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

[Gary Jennejohn]

"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
> 
> Then the program dies, with a message on the xterm:
> 
>    VMWare Panic: (ide1:0) NOT_IMPLEMENTED F(831):712
>    VMWare Panic: (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
> 

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?

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Gary Jennejohn / garyj[at]jennejohn.org gj[at]freebsd.org garyj[at]denx.de