https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=396116 User aschnell@novell.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=396116#c1 Arvin Schnell changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |aschnell@novell.com --- Comment #1 from Arvin Schnell 2008-06-02 09:46:14 MDT --- VMware is supported. But some workarounds for problems with old VMware version were removed from the kernel. The link below gives you a bit more information. http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-factory/2008-05/msg00376.html -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=396116 User chucktr@trcompu.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=396116#c2 --- Comment #2 from Chuck Taylor 2008-06-03 05:15:49 MDT --- It didn't provide anymore info than I already have. Is there a list of which files had the patches so that I may re-install them?? The VMware Workstation version that I am using is 5.5.6 which I don't believe should be considered that old. Like I said in a previous e-mail, it worked fine in openSuSE 11.0 Beta2. Perhaps the "workarounds" could be made optional to VMware 5 users??? Don't think that it was possibly made clear. The problem is not running VMware inside openSuSE 11.0 Beta 3 and above BUT the problem is running openSuSE 11.0 Beta 3 and above as a Guest inside VMware. Does that paint a different picture to you?? -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=396116 User gregkh@novell.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=396116#c4 Greg Kroah-Hartman changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEEDINFO |RESOLVED Info Provider|gregkh@novell.com | Resolution| |DUPLICATE --- Comment #4 from Greg Kroah-Hartman 2008-06-03 08:12:27 MDT --- See bug 392084 for details. vmware has fixed this in their product already. *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 392084 *** https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=392084 -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=396116 User roland.kletzing@materna.de added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=396116#c6 --- Comment #6 from roland kletzing 2008-06-03 08:56:08 MDT ---

Prior versions of SuSE up to and including openSuSE 11.0 Beta2 had absolutely no trouble finding the Virtual HD of VMware. I am running VMware Workstation 5.5.6 inside openSuSE 10.3.

that is because up to 11.0 beta2 suse had a patch which worked around a bug in vmware`s virtual lsilogic scsi controller emulation. that patch was rejected by linux kernel developers - so every linux distro without that additional patch will fail with recent linux kernels on vmware products which haven`t been fixed. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=396116 User roland.kletzing@materna.de added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=396116#c8 --- Comment #8 from roland kletzing 2008-06-03 12:54:51 MDT ---

I noticed that a lot of code concerning vmware was removed between Beta2 and Beta3.

i wouldn`t call that a lot. http://marc.info/?l=linux-scsi&m=117432237404247 http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=117469821528952&w=2 http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=118352701624546&w=2 this issues are known for quite some time now.

Perhaps the "workarounds" could be made optional to VMware 5 users???

just as an idea: as you can add additional drivers from floppy or whatever at setup time - would it be possible to replace an in-kernel driver by some driver from additional setup disk, i.e. could a patched lsilogic driver be supplied separately (either by novell or by 3rd party/volunteer) ? -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.