VMware Tool Patches

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version 64607

No patches required.

version 52542

vmxnet

If you are using ESX v3.0.2 the VMware Tools v3.0.2-52542 doe not need any patches. However, vmxnet does produce 'hw csum failures' for UDP datagram packets. I have not found a fix yet.

versions prior to 52542

Using the Patches

  • These patches are intended only for kernels > 2.6.18-4 but should work with any kernel release. You will need the gcc and kernel-devel packages.
  • Debian Etch default kernel does not need these patches but they will not hurt. 
# Install gcc and kernel-devel packages for RHEL, gcc and linux-headers for Debian
# Install VMwareTools VM menu option
mount -o ro /dev/cdrom /mnt
cp /mnt/* .

   Then Either
   rpm -ivh VM*rpm # If RedHat/Fedora/RPM based system
   -or-
   tar -xzf VM*tgz # If any other system
   cd vmware-tools-distrib
   ./vmware-install.pl

cd /usr/lib/vmware-tools/modules/source
tar -xf vmxnet.tar
tar -xf vmmemctl.tar
tar -xf vmdesched.tar
cd vmxnet-only
patch -p1 < /tmp/vmxnet-only.patch
cd ../vmmemctl-only
patch -p1 < /tmp/vmmemctl-only.patch
cd ../vmdesched-only
patch -p1 < /tmp/vmdesched-only.patch
cd ..
tar -cf vmxnet.tar vmxnet-only
tar -cf vmmemctl.tar vmmemctl-only
tar -cf vmdesched.tar vmdesched-only
rm -rf vmxnet-only vmmemctl-only vmdesched-only
vmware-config-tools.pl

vmmemctl

  • This patch works for all revision of ESX VMwareTools >= 43424 and has been tested against revision 43424 and 47426.
  • This patch is not necessary for VMware Server VMwareTools revision 44356. 
diff -c -b vmmemctl-only-orig/os.c vmmemctl-only/os.c
*** vmmemctl-only-orig/os.c	2007-03-30 13:54:30.000000000 -0400
--- vmmemctl-only/os.c	2007-06-13 11:35:11.000000000 -0400
***************
*** 23,29 ****
--- 23,31 ----
  
  #include "driver-config.h"
 
+ #if	LINUX_VERSION_CODE < KERNEL_VERSION(2,6,18)
  #include 
+ #endif
 
  #ifdef	MODULE
  #include

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vmxnet

  • This patch works for all revision of VMwareTools >= 43424 and has been tested against revision 43424 and 47426.
  • This patch is not necessary for VMware Server VMwareTools revision 44356. 
diff -c -b vmxnet-only-orig/vmxnet.c vmxnet-only/vmxnet.c
*** vmxnet-only-orig/vmxnet.c	2007-03-30 13:54:46.000000000 -0400
--- vmxnet-only/vmxnet.c	2007-06-14 14:47:40.000000000 -0400
***************
*** 8,14 ****
--- 8,16 ----
 
  #include "driver-config.h"
 
+ #if LINUX_VERSION_CODE < KERNEL_VERSION(2, 6, 18)
  #include 
+ #endif
  #include 
 
  #if LINUX_VERSION_CODE >= KERNEL_VERSION(2, 6, 9)
***************
*** 94,99 ****
--- 96,109 ----
  #endif
  #endif
 
+ #ifdef CHECKSUM_COMPLETE
+ // as of 2.6.18 they split CHECKSUM_HW into two
+ #define CHECK_IP_SUMMED(n) \
+    (((n) == CHECKSUM_COMPLETE) || ((n) == CHECKSUM_PARTIAL))
+ #else
+ #define CHECK_IP_SUMMED(n) ((n) == CHECKSUM_HW)
+ #endif
+ 
  /* Data structure used when determining what hardware the driver supports. */
 
  static const struct pci_device_id vmxnet_chips[] =
***************
*** 937,948 ****
 		                               tcpLen,
 		                               IPPROTO_TCP,
 		                               0);
           skb->ip_summed = CHECKSUM_HW;
        } 
     } 
  #endif
 
!    if (skb->ip_summed == CHECKSUM_HW) {
        xre->flags |= VMXNET2_TX_HW_XSUM;
     } else {
        xre->flags &= ~VMXNET2_TX_HW_XSUM;
--- 947,962 ----
 	 	                               tcpLen,
 	 	                               IPPROTO_TCP,
 	 	                               0);
+ #ifdef CHECKSUM_COMPLETE
+          skb->ip_summed = CHECKSUM_COMPLETE;
+ #else
           skb->ip_summed = CHECKSUM_HW;
+ #endif
        } 
     } 
  #endif
 
