Date: Sun, 1 May 2005 20:46:15 GMT From: Andy Sparrow <ports@spadger.best.vwh.net> To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: misc/80514: vmmon_smp.ko does not create /dev/vmmon node on SMP FreeBSD-5.4-STABLE machine Message-ID: <200505012046.j41KkFY2052214@www.freebsd.org> Resent-Message-ID: <200505012050.j41Ko2Uo073650@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 80514
>Category: misc
>Synopsis: vmmon_smp.ko does not create /dev/vmmon node on SMP FreeBSD-5.4-STABLE machine
>Confidential: no
>Severity: serious
>Priority: low
>Responsible: freebsd-bugs
>State: open
>Quarter:
>Keywords:
>Date-Required:
>Class: sw-bug
>Submitter-Id: current-users
>Arrival-Date: Sun May 01 20:50:02 GMT 2005
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: Andy Sparrow
>Release: FreeBSD-5.4-STABLE
>Organization:
Not Much
>Environment:
FreeBSD dell 5.4-STABLE FreeBSD 5.4-STABLE #1: Fri Apr 29 21:56:38 PDT 2005 root@dell:/usr/src/sys/i386/compile/dell i386
>Description:
No /dev/vmmon node is created after installing/starting VMware 3 on an SMP machine running 5.4-STABLE.
Manually kldload'ing vmmon_up.ko results in a /dev/vmmon node. Which is, unfortunately, not usable - the message "VMware Workstation does not run on 2.0.x SMP Linux kernels. Please update to a 2.2.x or later SMP Linux kernel." appears in a dialog box after pressing "Power On".
>How-To-Repeat:
Install VMware3 port on an SMP machine running 5.4-STABLE with linux_base either rh7.3 or rh8 (identical symptoms).
>Fix:
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:
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