Re: New vmware-any-any patch

torstenk · ‎11-13-2007

Hello List!

This writing is mainly for feedback to you -- I installed kernel 2.6.23 on my Fedora machine and vmware came up with some kernel-errors when using the module vmnet for a bridged network.

After some research I patched the file bridge.c in the vmnet-module. This seems to work for me. For those interesed: rtnl_lock() and rtnl_unlock() seems to be required before changing the status of the net-device.

I have attached the vile vmware-any-any-update115.tar.gz which is version 114 and includes my fix.

Torsten.

Message was edited by: KevinG

I remove the attachment because it was a modified version of vmware-any-any-update114.tar.gz NOT from the author. If you want to post a modified file, give it a unique name

carlosrm · ‎11-28-2007

Hello,

I receive this messages with your version vmware-any-any-update115

Laptop-CRM:/USB4CRM/VmWareSoft/WorkStation/vmware-any-any-update115 # ./runme.pl

Updating /usr/bin/vmware ... No patch needed/available

Updating /usr/bin/vmnet-bridge ... No patch needed/available

Updating /usr/lib/vmware/bin/vmware-vmx ... No patch needed/available

Updating /usr/lib/vmware/bin-debug/vmware-vmx ... No patch needed/available

VMware modules in "/usr/lib/vmware/modules/source" has been updated.

Before running VMware for the first time after update, you need to configure it

for your running kernel by invoking the following command:

"/usr/bin/vmware-config.pl". Do you want this script to invoke the command for

you now?

Making sure services for VMware Workstation are stopped.

Stopping VMware services:

Virtual machine monitor done

Configuring fallback GTK+ 2.4 libraries.

In which directory do you want to install the theme icons?

What directory contains your desktop menu entry files? These files have a

.desktop file extension.

In which directory do you want to install the application's icon?

Trying to find a suitable vmmon module for your running kernel.

None of the pre-built vmmon modules for VMware Workstation is suitable for your

running kernel. Do you want this program to try to build the vmmon module for

your system (you need to have a C compiler installed on your system)?

Using compiler "/usr/bin/gcc". Use environment variable CC to override.

Your kernel was built with "gcc" version "4.3.0", while you are trying to use

"/usr/bin/gcc" version "4.3". This configuration is not recommended and VMware

Workstation may crash if you'll continue. Please try to use exactly same

compiler as one used for building your kernel. Do you want to go with compiler

"/usr/bin/gcc" version "4.3" anyway? yes

What is the location of the directory of C header files that match your running

kernel?

Extracting the sources of the vmmon module.

Building the vmmon module.

Unknown VMware Workstation 6.0.2 build 59824 detected. Building for Workstation 6.0.0.

Using 2.6.x kernel build system.

make: Entering directory `/tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only'

make -C /lib/modules/2.6.24-rc2-git6-50-default/build/include/.. SUBDIRS=$PWD SRCROOT=$PWD/. modules

make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.24-rc2-git6-50-obj/i386/default'

make -C /usr/src/linux-2.6.24-rc2-git6-50 O=/usr/src/linux-2.6.24-rc2-git6-50-obj/i386/default modules

CC /tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/linux/driver.o

In file included from /tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/./include/vmware.h:25,

from /tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:52:

/tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/./include/vm_basic_types.h:170: error: conflicting types for ‘uintptr_t’

/usr/src/linux-2.6.24-rc2-git6-50/include/linux/types.h:40: error: previous declaration of ‘uintptr_t’ was here

In file included from /tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/./include/x86.h:23,

from /tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/linux/driver.h:15,

from /tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:53:

/tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/./include/x86cpuid.h:381:1: warning: "BIT_MASK" redefined

In file included from /usr/src/linux-2.6.24-rc2-git6-50/include/linux/kernel.h:15,

from /tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:15:

/usr/src/linux-2.6.24-rc2-git6-50/include/linux/bitops.h:7:1: warning: this is the location of the previous definition

In file included from /tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/./include/vmci_kernel_defs.h:26,

from /tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/./common/vmciContext.h:19,

from /tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/linux/driver.h:21,

from /tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:53:

/tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/./include/compat_wait.h:37:5: warning: "VMW_HAVE_EPOLL" is not defined

/tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/./include/compat_wait.h:43:5: warning: "VMW_HAVE_EPOLL" is not defined

In file included from /tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/./include/vmci_kernel_defs.h:26,

from /tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/./common/vmciContext.h:19,

from /tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/linux/driver.h:21,

from /tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:53:

/tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/./include/compat_wait.h:60: error: conflicting types for ‘poll_initwait’

/usr/src/linux-2.6.24-rc2-git6-50/include/linux/poll.h:65: error: previous declaration of ‘poll_initwait’ was here

/tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:172: warning: initialization from incompatible pointer type

/tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:176: warning: initialization from incompatible pointer type

make[4]: *** Error 1

make[3]: *** Error 2

make[2]: *** Error 2

make[1]: *** Error 2

make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.24-rc2-git6-50-obj/i386/default'

make: *** http://vmmon.ko Error 2

make: Leaving directory `/tmp/vmware-config2/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".

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