!    if (CHECK_IP_SUMMED(skb->ip_summed)) {
        xre->flags |= VMXNET2_TX_HW_XSUM;
     } else {
        xre->flags &= ~VMXNET2_TX_HW_XSUM;

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vmdesched

  • This patch works for all revision of VMwareTools >= 43424 and has been tested against revision 43424 and 47426. 
*** vmdesched-only-orig/compat_kernel.h 2007-04-12 22:40:53.000000000 -0400
--- vmdesched-only/compat_kernel.h      2007-07-30 11:27:51.000000000 -0400
***************
*** 18,24 ****
--- 18,28 ----
  * provided by x86-64, arm and other (but not by i386).
  */
  #define __NR_compat_exit __NR_exit
+ #if LINUX_VERSION_CODE < KERNEL_VERSION(2,6,20)
  static inline _syscall1(int, compat_exit, int, exit_code);
+ #else
+ static inline _syscall1(int compat_exit, int exit_code);
+ #endif



  /*

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vmhgfs

  • This patch works for all revision of VMwareTools >= 43424 and has been tested against revision 43424 and 47426. Yet is not used within ESX. Loading vmhgfs when using ESX can be pretty catastrophic to the VM and security.
  • This patch is not necessary for VMware Server VMwareTools revision 44356. 
diff -c -b vmhgfs-only-orig/driver.c vmhgfs-only/driver.c
*** vmhgfs-only-orig/driver.c	2007-05-23 22:21:25.000000000 -0400
--- vmhgfs-only/driver.c	2007-07-31 16:50:19.000000000 -0400
***************
*** 41,48 ****
--- 41,53 ----
  #define HGFS_SB_TO_COMMON(sb)             ((HgfsSuperInfo *)(sb)->s_fs_info)
  #endif
 
+ #if LINUX_VERSION_CODE < KERNEL_VERSION(2,6,20)
  #define INODE_SET_II_P(inode, info) do { (inode)->u.generic_ip = (info); } while (0)
  #define INODE_GET_II_P(inode) ((HgfsInodeInfo *)(inode)->u.generic_ip)
+ #else
+ #define INODE_SET_II_P(inode, info) do { (inode)->i_private = ((void*)info); } while (0)
+ #define INODE_GET_II_P(inode) ((HgfsInodeInfo *)(inode)->i_private)
+ #endif
 
  /*
   * 2.5.x kernels support nanoseconds timestamps.
***************
*** 760,766 ****
--- 765,773 ----
     inode->i_uid = 0;   /* This is bogus, should be the mount owner. */
     inode->i_gid = 0;   /* This is bogus, should be the mount owner. */
     inode->i_rdev = 0;  /* Device nodes are not supported */
+ #if LINUX_VERSION_CODE < KERNEL_VERSION(2,6,20)
     inode->i_blksize = HGFS_BLOCKSIZE;
+ #endif
     inode->i_blocks = (attr->size + HGFS_BLOCKSIZE - 1) / HGFS_BLOCKSIZE;
     inode->i_size = attr->size;
     HGFS_SET_TIME(inode->i_atime, attr->accessTime);
***************
*** 4419,4424 ****
--- 4426,4459 ----
 
 
  #if KERNEL_25_FS
+ #if LINUX_VERSION_CODE >= KERNEL_VERSION(2,6,18)
+ /*
+  *-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+  *
+  * HgfsGetSb --
+  *
+  *    Invokes generic kernel code to prepare superblock for
+  *    deviceless filesystem.
+  *
+  * Results:
+  *    0 on success
+  *    non-zero on failure
+  *
+  * Side effects:
+  *    None
+  *
+  *-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+  */
+ static int 
+ HgfsGetSb(struct file_system_type *fs_type,
+ 	  int flags,
+ 	  const char *dev_name,
+ 	  void *rawData,
+ 	  struct vfsmount *mnt)
+ {
+    return get_sb_nodev(fs_type, flags, rawData, HgfsReadSuper, mnt);
+ }
+ #else
  /*
   *-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
   *
***************
*** 4453,4458 ****
--- 4488,4494 ----
  {
     return get_sb_nodev(fs_type, flags, rawData, HgfsReadSuper);
  }
+ #endif
  #else

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Author: Edward L. Haletky

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