VMware fails to build with the new kernel

Paul Smith phhs80 at gmail.com
Fri Sep 12 10:52:25 UTC 2008


Dear All,

VMware fails to build with the new kernel. The error messages are
detailed below.

Any ideas?

Thanks in advance,

Paul

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Building the vmmon module.

Using 2.6.x kernel build system.
make: Entering directory `/tmp/vmware-config3/vmmon-only'
make -C /lib/modules/2.6.26.3-29.fc9.i686/build/include/..
SUBDIRS=$PWD SRCROOT=$PWD/. modules
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/kernels/2.6.26.3-29.fc9.i686'
  CC [M]  /tmp/vmware-config3/vmmon-only/linux/driver.o
/tmp/vmware-config3/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:146: error: unknown
field 'nopage' specified in initializer
/tmp/vmware-config3/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:147: warning:
initialization from incompatible pointer type
/tmp/vmware-config3/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:150: error: unknown
field 'nopage' specified in initializer
/tmp/vmware-config3/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:151: warning:
initialization from incompatible pointer type
make[2]: *** [/tmp/vmware-config3/vmmon-only/linux/driver.o] Error 1
make[1]: *** [_module_/tmp/vmware-config3/vmmon-only] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/kernels/2.6.26.3-29.fc9.i686'
make: *** [vmmon.ko] Error 2
make: Leaving directory `/tmp/vmware-config3/vmmon-only'
Unable to build the vmmon module.

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