Hey, many great thanks to you! Nice job, especially with the script you wrote.

Your patch (along with the .sh script to apply it) worked out fine for me with VMware Server 2.0.1!!!

Only, I had to modify the patch a bit, so it could install:

as there are only vsock, vmmon, vmci, vmnet in the VMware Server, I had to remove the #1 chunk pertaining to vmblock-only;

diff -urN source-OLD/vmblock-only/Makefile source-NEW/vmblock-only/Makefile

• source-OLD/vmblock-only/Makefile 2008-10-28 22:47:20.000000000 -0700

+ source-NEW/vmblock-only/Makefile 2009-03-26 19:29:30.000000000 -0700
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@

vm_check_build = $(shell if $(CC) $(KBUILD_CPPFLAGS) $(KBUILD_CFLAGS) \
$(CPPFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) $(CFLAGS_KERNEL) \

• $(EXTRA_CFLAGS) -Iinclude2/asm/mach-default \

+ $(EXTRA_CFLAGS) -I$(HEADER_DIR) -Iinclude2/asm/mach-default \
-DKBUILD_BASENAME=\"$(DRIVER)\" \
-Werror -S -o /dev/null -xc $(1) \
then, in the next part:

---

diff -urN source-OLD/vmmon-only/include/x86apic.h source-NEW/vmmon-only/include/x86apic.h

• source-OLD/vmmon-only/include/x86apic.h 2008-10-28 22:47:17.000000000 -0700

+ source-NEW/vmmon-only/include/x86apic.h 2009-03-31 11:18:30.000000000 -0700
@@ -94,7 +94,11 @@
#define APIC_LVT_DELVMODE(_lvt) (_lvt & 0x700)
#define APIC_LVT_RESET_VALUE 0x00010000

+#if LINUX_VERSION_CODE < KERNEL_VERSION(2, 6, 29)
#define APIC_BASE_MSR 0x1b
+#else
+#define APIC_BASE_MSR 0x800
+#endif

---

there is actually no line "#define APIC_BASE_MSR 0x1b" in x86apic.h of this VMware Server 2.0.1 version, so I changed the section accordingly.
Or, perhaps, it was better to remove the section altogether? Well, I left the definition for the 2.6.29 kernel and it works fine so far. Logically though, it shouldn't change a lot even if it is not used at all, right? I must admit, I'm not a programmer at all -- just a DIY user.

So, thanks a lot! Nice job.

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bergerkos,

I couldn't actually follow the changes you made to the workstation patch to produce the server patch. Could you post your modified patch for Vmware Server 2.0.1?

Instead of messing with the patch for VMWare Workstation, which misses some of the Server stuff, here's a quick fix for VMWare Server 2.x:

#!/bin/sh
cd /usr/lib/vmware-tools/modules/source || exit 10
/bin/ls -1 *.tar | xargs -n1 tar xf
perl -pi.bak -e 's/-Iinclude2/-I\$(HEADER_DIR) -Iinclude2/' */Makefile
/bin/ls -1 *.tar | sed 's/\.tar$//' | awk '{print "tar cf "$1".tar "$1"-only"}' | sh
/bin/rm -rf *-only

There will still be lots of warnings, but all modules except one should compile now.

It's still breaking for me, after that server patch:

Using 2.6.x kernel build system.
make: Entering directory `/tmp/vmware-config3/vmmon-only'
make -C /lib/modules/2.6.29.4-167.fc11.x86_64/build/include/.. SUBDIRS=$PWD SRCROOT=$PWD/. modules
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/kernels/2.6.29.4-167.fc11.x86_64'
CC [M] /tmp/vmware-config3/vmmon-only/linux/driver.o
In file included from /tmp/vmware-config3/vmmon-only/./include/vmware.h:38,
from /tmp/vmware-config3/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:99:
/tmp/vmware-config3/vmmon-only/./include/vm_basic_types.h:108:7: warning: "__FreeBSD__" is not defined
In file included from /tmp/vmware-config3/vmmon-only/./include/vcpuset.h:103,
from /tmp/vmware-config3/vmmon-only/./include/modulecall.h:37,
from /tmp/vmware-config3/vmmon-only/./common/vmx86.h:33,
from /tmp/vmware-config3/vmmon-only/linux/driver.h:29,
from /tmp/vmware-config3/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:101:
/tmp/vmware-config3/vmmon-only/./include/vm_atomic.h:329:7: warning: "_MSC_VER" is not defined
/tmp/vmware-config3/vmmon-only/./include/vm_atomic.h:333:7: warning: "_MSC_VER" is not defined
/tmp/vmware-config3/vmmon-only/./include/vm_atomic.h:401:7: warning: "_MSC_VER" is not defined
/tmp/vmware-config3/vmmon-only/./include/vm_atomic.h:407:7: warning: "_MSC_VER" is not defined
/tmp/vmware-config3/vmmon-only/./include/vm_atomic.h:460:7: warning: "_MSC_VER" is not defined
/tmp/vmware-config3/vmmon-only/./include/vm_atomic.h:506:7: warning: "_MSC_VER" is not defined
/tmp/vmware-config3/vmmon-only/./include/vm_atomic.h:551:7: warning: "_MSC_VER" is not defined
/tmp/vmware-config3/vmmon-only/./include/vm_atomic.h:595:7: warning: "_MSC_VER" is not defined
/tmp/vmware-config3/vmmon-only/./include/vm_atomic.h:640:7: warning: "_MSC_VER" is not defined
/tmp/vmware-config3/vmmon-only/./include/vm_atomic.h:684:7: warning: "_MSC_VER" is not defined
/tmp/vmware-config3/vmmon-only/./include/vm_atomic.h:729:7: warning: "_MSC_VER" is not defined
/tmp/vmware-config3/vmmon-only/./include/vm_atomic.h:773:7: warning: "_MSC_VER" is not defined
/tmp/vmware-config3/vmmon-only/./include/vm_atomic.h:775:7: warning: "_MSC_VER" is not defined
/tmp/vmware-config3/vmmon-only/./include/vm_atomic.h:816:7: warning: "_MSC_VER" is not defined
/tmp/vmware-config3/vmmon-only/./include/vm_atomic.h:860:7: warning: "_MSC_VER" is not defined
/tmp/vmware-config3/vmmon-only/./include/vm_atomic.h:862:7: warning: "_MSC_VER" is not defined
/tmp/vmware-config3/vmmon-only/./include/vm_atomic.h:903:7: warning: "_MSC_VER" is not defined
/tmp/vmware-config3/vmmon-only/./include/vm_atomic.h:945:7: warning: "_MSC_VER" is not defined
/tmp/vmware-config3/vmmon-only/./include/vm_atomic.h:947:7: warning: "_MSC_VER" is not defined
/tmp/vmware-config3/vmmon-only/./include/vm_atomic.h:986:7: warning: "_MSC_VER" is not defined
/tmp/vmware-config3/vmmon-only/./include/vm_atomic.h:1028:7: warning: "_MSC_VER" is not defined
/tmp/vmware-config3/vmmon-only/./include/vm_atomic.h:1030:7: warning: "_MSC_VER" is not defined
/tmp/vmware-config3/vmmon-only/./include/vm_atomic.h:1069:7: warning: "_MSC_VER" is not defined
/tmp/vmware-config3/vmmon-only/./include/vm_atomic.h:1223:7: warning: "_MSC_VER" is not defined
/tmp/vmware-config3/vmmon-only/./include/vm_atomic.h:1227:7: warning: "_MSC_VER" is not defined
/tmp/vmware-config3/vmmon-only/./include/vm_atomic.h:1313:7: warning: "_MSC_VER" is not defined
/tmp/vmware-config3/vmmon-only/./include/vm_atomic.h:1536:7: warning: "_MSC_VER" is not defined
/tmp/vmware-config3/vmmon-only/./include/vm_atomic.h:1663:7: warning: "_MSC_VER" is not defined
/tmp/vmware-config3/vmmon-only/./include/vm_atomic.h:1796:7: warning: "_MSC_VER" is not defined
In file included from /tmp/vmware-config3/vmmon-only/./include/vm_asm_x86_64.h:39,
from /tmp/vmware-config3/vmmon-only/./include/vm_asm.h:41,
from /tmp/vmware-config3/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:103:
/tmp/vmware-config3/vmmon-only/./include/vm_asm_x86.h:486:7: warning: "_MSC_VER" is not defined
/tmp/vmware-config3/vmmon-only/./include/vm_asm_x86.h:779:7: warning: "_MSC_VER" is not defined
/tmp/vmware-config3/vmmon-only/./include/vm_asm_x86.h:820:7: warning: "_MSC_VER" is not defined
/tmp/vmware-config3/vmmon-only/./include/vm_asm_x86.h:922:7: warning: "_MSC_VER" is not defined
In file included from /tmp/vmware-config3/vmmon-only/./include/vm_asm.h:41,
from /tmp/vmware-config3/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:103:
/tmp/vmware-config3/vmmon-only/./include/vm_asm_x86_64.h:56:7: warning: "_MSC_VER" is not defined
In file included from /tmp/vmware-config3/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:119:
/tmp/vmware-config3/vmmon-only/./common/hostif.h:53:7: warning: "WINNT_DDK" is not defined
/tmp/vmware-config3/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c: In function ‘LinuxDriver_Ioctl’:
/tmp/vmware-config3/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:1987: error: ‘struct task_struct’ has no member named ‘euid’
/tmp/vmware-config3/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:1987: error: ‘struct task_struct’ has no member named ‘uid’
/tmp/vmware-config3/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:1988: error: ‘struct task_struct’ has no member named ‘fsuid’
/tmp/vmware-config3/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:1988: error: ‘struct task_struct’ has no member named ‘uid’
/tmp/vmware-config3/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:1989: error: ‘struct task_struct’ has no member named ‘egid’
/tmp/vmware-config3/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:1989: error: ‘struct task_struct’ has no member named ‘gid’
/tmp/vmware-config3/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:1990: error: ‘struct task_struct’ has no member named ‘fsgid’
/tmp/vmware-config3/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:1990: error: ‘struct task_struct’ has no member named ‘gid’
make[2]: *** [/tmp/vmware-config3/vmmon-only/linux/driver.o] Error 1
make[1]: *** _module_/tmp/vmware-config3/vmmon-only Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/kernels/2.6.29.4-167.fc11.x86_64'
make: *** http://vmmon.ko Error 2
make: Leaving directory `/tmp/vmware-config3/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/go/unsup-linux-products" and
"http://www.vmware.com/go/unsup-linux-tools".

Execution aborted.

Any ideas?

Did you miss "all modules except one should compile now"?
Unless you suspend/resume the VM from the host side, you can get by without vmmon.

uninstalled then installed again then ran the script it ran without any errors but after doing

vmware-modconfig --console --install-all

I get

.....

tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmmon-only/./include/compat_wait.h:78: error: conflicting types for ‘poll_initwait’
include/linux/poll.h:67: note: previous declaration of ‘poll_initwait’ was here
/tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c: In function ‘LinuxDriverSyncCallOnEachCPU’:
/tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:1423: error: too many arguments to function ‘smp_call_function’
/tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c: In function ‘LinuxDriver_Ioctl’:
/tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:1987: error: ‘struct task_struct’ has no member named ‘euid’
/tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:1987: error: ‘struct task_struct’ has no member named ‘uid’
/tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:1988: error: ‘struct task_struct’ has no member named ‘fsuid’
/tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:1988: error: ‘struct task_struct’ has no member named ‘uid’
/tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:1989: error: ‘struct task_struct’ has no member named ‘egid’
/tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:1989: error: ‘struct task_struct’ has no member named ‘gid’
/tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:1990: error: ‘struct task_struct’ has no member named ‘fsgid’
/tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:1990: error: ‘struct task_struct’ has no member named ‘gid’
/tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:2007: error: too many arguments to function ‘smp_call_function’
make[2]: *** [/tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmmon-only/linux/driver.o] Error 1
make[1]: *** _module_/tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmmon-only Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/kernels/2.6.29.4-167.fc11.i686.PAE'
make: *** http://vmmon.ko Error 2
make: Leaving directory `/tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmmon-only'
Unable to install vmmon

got it to install and run by uninstalling VMworkstation. making sure /usr/lib/vmware/ was clean then reinstalled vmware 6.5 by doing:

1. export LANG=C

then

1. rpm -i VMware-Workstation-6.5.2-156735.i386.rpm

and it ran without any errors and the /usr/lib/vmware director
looks clean

then

1. bash ./vmware-6.5.2-modules-2.6.29-fix.sh

and then

1. vmware-modconfig --console --install-all

this ran ok then rebooted and try vmware load

and it works