 01:53:27 pm Joel Webb wrote: > You might be interested in OSP packages provided by VMware that should > eliminate the need for running many scripts manually: > > http://www.vmware.com/download/packages.html > > These are fully supported (the same level of support as for the tools > coming directly with the product) and should not require recompiling, just > rerunning vmwate-config-tools script so that prebuilt kernel modules will > be installed into proper directory. We expect distributions to maintain > certain level of compatibility within release and exiting modules to > continue working. > > Please note that these packages are not the same as open-vm-tools hosted on > SourceForge or distributed by OpenSUSE or Ubuntu, although their names are > quite similar (due to unfortunate naming decision). > > > > > > > Yes those are the tools that I am referring to. Forgive me if I posted in > the wrong area. > > We are using the OSP packages (see below) and want to find out what the > technical differences are between those and the RPM that comes on the > disk. I thought I was posting to the right forum that handles the > packaging for VMware. >
No, the questions about VMware-provided packages should go through our regular support channels. The SourceForge project provides source only and the code here is "developer preview", not "release" quality. Sorry for the confusion. > The ones below seem to not include the vmxnet3 driver, and the modules > don't provide any info when performing (modinfo modulename) > > vmware-open-vm-tools-nox-8.0.2-208167.el5 > vmware-open-vm-tools-8.0.2-208167.el5 > vmware-open-vm-tools-xorg-drv-mouse-12.4.3.0-0.164009.165940.el5 > vmware-tools-common-8.0.2-208167.el5 > vmware-open-vm-tools-kmod-8.0.2-208167.el5 > vmware-open-vm-tools-common-8.0.2-208167.el5 > vmware-open-vm-tools-xorg-utilities-8.0.2-208167.el5 > vmware-tools-nox-8.0.2-208167.el5 > vmware-open-vm-tools-xorg-drv-display-10.15.2.0-0.164009.165940.el5 > vmware-tools-8.0.2-208167.el5 > Seem to be there, at least up to u3: [d...@dtor-d630 ~]$ rpm -qlp Download/vmware-open-vm-tools- kmod-8.0.2-208167.el5.x86_64.rpm | grep vmxnet3 warning: Download/vmware-open-vm-tools-kmod-8.0.2-208167.el5.x86_64.rpm: Header V3 RSA/SHA1 signature: NOKEY, key ID 66fd4949 /usr/lib/vmware-tools/modules/ga/smp/vmxnet3.ko /usr/lib/vmware-tools/modules/ga/smp/vmxnet3.o /usr/lib/vmware-tools/modules/u1/smp/vmxnet3.ko /usr/lib/vmware-tools/modules/u1/smp/vmxnet3.o /usr/lib/vmware-tools/modules/u2/smp/vmxnet3.ko /usr/lib/vmware-tools/modules/u2/smp/vmxnet3.o /usr/lib/vmware-tools/modules/u3/smp/vmxnet3.ko /usr/lib/vmware-tools/modules/u3/smp/vmxnet3.o [d...@dtor-d630 ~]$ rpm2cpio Download/vmware-open-vm-tools- kmod-8.0.2-208167.el5.x86_64.rpm | cpio -idv ./usr/lib/vmware- tools/modules/u3/smp/vmxnet3.ko ./usr/lib/vmware-tools/modules/u3/smp/vmxnet3.ko 5339 blocks [d...@dtor-d630 ~]$ modinfo ./usr/lib/vmware-tools/modules/u3/smp/vmxnet3.ko filename: ./usr/lib/vmware-tools/modules/u3/smp/vmxnet3.ko author: VMware, Inc. description: VMware vmxnet3 virtual NIC driver license: GPL v2 version: 1.0.1.0 supported: external vermagic: 2.6.18-8.el5 SMP mod_unload gcc-4.1 depends: alias: pci:v000015ADd000007B0sv*sd*bc*sc*i* parm: disable_lro:int [d...@dtor-d630 ~]$ Thanks, Dmitry ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev _______________________________________________ open-vm-tools-discuss mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/open-vm-tools-discuss
