Hi, i was able to compile the vmmon and vmnet modules from vmware server 1.0.4 on vanilla 2.6.24.

Attached two patches, apply them as usual:

$ cp /path/to/patches/vm{mon,net}-2.6.24.patch /tmp
$ cd /tmp
$ for dir in vm{mon,net}; do
tar xf /usr/local/lib/vmware/modules/source/${dir}.tar
cd ${dir}-only
patch -p1 < ${dir}-2.6.24.patch
cd ..
tar cf ${dir}.tar ${dir}-only
sudo cp ${dir}.tar /usr/local/lib/vmware/modules/source
done
$ sudo vmware-config.pl

Enjoy!

-vjt

does not exactly do the trick

patching file Makefile.kernel
Hunk #1 FAILED at 6.
1 out of 1 hunk FAILED -- saving rejects to file Makefile.kernel.rej
patching file include/vm_basic_types.h
Hunk #1 succeeded at 163 (offset 9 lines).
Hunk #2 succeeded at 177 (offset 9 lines).
Hunk #3 succeeded at 273 with fuzz 1 (offset 11 lines).
patching file linux/driver.c
Hunk #1 FAILED at 1655.
1 out of 1 hunk FAILED -- saving rejects to file linux/driver.c.rej
patching file Makefile.kernel
Hunk #1 FAILED at 7.
1 out of 1 hunk FAILED -- saving rejects to file Makefile.kernel.rej
patching file compat_wait.h
patching file driver.c
Hunk #1 FAILED at 516.
1 out of 1 hunk FAILED -- saving rejects to file driver.c.rej
patching file netif.c
Hunk #1 FAILED at 295.
1 out of 1 hunk FAILED -- saving rejects to file netif.c.rej
patching file sk_alloc.c
Hunk #1 succeeded at 12 with fuzz 2 (offset 8 lines).
Hunk #2 succeeded at 21 with fuzz 2 (offset 8 lines).
patching file vm_basic_types.h
Hunk #1 succeeded at 163 (offset 9 lines).
Hunk #2 succeeded at 177 (offset 9 lines).
Hunk #3 succeeded at 273 with fuzz 1 (offset 11 lines).
patching file vmnetInt.h
Hunk #1 FAILED at 35.
1 out of 1 hunk FAILED -- saving rejects to file vmnetInt.h.rej
patching file vnetInt.h
Hunk #1 FAILED at 29.
1 out of 1 hunk FAILED -- saving rejects to file vnetInt.h.rej

Hey.

Indeed, thanks, it it better. I was using 1.0.0.

On 1.0.4 it is patching correctly, however:

Using 2.6.x kernel build system.
make: Entering directory `/tmp/vmware-config11/vmmon-only'
make -C /lib/modules/2.6.24/build/include/.. SUBDIRS=$PWD SRCROOT=$PWD/. modules
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.24'
CC [M] /tmp/vmware-config11/vmmon-only/linux/driver.o
CC [M] /tmp/vmware-config11/vmmon-only/linux/hostif.o
CC [M] /tmp/vmware-config11/vmmon-only/common/cpuid.o
In file included from include/asm/bitops.h:2,
from /tmp/vmware-config11/vmmon-only/./include/vcpuset.h:74,
from /tmp/vmware-config11/vmmon-only/./include/modulecall.h:22,
from /tmp/vmware-config11/vmmon-only/common/vmx86.h:18,
from /tmp/vmware-config11/vmmon-only/common/hostif.h:18,
from /tmp/vmware-config11/vmmon-only/common/cpuid.c:14:
include/asm/bitops_32.h:9:2: error: #error only can be included directly
make[2]: *** [/tmp/vmware-config11/vmmon-only/common/cpuid.o] Error 1
make[1]: *** _module_/tmp/vmware-config11/vmmon-only Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.24'
make: *** http://vmmon.ko Error 2
make: Leaving directory `/tmp/vmware-config11/vmmon-only'
Unable to build the vmmon module.

I'm glad that the patches are working for you all, and thanks indeed for the #include fix!

-vjt

Hi,

Did the networking part also compile for you?

Here is what I am getting. Any advice will be very welcome! Thank you!

Extracting the sources of the vmnet module.

Building the vmnet module.

Using 2.6.x kernel build system.
make: Entering directory `/tmp/vmware-config1/vmnet-only'
make -C /lib/modules/2.6.24-4-generic/build/include/.. SUBDIRS=$PWD SRCROOT=$PWD/. modules
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.24-4-generic'
CC [M] /tmp/vmware-config1/vmnet-only/driver.o
CC [M] /tmp/vmware-config1/vmnet-only/hub.o
CC [M] /tmp/vmware-config1/vmnet-only/userif.o
CC [M] /tmp/vmware-config1/vmnet-only/netif.o
CC [M] /tmp/vmware-config1/vmnet-only/bridge.o
CC [M] /tmp/vmware-config1/vmnet-only/procfs.o
CC [M] /tmp/vmware-config1/vmnet-only/smac_compat.o
SHIPPED /tmp/vmware-config1/vmnet-only/smac_linux.x386.o
LD [M] /tmp/vmware-config1/vmnet-only/vmnet.o
Building modules, stage 2.
MODPOST 1 modules
WARNING: could not find /tmp/vmware-config1/vmnet-only/.smac_linux.x386.o.cmd for /tmp/vmware-config1/vmnet-only/smac_linux.x386.o
CC /tmp/vmware-config1/vmnet-only/vmnet.mod.o
LD [M] /tmp/vmware-config1/vmnet-only/vmnet.ko
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.24-4-generic'
cp -f vmnet.ko ./../vmnet.o
make: Leaving directory `/tmp/vmware-config1/vmnet-only'
Unable to make a vmnet module that can be loaded in the running kernel:
insmod: error inserting '/tmp/vmware-config1/vmnet.o': -1 Unknown symbol in module
There is probably a slight difference in the kernel configuration between the
set of C header files you specified and your running kernel. You may want to
rebuild a kernel based on that directory, or specify another directory.

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.

Thanks for the solution, this also works well for vmware-server 1.0.5 on hardy heron too.

notam42, thank you for posting the libgcc_s.so.1 fix! I was using vmware server for a while, but one day it just stopped loading. libgcc_s.so.1 fix solved the problem!