On 1/23/07, Rob Brown-Bayliss <uncertain.genius@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi, trying to build the vmware module for the 2.6.19-1.2895 kernel and it fails with the following output: Building the vmmon module. Building for VMware Workstation 5.5.0 or 5.5.1. Using 2.6.x kernel build system. make: Entering directory `/tmp/vmware-config1/vmmon-only' make -C /lib/modules/2.6.19-1.2895.fc6/build/include/.. SUBDIRS=$PWD SRCROOT=$PWD/. modules make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/kernels/2.6.19-1.2895.fc6-i686' CC [M] /tmp/vmware-config1/vmmon-only/linux/driver.o CC [M] /tmp/vmware-config1/vmmon-only/linux/hostif.o CC [M] /tmp/vmware-config1/vmmon-only/common/cpuid.o CC [M] /tmp/vmware-config1/vmmon-only/common/hash.o CC [M] /tmp/vmware-config1/vmmon-only/common/memtrack.o CC [M] /tmp/vmware-config1/vmmon-only/common/phystrack.o CC [M] /tmp/vmware-config1/vmmon-only/common/task.o cc1plus: warning: command line option "-Werror-implicit-function-declaration" is valid for C/ObjC but not for C++ cc1plus: warning: command line option "-Wdeclaration-after-statement" is valid for C/ObjC but not for C++ cc1plus: warning: command line option "-Wno-pointer-sign" is valid for C/ObjC but not for C++ cc1plus: warning: command line option "-Wstrict-prototypes" is valid for Ada/C/ObjC but not for C++ cc1plus: warning: command line option "-ffreestanding" is valid for C/ObjC but not for C++ include/linux/stddef.h:16: error: expected identifier before 'false' include/linux/stddef.h:16: error: expected `}' before 'false' include/linux/stddef.h:16: error: expected unqualified-id before 'false' include/linux/types.h:36: error: expected initializer before 'bool' /tmp/vmware-config1/vmmon-only/common/task.c:43: error: expected declaration before '}' token make[2]: *** [/tmp/vmware-config1/vmmon-only/common/task.o] Error 1 make[1]: *** [_module_/tmp/vmware-config1/vmmon-only] Error 2 make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/kernels/2.6.19-1.2895.fc6-i686' make: *** [vmmon.ko] Error 2 make: Leaving directory `/tmp/vmware-config1/vmmon-only' Unable to build the vmmon module. For more information on how to troubleshoot module-related problems, please visit our Web site at "http://www.vmware.com/download/modules/modules.html"; and "http://www.vmware.com/support/reference/linux/prebuilt_modules_linux.html";. Execution aborted. IS this a known problem with a solution? -- Rob
Upgrade to VMware Workstation 5.5.3. If your host OS is linux you also need to download and apply the vmware-any-any-update106.tar.gz patch.
