vmware on kernel 2083

[aldo santini]

after upgrading from kernel 2074 to kernel 2083, vmware can not complie. 
vmware-config.pl abort with this error:
CC [M] /tmp/vmware-config7/vmmon-only/common/vmx86.o
CC [M] /tmp/vmware-config7/vmmon-only/vmcore/compat.o
CC [M] /tmp/vmware-config7/vmmon-only/vmcore/moduleloop.o
In file included from include/asm/bitops.h:10,
from /tmp/vmware-config7/vmmon-only/./include/vcpuset.h:74,
from /tmp/vmware-config7/vmmon-only/./include/modulecall.h:22,
from /tmp/vmware-config7/vmmon-only/vmcore/moduleloop.c:15:
include/asm/alternative.h:7: error: expected specifier-qualifier-list 
before ‘u8’
make[2]: *** [/tmp/vmware-config7/vmmon-only/vmcore/moduleloop.o] Error 1
make[1]: *** [_module_/tmp/vmware-config7/vmmon-only] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/kernels/2.6.16-1.2083_FC5-i686'
make: *** [vmmon.ko] Error 2
make: Leaving directory `/tmp/vmware-config7/vmmon-only'
Unable to build the vmmon module.

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Execution aborted.
Is this a known issue?
I need vmware for work.

[Felipe Alfaro Solana]

>  after upgrading from kernel 2074 to kernel 2083, vmware can not
> compile.
>  vmware-config.pl abort with this error: 
Try Platan VMware patches for Linux:

http://platan.vc.cvut.cz/ftp/pub/vmware/vmware-any-any-update99.tar.gz

[Tom London]

On 4/1/06, Felipe Alfaro Solana <felipe.alfaro(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote:
>  > after upgrading from kernel 2074 to kernel 2083, vmware can not
> compile.
>  > vmware-config.pl abort with this error:
>
>  Try Platan VMware patches for Linux:
>
>  http://platan.vc.cvut.cz/ftp/pub/vmware/vmware-any-any-update99.tar.gz
>  
Not sure if the latest update fixes this.

See: http://www.vmware.com/community/message.jspa?messageID=375839#375839

I posted a workaround there.....

tom
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Tom London

[Ian Pilcher]

Tom London wrote:
>  
>  See: http://www.vmware.com/community/message.jspa?messageID=375839#375839
>   
This indicates that it is a kernel bug.  Is there a bugzilla entry
somewhere?

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[Tom London]

On 4/1/06, Ian Pilcher <i.pilcher(a)comcast.net&gt; wrote:
>  Tom London wrote:
>  >
>  > See: http://www.vmware.com/community/message.jspa?messageID=375839#375839
>  >
>
>  This indicates that it is a kernel bug.  Is there a bugzilla entry
>  somewhere?
>  
I didn't. Probably would need to be filed upstream, if correct.

I'll post something on the devel list to see if I can get a better opinion...

tom
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Tom London

[Alan Cox]

On Sat, Apr 01, 2006 at 09:27:10PM -0600, Ian Pilcher wrote:
>  Tom London wrote:
>  > See: http://www.vmware.com/community/message.jspa?messageID=375839#375839
>  
>  This indicates that it is a kernel bug.  Is there a bugzilla entry
>  somewhere? 
It appears to be a bug in their perl scripts, mostly caused by them trying
to parse kernel headers using perl not cpp

[Christopher A. Williams]

On Sat, 2006-04-01 at 19:01 -0800, Tom London wrote:
>  On 4/1/06, Felipe Alfaro Solana <felipe.alfaro(a)gmail.com&gt;
> wrote:
>  > > after upgrading from kernel 2074 to kernel 2083, vmware can not compile.
>  > > vmware-config.pl abort with this error:
>  >
>  > Try Platan VMware patches for Linux:
>  >
>  > http://platan.vc.cvut.cz/ftp/pub/vmware/vmware-any-any-update99.tar.gz
>  >
>  
>  Not sure if the latest update fixes this.
>  
>  See: http://www.vmware.com/community/message.jspa?messageID=375839#375839
>  
>  I posted a workaround there.....
>   
Has anyone been able to get the VMware Server Beta MUI to work? My last
attempt on 3/30 netted zip for anything functional. It seemed to get
into fights with Apache on the system and also appeared to try and run
modules that were compiled with something no longer used on FC5.

Cheers,

Chris


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