Bug 183458
Summary: | Can't compile vmmon for VMWare-server | ||
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Product: | [Fedora] Fedora | Reporter: | Brad Hards <bradh> |
Component: | kernel | Assignee: | Dave Jones <davej> |
Status: | CLOSED NOTABUG | QA Contact: | Brian Brock <bbrock> |
Severity: | medium | Docs Contact: | |
Priority: | medium | ||
Version: | 5 | CC: | pfrields, rbremer, vincents, wtogami |
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Hardware: | All | ||
OS: | Linux | ||
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Fixed In Version: | Doc Type: | Bug Fix | |
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Last Closed: | 2006-03-08 19:15:30 UTC | Type: | --- |
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Description
Brad Hards
2006-03-01 09:51:56 UTC
Same here. vmware problem. Dave, are you sure about this? The error msg of the compiler indicates a faulty or missing include file inside the kernel tree. I am more than happy to bring this up with vmware, but I doubt there is anything they can do. It worked with previous kernel releases though, which also indicates a break in the kernel header files. Ron stuff moves around/gets deleted or added in the kernel include files all the time. There is no stable kernel ABI, so out of tree modules break all the time. vmware's module is written to work against an older version of the kernel. seems not to be a real vmware bug. see this: http://www.vmware.com/community/message.jspa?messageID=345893 Probably vmware should use cpp not perl to evaluate C header values... either way, It's still a vmware problem, not something we need to fix. I got it working with use of a different installer - use vmware-any-any-update98.tar.gz from http://platan.vc.cvut.cz/ftp/pub/vmware/ There is a bit more detail on the VMWare support forum pages, but I can't get there right now. Ron: if you are still having problems after reviewing the various options, you might like to try Ubuntu - they appear to care about vmware working. You seem to be under the impression this is a Fedora bug. The vmware module broke because the *upstream kernel* changed things. The exact same problem will occur under ubuntu, or any other distro that has a kernel based on the same base-level as the one in rawhide right now. Expecting out-of-tree modules to work out of the box with kernel-of-the-day is totally unrealistic. |