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open-vm-tools package

  1. Bug #727342
  2. Comment #23

Comment 23 for bug 727342

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Serge Hallyn (serge-hallyn) wrote : Re: [Bug 727342] Re: FFE: open-vm-tools kernel module failed to build

Quoting Kate Stewart (<email address hidden>):
> Any update on this?

The kernel modules in open-vm-dkms are to be installed in the
vmware guests, not the hosts. So our previous concern about
testing the kernel modules should be far far lessesened.

Nevertheless, I ran ltp on monday with and with the patches -
applied on a host, not guests - and ltp did, by the time it
got to rename014, cause a hang in xfs. I think a mutex must
have been left locked, bc basically any subsequent task closing
an fd would hang.

When not running ltp, the host would run fine with the modules
loaded.

Since these modules are to be installed in the guest, not
the host, and since ltp is a very stressful test, I would
maintain we are better off with this package, which at least
allows the open-vm-tools to install.

I did try to install vmware-player in order to test in a guest,
but that (which requires a download from vmware.com, not our
package) wouldn't work. However, earlier comments in this
bug claimed success with this package.