vmware and kernel build

[Alexander Dalloz]

Am Mo, den 22.11.2004 schrieb Magnus Morén um 23:02:

> I am trying to get vmware running with a custom build kernel (source
> from the FC3 kernel SRPM). I have successfully build the kernel and the
> system is running fine.
> 
> - FC3 + all updates (kernel-2.6.9-1.681_FC3)
> - VMwareWorkstation-4.5.2-8848
> 
> When I run vmware it tells me (correctly) that I need to run vmware-
> config.pl. When I do I get the output included below.
> 
> The script expects to find a include directory with at least the
> following sub directorys "linux", "asm", "net".
> 
> These are found in the binary kernel-rpm in the folder
> /lib/modules/2.6.9-1.681_FC3/build/include/ (plus many more files and
> directorys).
> 
> But when I compile and install my own kernel I only get these sub
> directorys in /lib/modules/2.6.9-prepMM/build/include, "asm", "asm-
> i386", "config" and "linux".
> 
> Why do I not see the same files and directorys? Have I missed anything?
> Do I look in the wrong place?

> Magnus Morén

The Fedora kernel RPM does it different than a "make modules_install".
With your own kernel from sources you will have to symlink: ln -s
/usr/src/$your_source_location /lib/modules/$your_kernel_version/build

Alexander


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