VMware fails to build with the new kernel

[Andrew Kenton Mitchell]

I hate to be "that guy"... But am I mistaken in the understanding that 
somebody has VMware-server-1.0.7-108231 working on kernel 
2.6.27-0.329.rc6.git2.fc10.i686?

I downloaded 
http://vmkernelnewbies.googlegroups.com/web/vmware-any-any-update117d.tar.gz

Then patched the 117d update with 
http://vmkernelnewbies.googlegroups.com/web/VMware-server-vmmon-1.0.6-91891-2.6.26-1.patch 
and 
http://vmkernelnewbies.googlegroups.com/web/VMware-server-vmnet-1.0.6-91891-2.6.26-1.patch

Next, I applied the update. When it called vmware-config, I still saw 
the following errors:

[/lib/modules/2.6.27-0.329.rc6.git2.fc10.i686/build/include]

Extracting the sources of the vmmon module.

Building the vmmon module.

Using 2.6.x kernel build system.
make: Entering directory `/tmp/vmware-config13/vmmon-only'
make -C /lib/modules/2.6.27-0.329.rc6.git2.fc10.i686/build/include/.. 
SUBDIRS=$PWD SRCROOT=$PWD/. modules
make[1]: Entering directory 
`/usr/src/kernels/2.6.27-0.329.rc6.git2.fc10.i686'
CC [M] /tmp/vmware-config13/vmmon-only/linux/driver.o
In file included from /tmp/vmware-config13/vmmon-only/./include/x86.h:24,
from /tmp/vmware-config13/vmmon-only/linux/driver.h:15,
from /tmp/vmware-config13/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:85:
/tmp/vmware-config13/vmmon-only/./include/x86paging.h:61:1: warning: 
"PTE_PFN_MASK" redefined
In file included from include/asm/paravirt.h:7,
from include/asm/irqflags.h:55,
from include/linux/irqflags.h:57,
from include/asm/system.h:11,
from include/asm/processor.h:17,
from include/linux/prefetch.h:14,
from include/linux/list.h:6,
from include/linux/module.h:9,
from /tmp/vmware-config13/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:12:
include/asm/page.h:22:1: warning: this is the location of the previous 
definition
In file included from /tmp/vmware-config13/vmmon-only/linux/vmhost.h:13,
from /tmp/vmware-config13/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:116:
/tmp/vmware-config13/vmmon-only/./include/compat_semaphore.h:5:27: 
error: asm/semaphore.h: No such file or directory
/tmp/vmware-config13/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c: In function 
‘LinuxDriver_Ioctl’:
/tmp/vmware-config13/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:1840: error: too many 
arguments to function ‘smp_call_function’
make[2]: *** [/tmp/vmware-config13/vmmon-only/linux/driver.o] Error 1
make[1]: *** [_module_/tmp/vmware-config13/vmmon-only] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory 
`/usr/src/kernels/2.6.27-0.329.rc6.git2.fc10.i686'
make: *** [vmmon.ko] Error 2
make: Leaving directory `/tmp/vmware-config13/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.

I like horses so I'm absolutely not a proponent of beating them to 
death. However, I need this working in the worst way. Therefore I bow to 
those out there who can educate me and I humbly ask them to impart me 
with knowledge.

Thanks,

Andrew Kenton Mitchell



wwp wrote:
> Hello,
>
>
> On Mon, 15 Sep 2008 08:44:17 +0200 wwp <subscript at free.fr> wrote:
>
>   
>> Hello all,
>>
>>
>> On Sat, 13 Sep 2008 15:36:45 +0200 Maurizio Marini <maumar at datalogica.com> wrote:
>>
>>     
>>> On Saturday 13 September 2008, Joachim Backes wrote:
>>>
>>>       
>>>> I installed vmware-any-any-update117-itpsycho.tar.bz2 ***without***
>>>> installing vmware-any-any-update117d.tar.gz (and **without** the patch
>>>> files belongig to the ...d version) so VMware-server-1.0.7-108231.i386
>>>> now runs flawless.
>>>>         
>>> Yes!
>>> is wht i tried to say, i must clean everithing, and then reinstall everithing 
>>> using the patch update117-itpsycho.
>>> i can confirm: it works!!!
>>>       
>> For the sake of the archives: that update117-itpsycho one saved my
>> life, installed on top of other 117* updates. Fedora 8, VMWare
>> Workstation 5.5.6-80404 w/ update117 and update117d already installed.
>>     
>
> And still for the archives, vmware-config.pl after applying
> update117-itpsycho on top of a fresh install of VMWare WS 5.5.8 just
> works fine.
>
>
> Regards,
>
>