vmware cant build with latest fc kernel

[Kam Leo]

On 1/23/07, Rob Brown-Bayliss <uncertain.genius at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi, trying to build the vmware module for the 2.6.19-1.2895 kernel and
> it fails with the following output:
>
> Building the vmmon module.
>
> Building for VMware Workstation 5.5.0 or 5.5.1.
> Using 2.6.x kernel build system.
> make: Entering directory `/tmp/vmware-config1/vmmon-only'
> make -C /lib/modules/2.6.19-1.2895.fc6/build/include/.. SUBDIRS=$PWD
> SRCROOT=$PWD/. modules
> make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/kernels/2.6.19-1.2895.fc6-i686'
>   CC [M]  /tmp/vmware-config1/vmmon-only/linux/driver.o
>   CC [M]  /tmp/vmware-config1/vmmon-only/linux/hostif.o
>   CC [M]  /tmp/vmware-config1/vmmon-only/common/cpuid.o
>   CC [M]  /tmp/vmware-config1/vmmon-only/common/hash.o
>   CC [M]  /tmp/vmware-config1/vmmon-only/common/memtrack.o
>   CC [M]  /tmp/vmware-config1/vmmon-only/common/phystrack.o
>   CC [M]  /tmp/vmware-config1/vmmon-only/common/task.o
> cc1plus: warning: command line option
> "-Werror-implicit-function-declaration" is valid for C/ObjC but not
> for C++
> cc1plus: warning: command line option "-Wdeclaration-after-statement"
> is valid for C/ObjC but not for C++
> cc1plus: warning: command line option "-Wno-pointer-sign" is valid for
> C/ObjC but not for C++
> cc1plus: warning: command line option "-Wstrict-prototypes" is valid
> for Ada/C/ObjC but not for C++
> cc1plus: warning: command line option "-ffreestanding" is valid for
> C/ObjC but not for C++
> include/linux/stddef.h:16: error: expected identifier before 'false'
> include/linux/stddef.h:16: error: expected `}' before 'false'
> include/linux/stddef.h:16: error: expected unqualified-id before 'false'
> include/linux/types.h:36: error: expected initializer before 'bool'
> /tmp/vmware-config1/vmmon-only/common/task.c:43: error: expected
> declaration before '}' token
> make[2]: *** [/tmp/vmware-config1/vmmon-only/common/task.o] Error 1
> make[1]: *** [_module_/tmp/vmware-config1/vmmon-only] Error 2
> make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/kernels/2.6.19-1.2895.fc6-i686'
> make: *** [vmmon.ko] Error 2
> make: Leaving directory `/tmp/vmware-config1/vmmon-only'
> Unable to build the vmmon module.
>
> For more information on how to troubleshoot module-related problems, please
> visit our Web site at "http://www.vmware.com/download/modules/modules.html" and
> "http://www.vmware.com/support/reference/linux/prebuilt_modules_linux.html".
>
> Execution aborted.
>
>
> IS this a known problem with a solution?
>
>
> --
> Rob

Upgrade to VMware Workstation 5.5.3.  If your host OS is linux you
also need to download and apply the vmware-any-any-update106.tar.gz
patch.