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<p>New page: [http://communities.vmware.com/people/nick.couchman Nick Couchman] has started a topic on how-to build your own ESX/ESXi drivers using linux sources and the freely GPL code from VMware and...</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>[http://communities.vmware.com/people/nick.couchman Nick Couchman] has started a topic on how-to build your own ESX/ESXi drivers using linux sources and the freely GPL code from VMware and he has been successful in doing so.<br /> <br /> ==== Required components ====<br /> In order to do this you need to get yourself the following components:<br /> * The code of the module that you want to add support for<br /> * CentOS 3.9 in a virtual machine build environment is going to be the easiest way to get going, you can use the [http://isoredirect.centos.org/centos/3/isos/i386/ latest update] from the [http://www.centos.org centOS] web site.<br /> * The [http://www.vmware.com/download/vi/open_source.html GPL components] from ESX. Here&#039;s a link to the [http://download3.vmware.com/software/vi/VMware-esx-public-source-3.5.0-123630.tar.gz ESX3.5 Update 3] sources.<br /> <br /> <br /> &#039;&#039;&#039; Beware that VMware will NOT support your configuration with home-grown drivers &#039;&#039;&#039;<br /> <br /> <br /> ==== External links ====<br /> * The communities thread [http://communities.vmware.com/thread/188244 GPL Components - build ESX Drivers?]<br /> * The project at sourceforge [https://sourceforge.net/projects/open-vdrivers/ open-vdrivers]<br /> <br /> <br /> At the time of writing this, the project has not released any sources, yet, but it has these entries on the wiki:<br /> <br /> [http://open-vdrivers.wiki.sourceforge.net/intro Wiki - Intro]<br /> <br /> [http://open-vdrivers.wiki.sourceforge.net/Getting_Started Wiki - Getting started]<br /> <br /> [[Category: ESX]]</div>

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