Date: Sun, 26 Dec 1999 21:45:59 +0800 From: Peter Wemm <peter@netplex.com.au> To: Mike Smith <msmith@freebsd.org> Cc: Andreas Klemm <andreas@klemm.gtn.com>, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: can't get vmware to run ( on -current ) Message-ID: <19991226134559.25EE81CA0@overcee.netplex.com.au> In-Reply-To: Message from Mike Smith <msmith@freebsd.org> of "Sat, 25 Dec 1999 14:24:11 PST." <199912252224.OAA00513@mass.cdrom.com>
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Mike Smith wrote:
> > b) could not open /usr/local/lib/vmware/lib/vmm (no such file or directory)
.
>
> No idea about that one.
That is because /proc/curproc/exe is missing. Under Linux it's a pointer to
the executable file (like our "file" used to be before it was killed). A
trivial patch to reactivate it in a form that is useable by vmware:
Index: procfs_vnops.c
===================================================================
RCS file: /home/ncvs/src/sys/miscfs/procfs/procfs_vnops.c,v
retrieving revision 1.76
diff -u -r1.76 procfs_vnops.c
--- procfs_vnops.c 1999/12/15 23:02:08 1.76
+++ procfs_vnops.c 1999/12/26 13:43:49
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@
/* name type validp */
{ DT_DIR, N("."), Pproc, NULL },
{ DT_DIR, N(".."), Proot, NULL },
+ { DT_REG, N("exe"), Pfile, procfs_validfile },
{ DT_REG, N("mem"), Pmem, NULL },
{ DT_REG, N("regs"), Pregs, procfs_validregs },
{ DT_REG, N("fpregs"), Pfpregs, procfs_validfpregs },
This works because the Pfile support code hasn't been removed.
Or you can check out the linprocfs stuff, see the vmware pages for a pointer.
It provides a linux-like /compat/linux/proc that provides the missing bits
that linux programs expect.
Cheers,
-Peter
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