Bug 37254 - VMWare module build fails on stock 7.1 kernel header files
Summary: VMWare module build fails on stock 7.1 kernel header files
Status: CLOSED NOTABUG
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Linux
Classification: Retired
Component: kernel
Version: 7.1
Hardware: i386
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Arjan van de Ven
QA Contact: Brock Organ
URL:
Whiteboard:
Keywords:
: 38135 (view as bug list)
Depends On:
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2001-04-23 19:46 UTC by Matt Biermann
Modified: 2007-04-18 16:32 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2001-04-23 19:46:15 UTC

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Patch to vmware to make it work on 2.4 kernels (746 bytes, patch)
2001-04-25 08:17 UTC, Arjan van de Ven 		no flags Details | Diff
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Description Matt Biermann 2001-04-23 19:46:11 UTC 
VMware module build for vmnet module (network access module) fails on 
compile using stock RH 7.1 2.4.2-2 header files

Extracting the sources of the vmnet module.
 
Building the vmnet module.
 
make: Entering directory `/tmp/vmware-config1/vmnet-only'
bridge.c: In function `VNetBridgeReceiveFromDev':
bridge.c:788: warning: implicit declaration of function `skb_datarefp'
make: Leaving directory `/tmp/vmware-config1/vmnet-only'
Unable to make a vmnet module that can be loaded in the running kernel:
/tmp/vmware-config1/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.
Comment 1 Arjan van de Ven 2001-04-23 19:48:46 UTC 
This is a bug in the VMware driver. Please contact their support team to get
the updated driver.
Comment 2 Arjan van de Ven 2001-04-25 08:16:53 UTC 
http://www.vmware.com/support/ws2/doc/whatsnew_ws_linux.htm

but as they seem to take AGES to get the 5 line patch I'll attach it to this
bug for you.
Comment 3 Arjan van de Ven 2001-04-25 08:17:34 UTC 
Created attachment 16345 [details]
Patch to vmware to make it work on 2.4 kernels
Comment 4 Arjan van de Ven 2001-04-28 08:06:40 UTC 
*** Bug 38135 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
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