Open-VM-Tools for V11 Kernel in PFSense 2.4?
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Any timetable on when Open-VM-Tools will be updated to support the new V11 kernel? Although PFSense runs all-right on ESXi with the older tools, it doesn't have the kernel modules for efficient running while in virtualization, and consumes about 5 times more CPU.
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Is there a newer port for freebsd?
I show the package in pfsense being current..
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The version is current, but it probably needs to be re-compiled to produce V11 kmods.
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The tools on 2.4 are compiled against FreeBSD 11.1/2.4 already.
You're probably seeing some other symptom (like SNMP using too much CPU)
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Fair enough. Looks like they are loaded. I'm getting some errors about loading them at boot, which sent me down the wrong path, but they are certainly there:
: /usr/local/etc/rc.d/vmware-kmod status
Checking vmmemctl kernel module: loaded.
Checking vmxnet kernel module: loaded.
Checking vmblock kernel module: loaded.
: kldstat
Id Refs Address Size Name
1 25 0xffffffff80200000 2c3e9a0 kernel
2 1 0xffffffff83019000 46c6 cryptodev.ko
3 1 0xffffffff8301e000 25099 ipfw.ko
4 1 0xffffffff83044000 14373 dummynet.ko
5 1 0xffffffff83059000 27f7 vmmemctl.ko
6 1 0xffffffff8305c000 2423 vmxnet.ko
7 1 0xffffffff8305f000 2efa vmblock.koThanks!
