Fedora 8, VMwareWorkstation-6.0.2-59824, kernel 2.6.24.3-12.fc8 Problems!

[peters]

OK, getting these errors when running /usr/bin/vmware-config.pl :

What is the location of the directory of C header files that match your running
kernel? [/lib/modules/2.6.24.3-12.fc8/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-config4/vmmon-only'
make -C /lib/modules/2.6.24.3-12.fc8/build/include/.. SUBDIRS=$PWD SRCROOT=$PWD/. modules
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/kernels/2.6.24.3-12.fc8-i686'
  CC [M]  /tmp/vmware-config4/vmmon-only/linux/driver.o
In file included from /tmp/vmware-config4/vmmon-only/./include/vmware.h:25,
                 from /tmp/vmware-config4/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:83:
/tmp/vmware-config4/vmmon-only/./include/vm_basic_types.h:170: error: conflicting types for 'uintptr_t'
include/linux/types.h:40: error: previous declaration of 'uintptr_t' was here
In file included from /tmp/vmware-config4/vmmon-only/./include/x86.h:23,
                 from /tmp/vmware-config4/vmmon-only/linux/driver.h:15,
                 from /tmp/vmware-config4/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:84:
/tmp/vmware-config4/vmmon-only/./include/x86cpuid.h:383:1: warning: "BIT_MASK" redefined
In file included from include/linux/kernel.h:15,
                 from /tmp/vmware-config4/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:11:
include/linux/bitops.h:7:1: warning: this is the location of the previous definition
In file included from /tmp/vmware-config4/vmmon-only/./include/vmci_kernel_defs.h:26,
                 from /tmp/vmware-config4/vmmon-only/./common/vmciContext.h:19,
                 from /tmp/vmware-config4/vmmon-only/linux/driver.h:21,
                 from /tmp/vmware-config4/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:84:
/tmp/vmware-config4/vmmon-only/./include/compat_wait.h:37:5: warning: "VMW_HAVE_EPOLL" is not defined
/tmp/vmware-config4/vmmon-only/./include/compat_wait.h:43:5: warning: "VMW_HAVE_EPOLL" is not defined
In file included from /tmp/vmware-config4/vmmon-only/./include/vmci_kernel_defs.h:26,
                 from /tmp/vmware-config4/vmmon-only/./common/vmciContext.h:19,
                 from /tmp/vmware-config4/vmmon-only/linux/driver.h:21,
                 from /tmp/vmware-config4/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:84:
/tmp/vmware-config4/vmmon-only/./include/compat_wait.h:60: error: conflicting types for 'poll_initwait'
include/linux/poll.h:65: error: previous declaration of 'poll_initwait' was here
/tmp/vmware-config4/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:198: warning: initialization from incompatible pointer type
make[2]: *** [/tmp/vmware-config4/vmmon-only/linux/driver.o] Error 1
make[1]: *** [_module_/tmp/vmware-config4/vmmon-only] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/kernels/2.6.24.3-12.fc8-i686'
make: *** [vmmon.ko] Error 2
make: Leaving directory `/tmp/vmware-config4/vmmon-only'
Unable to build the vmmon module.

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Execution aborted.

Any ideas? The newest "vmware-any-any-update*" is here and is dated "09-Apr-2007 01:40", almost a year old.

Peter

[peters]

Hmm, thanks to zcat on the #fedora channel:

http://communities.vmware.com/thread/131573?tstart=0
http://groups.google.com/group/vmkernelnewbies/files
http://groups.google.com/group/vmkernelnewbies

Peter

[devhen]

I've blogged a walk-through for fixing this:

http://blog.devhen.com/archives/VMwa....3-12.fc8.html

[birger]

I did the following:
- Installed vmware-any-any-update115.tar.gz (use google to find it).
- Fixed the obvious bug in the vmmon driver. You'll see a complaint that the bitops.h that gets included from include/vcpuset.h should only be included from linux/bitops.h. Go to /usr/lib/vmware/modules/source and unpack vmmon.tar. Go to vmmon-only/include and fix vcpuset.h (change that #include to linux/bitops.h), pack the vmmon.tar file again and rerun vmware-config.pl

I expect vmware-any-any-update116 will be out soon...

[devhen]

birger,

The vmware-any-any patch update 116 is available from the link I just posted above.

Here it is again:
http://blog.devhen.com/archives/VMwa....3-12.fc8.html

Cheers,