[FC6] Vmware Server fails vmmon module compile, kernel 2.6.20-1.2925.fc6

P Jones deerfieldtech at gmail.com
Thu Mar 15 12:14:07 UTC 2007


Hi all;

Updated to the most recent kernel this morning, then tried running
vmware-config.pl, and got this (any idea what's wrong here?):

Building the vmmon module.

Using 2.6.x kernel build system.
make: Entering directory `/tmp/vmware-config1/vmmon-only'
make -C /lib/modules/2.6.20-1.2925.fc6/build/include/.. SUBDIRS=$PWD
SRCROOT=$PWD/. modules
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/kernels/2.6.20-1.2925.fc6-i686'
  CC [M]  /tmp/vmware-config1/vmmon-only/linux/driver.o
In file included from /tmp/vmware-config1/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:80:
/tmp/vmware-config1/vmmon-only/./include/compat_kernel.h:21: error:
expected declaration specifiers or '...' before 'compat_exit'
/tmp/vmware-config1/vmmon-only/./include/compat_kernel.h:21: error:
expected declaration specifiers or '...' before 'exit_code'
/tmp/vmware-config1/vmmon-only/./include/compat_kernel.h:21: warning:
type defaults to 'int' in declaration of '_syscall1'
make[2]: *** [/tmp/vmware-config1/vmmon-only/linux/driver.o] Error 1
make[1]: *** [_module_/tmp/vmware-config1/vmmon-only] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/kernels/2.6.20-1.2925.fc6-i686'
make: *** [vmmon.ko] Error 2
make: Leaving directory `/tmp/vmware-config1/vmmon-only'
Unable to build the vmmon module




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