VMWARE_BALLOON is missing in menuconfig because you don't have
HYPERVISOR_GUEST enabled (see that it shows as "=n"). Once you enable the
hypervisor support, the balloon driver will appear in Misc devices.
-wpl
On Tue, Oct 1, 2013 at 7:27 AM, smlaid smlaid <smlail2...@yahoo.fr> wrote:
> Finally i get my LFS os working :D
>
>
> i want to share with you some issue/solution and some questions too ;)
>
> ---------------------------issue 1--------------------------
> I 0.997150] CPU: 0 PID: 1 Comm: swapper/0 Not tainted 3.10.10 #1
> I 0.997168] Hardware name: VMware, Inc. VMware Virtual Platform/440BX
> Desktop Reference Platform, BIOS 6.00 07/02/2012
> .
> I 0.997550] I<c1682b17>] ret_from_kernel_thread+Ox1b/0x28
> I 0.997570] I<c1665c20>] ? rest_init+0x60/0x60
> --------------------------issue1----------------------------
>
> it was my virtual scsi hard disk which was configured with LSI Logic as
> recommended by vmwarethus
>
> thus i set this flags as flow :
> CONFIG_VMWARE_BALLOON=y
> CONFIG_VMWARE_PVSCSI=y
>
> and i use # make localyesconfig to enables the drivers as in-kernel (no
> module) and this solve my problem may be this is not the optimal way but i
> work for me.
>
> see : swift.siphos.be/linux_sea/kernelbuilding.html
> see : techinlive.com/main/knowledge/build-linux-from-scratch-on-vmware
>
> later i found that this issue may be fixed if enabled in the kernel config
> menu :
>
> Device Drivers --->[*] Fusion MPT device support --->
> <*> Fusion MPT ScsiHost drivers for SPI
> <*> Fusion MPT ScsiHost drivers for FC
> <*> Fusion MPT ScsiHost drivers for SAS
>
> i didn't try yet if someone else had tested this thank to share :)
>
>
> now my hard disk is detected :D but when booting i get a second error
> message :s
>
> ---------------------------issue 2--------------------------
> VFS: unable to mount root fs on unknows-block(8,1)
> ---------------------------issue 2--------------------------
>
> it seem that LFS see my disk as sdb and not sda!?
>
> see : techinlive.com/main/knowledge/build-linux-from-scratch-on-vmware
>
> thus i change both grub.cfg and fstab
>
> cat > /etc/fstab << "EOF"
> # Begin /etc/fstab
>
> # file system mount-point type options dump fsck
> # order
>
> /dev/sdb1 / ext4 defaults 1 1
> /dev/sdb2 swap swap pri=1 0 0
> proc /proc proc nosuid,noexec,nodev 0 0
> sysfs /sys sysfs nosuid,noexec,nodev 0 0
> devpts /dev/pts devpts gid=5,mode=620 0 0
> tmpfs /run tmpfs defaults 0 0
> devtmpfs /dev devtmpfs mode=0755,nosuid 0 0
>
> # End /etc/fstab
> EOF
>
> and
>
> cat > /boot/grub/grub.cfg << "EOF"
> # Begin /boot/grub/grub.cfg
> set default=0
> set timeout=5
>
> insmod ext2
> set root=(hd0,1)
>
> menuentry "GNU/Linux, Linux 3.10.10-lfs-7.4" {
> linux /boot/vmlinuz-3.10.10-lfs-7.4 root=/dev/sdb1 ro
> }
> EOF
>
> and it work !
>
>
> Question :
> 1. why LFS see my disk as sdb ??
> 2. when i try to set flag CONFIG_VMWARE_BALLOON=y i make a search on
> kernel config menu and i get :
> │ Symbol: VMWARE_BALLOON [=n]
> │
> │ Type : tristate
> │
> │ Prompt: VMware Balloon Driver
> │
> │ Location:
> │
> │ -> Device Drivers
> │
> │ (4) -> Misc devices
> │
> │ Defined at drivers/misc/Kconfig:427
> │
> │ Depends on: X86 [=y] && HYPERVISOR_GUEST [=n]
>
> but when i go to Device Drivers > Misc devices the VMWARE_BALLOON is
> missing !! even if i put it manualy to .config or load it from an other
> file it still messing ?!
>
> wish my post help someone else and special thank to Bruce
>
>
> --sam
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> ----- Mail original -----
> De : Bruce Dubbs <bruce.du...@gmail.com>
> À : smlaid smlaid <smlail2...@yahoo.fr>; LFS Support List <
> lfs-support@linuxfromscratch.org>
> Cc :
> Envoyé le : Dimanche 29 septembre 2013 18h31
> Objet : Re: [lfs-support] First Boot Issue
>
> smlaid smlaid wrote:
> > i am getting this boot issue for my first LFS boot :(
> >
> > I 0.997150] CPU: 0 PID: 1 Comm: swapper/0 Not tainted 3.10.10 #1
> > I 0.997168] Hardware name: VMware, Inc. VMware Virtual Platform/440BX
> Desktop Reference Platform, BIOS 6.00 07/02/2012
>
> This is almost always due to not having the right drivers installed in
> the kernel. In your case, it looks like you are using vmware.
>
> When in the virtual host, look at lsmod and see what drivers are needed.
> Also look at /dev to see what the disk drives are named. If not sda,
> adjust this as needed in both grub.cfg and fstab.
>
> -- Bruce
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