Bug 36280

Summary:	vmware installation dies
Product:	[Retired] Red Hat Linux	Reporter:	Anderson Silva <ansilva>
Component:	kernel	Assignee:	Michael K. Johnson <johnsonm>
Status:	CLOSED NOTABUG	QA Contact:	Brock Organ <borgan>
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Version:	7.1
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Description Anderson Silva 2001-04-17 14:45:10 UTC

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This is the message I get when I try to re-compile it.

make: Entering directory `/tmp/vmware-config3/vmnet-only'
bridge.c: In function `VNetBridgeReceiveFromDev':
bridge.c:788: warning: implicit declaration of function `skb_datarefp'
make: Leaving directory `/tmp/vmware-config3/vmnet-only'
Unable to make a vmnet module that can be loaded in the running kernel:
/tmp/vmware-config3/vmnet.o: unresolved symbol skb_datarefp
There is probably a light difference of 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.


Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. just run the the ./vmware-config.pl script.
2.
3.
	

Actual Results:  make: Entering directory `/tmp/vmware-config3/vmnet-only'
bridge.c: In function `VNetBridgeReceiveFromDev':
bridge.c:788: warning: implicit declaration of function `skb_datarefp'
make: Leaving directory `/tmp/vmware-config3/vmnet-only'
Unable to make a vmnet module that can be loaded in the running kernel:
/tmp/vmware-config3/vmnet.o: unresolved symbol skb_datarefp
There is probably a light difference of 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.


It worked fine with RH 7 and kernel 2.4.x
The vmware site, says that that error message: There is probably a light
difference of 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. is an actual problem with
the distribution.

Comment 1 Arjan van de Ven 2001-04-17 15:15:57 UTC

Please file this bug at vmware, not us.
Their semi-opensource drivers don't work with recent 2.4 kernels;
they might have a fix though.