vmware3 trouble with AIO NOT_IMPLEMENTED F(831):712 error

[Carl J]

"Carl J" writes:
>Hi, all! I've just upgraded to FreeBSD 4.11 (by a fresh re-install),
>and installed /usr/ports/emulators/vmware3
>I was able to power up a virtual machine, and boot up Win2K, etc.
>But whenever I power down the VM, vmware popups a panic message:
>    VMWare Workstation Unrecoverable error: (VMX)
>    AIO: NOT_IMPLEMENTED F(831):712
>And it logs an error message to the console:
>    linux: 'ioctl' fd=10, cmd=0x5393 ('S',147) not implemented

Gary Jennejohn wrote:
>This would appear to be this ioctl, defined in include/linux/cdrom.h:
>#define CDROM_SEND_PACKET       0x5393  /* send a packet to the drive */
>Do you have a CDROM defined? What happens if you remove it?

Hi! Thank you for your reply!

Unfortunately, it did not entirely solve my problem.
Once I remove all CDROM drive definition in the virtual machine,
it no longer generated the "ioctl" error message.
But VMWare3 still panics at shutdown, with AIO NOT_IMPLEMENTED F(831):712.

Does VMWare3 works for you? Are you on FreeBSD 4.11?
Maybe I can compare notes and see why it's giving me troubles.

Thanks again for your help so far! Really appreciate it.

- Carl