Once these modules are enabled in the kernel, we should disable the modules in open-vm-tools DKMS package. The only module that should be built via the DKMS package is vmhgfs.
** Also affects: open-vm-tools (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Changed in: open-vm-tools (Ubuntu) Assignee: (unassigned) => Robert Jennings (rcj) ** Changed in: open-vm-tools (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Medium ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Milestone: None => ubuntu-14.04 ** Changed in: open-vm-tools (Ubuntu) Milestone: None => ubuntu-14.04 ** Changed in: open-vm-tools (Ubuntu) Status: New => In Progress -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1271669 Title: Move vmware related modules from extras into main kernel package Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu: In Progress Status in “open-vm-tools” package in Ubuntu: In Progress Bug description: drivers/misc/vmw_vmci/vmw_vmci.ko, net/vmw_vsock/vmw_vsock_vmci_transport.ko and net/vmw_vsock/vsock.ko are currently in linux-image-extra. Due to a sync of open-vm-tools and an open MIR on open-vm-tools, these modules are needed in the regular kernel. Bug #1220950 open-vm-tools To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1271669/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp