vmware cant build with latest fc kernel

David Timms dtimms at iinet.net.au
Thu Jan 25 12:57:45 UTC 2007


Kam Leo wrote:
> 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.
I found also that vmware-server-1.0.1 wouldn't build the kernel 
interfaces/modules now that I am on fc6 kernel.2895. The same update106 
listed by Kam solves that.

DaveT.




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