FS#7494 - [patch] kernel 2.6.21 and vmware lsilogic problem

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by tardo (tardo) - Saturday, 23 June 2007, 01:05 GMT
Last edited by Tobias Powalowski (tpowa) - Sunday, 24 June 2007, 12:05 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Kernel
Status Closed
Assigned To No-one
Architecture All
Severity Medium
Priority Normal
Reported Version 2007.05 Duke
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

Description:
Due to a bug in vmware's emulation, it failed to load hard drives properly resulting in kernel panics.

here is a patch (tested and working):
http://nagi-fanboi.net/arch/vmware.patch

my mkinicpio.conf file:
http://nagi-fanboi.net/arch/mkinitcpio.conf
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Closed by  Tobias Powalowski (tpowa)
Sunday, 24 June 2007, 12:05 GMT
Reason for closing:  Fixed
Comment by tardo (tardo) - Saturday, 23 June 2007, 01:05 GMT
Can't forget my reference source:
http://groups.google.ca/group/fa.linux.kernel/browse_thread/thread/54dacc968290e06b/97498621e1c8d6ea
Comment by Tobias Powalowski (tpowa) - Saturday, 23 June 2007, 13:53 GMT
isn't there stated to use latest vmware?
Comment by tardo (tardo) - Saturday, 23 June 2007, 18:10 GMT
You can fix it if you use the latest vmware *workstation*, but I dont use workstation, I use vmware server console which doesn't have that fix yet.
Comment by tardo (tardo) - Saturday, 23 June 2007, 18:34 GMT
note: this is also fixed in kernel 2.6.22, but I'm not sure how close that release is.
Comment by Tobias Powalowski (tpowa) - Sunday, 24 June 2007, 06:22 GMT
[kernel]
http://www.archlinux.org/~tpowa/rc-kernel/

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