VMWare + Latest Kernel

[Edward Dekkers]

Robert Locke wrote:
> On Wed, 2005-11-30 at 09:04 +0800, Edward Dekkers wrote:
> 
>>Below a log of vmware building the vmnet module and failing. This has 
>>worked up until my latest update. Don't bother with the URL links, as 
>>I've tried them and one is a page not found the other has no 
>>troubleshooting. Does one of the programmers on this list know what this 
>>is? The newsgroup link from the page seems to be broken also.
>>
>>---
>>
>>Building the vmnet module.
>>
>>Using 2.6.x kernel build system.
>>make: Entering directory `/tmp/vmware-config0/vmnet-only'
>>make -C /lib/modules/2.6.14-1.1637_FC4smp/build/include/.. SUBDIRS=$PWD 
>>SRCROOT=$PWD/. modules
>>make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/kernels/2.6.14-1.1637_FC4-smp-i686'
>>   CC [M]  /tmp/vmware-config0/vmnet-only/driver.o
>>In file included from /tmp/vmware-config0/vmnet-only/vnet.h:14,
>>                  from /tmp/vmware-config0/vmnet-only/vnetInt.h:10,
>>                  from /tmp/vmware-config0/vmnet-only/driver.c:40:
>>/tmp/vmware-config0/vmnet-only/vm_atomic.h:54:5: warning: "_MSC_VER" is 
>>not defined
>>In file included from /tmp/vmware-config0/vmnet-only/vm_oui.h:13,
>>                  from /tmp/vmware-config0/vmnet-only/vnetInt.h:11,
>>                  from /tmp/vmware-config0/vmnet-only/driver.c:40:
>>/tmp/vmware-config0/vmnet-only/vm_basic_asm.h:48:5: warning: "_MSC_VER" 
>>is not defined
>>/tmp/vmware-config0/vmnet-only/driver.c: In function ˜VNetProcessOwnsPort:
>>/tmp/vmware-config0/vmnet-only/driver.c:1698: error: struct files_struct 
>>has no member named max_fds
>>make[2]: *** [/tmp/vmware-config0/vmnet-only/driver.o] Error 1
>>make[1]: *** [_module_/tmp/vmware-config0/vmnet-only] Error 2
>>make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/kernels/2.6.14-1.1637_FC4-smp-i686'
>>make: *** [vmnet.ko] Error 2
>>make: Leaving directory `/tmp/vmware-config0/vmnet-only'
>>Unable to build the vmnet 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.
>>
> 
> 
> OK, I'll ask the obvious questions...
> 
> What version of VMWare?  I had no problem building VMWare Workstation
> 5.0 on both that kernel 1637 and the newer 1644.

5.0.0

> 
> So next obvious check, are you using the latest vmware-any-any-update96?
> Appears to be needed particularly if you are using VMWare 4.5.2....

Nope - didn't even know about it. Is this still required for version 5? 
If so do I grab that from vmware?

Understand my company bought vmware, threw it at me to install on the 
workstation here. I managed to get it working every time before when 
there were updates and I had to re-compile, just not this time. I don't 
know a hell of a lot about it, I just used the perl script and left the 
defaults as they were initially set up, it would simply compile the 
vmnet.ko module.

Not this time though :(

> 
> If using the released today 5.5, I have no idea yet as I haven't had a
> chance to build those yet.

No way - this is at least a couple of months old.

> 
> The only difference in my environment that I can see is that I am not
> smp - using the UP kernel...
> 
> Other thought as to a difference.  I noticed a gcc update announcement
> today that I have yet to get so perhaps that is different - I am still
> running: gcc-4.0.1-4.fc4....
> 
> --Rob

Well it broke after these updates (from what I can tell):

Package Installed:
     dlm-kernel.i686 2.6.11.5-20050601.152643.FC4.16
     gnbd-kernel.i686 2.6.11.2-20050420.133124.FC4.52
     GFS-kernel.i686 2.6.11.8-20050601.152643.FC4.19
     cman-kernel.i686 2.6.11.5-20050601.152643.FC4.17

  Package Updated:
     dlm-kernheaders.i686 2.6.11.5-20050601.152643.FC4.16
     openswan-doc.i386 2.4.4-1.0.FC4.1
     GFS-kernheaders.i686 2.6.11.8-20050601.152643.FC4.19
     openswan.i386 2.4.4-1.0.FC4.1
     perl.i386 3:5.8.6-16.fc4
     gnbd-kernheaders.i686 2.6.11.2-20050420.133124.FC4.52
     cman-kernheaders.i686 2.6.11.5-20050601.152643.FC4.17
     perl-suidperl.i386 3:5.8.6-16.fc4

Thanks so far.

Ed.
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