Subject: Re: vmware-module3 on NetBSD 1.6P: compile problem?
To: Jaromir Dolecek <jdolecek@netbsd.org>
From: Rasputin <rasputin@idoru.mine.nu>
List: port-i386
Date: 03/20/2003 10:03:49
* Jaromir Dolecek <jdolecek@netbsd.org> [0359 09:59]:
> I didn't touch the *_post.sh scripts at all. So yes, this needs to be
> modified for -current. The *_post.sh scripts shouldn't really be needed
> on -current at all, since vmmon and vmnet have now reserved major
> and thus the device files could be created by vmware3-module pkg itself.

I got errors about not being able to open /dev/vmmon
- no such file or directory - and vmnet1 isn't appearing in ifconfig either.

All built fine, but nothing actually running yet....

I'm going to buildworld and retry (thought a recent MAKEDEV might help),
will post more detail then if it still fails.
 
> I'll take a look at the _post.sh scripts and try to adjust them to work
> with -current.
> 
> Jaromir
> 
> Tracy Di Marco White wrote:
> > 
> > Florent Parent <Florent.Parent@hexago.com> wrote:
> > >That did the trick. Thanks
> > 
> > I've gotten vmware3 installed, but when I try to use it
> > /usr/pkg/lkm/vmnet_post.sh fails with "shoujld only be called
> > from modload(8) with 3 args.  Since modload now feeds the post
> > script 4 args, I would guess this needs to be modified a bit.
> > Or maybe I have something out of date, but pkgsrc & src are
> > current as of last night.  I changed mine to not fail on 4 or
> > 3 args, but that may not be the best choice, since 3 isn't
> > enough on new modload, and 4 is too many on old.
> > 
> > -Tracy
> > 
> 
> 
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