2.6.27.21-170.2.56.fc10.i686 #1 SMP i686 athlon i386 GNU/Linux
VMware-server-1.0.8-126538.i386
VMware-server-1.0.9-156507.i386
Short version: vmon build fails when running vmware-config.pl
Long version: I had Server-1.0.8 up and running, although I was forced to re-run vmware-config every once in a while. Today, I decided to look for updates and grabbed 1.0.9. I installed the rpm and thevmon build failed. I re-installed 1.0.8 and vmon build still fails!
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What is the location of the directory of C header files that match your running
kernel?
/lib/modules/2.6.27.21-170.2.56.fc10.i686/build/include
Extracting the sources of the vmmon module.
Building the vmmon module.
Using 2.6.x kernel build system.
make: Entering directory `/tmp/vmware-config1/vmmon-only'
make -C /lib/modules/2.6.27.21-170.2.56.fc10.i686/build/include/.. SUBDIRS=$PWD SRCROOT=$PWD/. modules
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/kernels/2.6.27.21-170.2.56.fc10.i686'
CC /tmp/vmware-config1/vmmon-only/linux/driver.o
In file included from /tmp/vmware-config1/vmmon-only/./include/machine.h:24,
from /tmp/vmware-config1/vmmon-only/linux/driver.h:15,
from /tmp/vmware-config1/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:49:
/tmp/vmware-config1/vmmon-only/./include/x86.h:830:1: warning: "PTE_PFN_MASK" redefined
In file included from include/asm/paravirt.h:7,
from include/asm/irqflags.h:55,
from include/linux/irqflags.h:57,
from include/asm/system.h:11,
from include/asm/processor.h:17,
from include/linux/prefetch.h:14,
from include/linux/list.h:6,
from include/linux/module.h:9,
from /tmp/vmware-config1/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:12:
include/asm/page.h:22:1: warning: this is the location of the previous definition
In file included from /tmp/vmware-config1/vmmon-only/linux/vmhost.h:13,
from /tmp/vmware-config1/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:71:
/tmp/vmware-config1/vmmon-only/./include/compat_semaphore.h:5:27: error: asm/semaphore.h: No such file or directory
/tmp/vmware-config1/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:146: error: unknown field ‘nopage’ specified in initializer
/tmp/vmware-config1/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:147: warning: initialization from incompatible pointer type
/tmp/vmware-config1/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:150: error: unknown field ‘nopage’ specified in initializer
/tmp/vmware-config1/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:151: warning: initialization from incompatible pointer type
/tmp/vmware-config1/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c: In function ‘LinuxDriver_Ioctl’:
/tmp/vmware-config1/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:1670: error: too many arguments to function ‘smp_call_function’
make[2]: *** /tmp/vmware-config1/vmmon-only/linux/driver.o Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/kernels/2.6.27.21-170.2.56.fc10.i686'
make: *** http://vmmon.ko Error 2
make: Leaving directory `/tmp/vmware-config1/vmmon-only'
Unable to build the vmmon module.
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(no code blocks with this WYSIWYG thingy?)
Again, 1.0.8 was installed and running (albeit with frequent forced re-runs of config) though I hadn't run it for a few weeks. So, maybe a system update since installing 1.0.8 is the problem. Or 1.0.9 has a bug and the downgrade didn't remove the problem, but I suspect it's a system update. I'm just throwing this out there in case anyone has an idea.
see this thread: http://communities.vmware.com/thread/184656
rpm -Uvh --oldpackage VMware-server-1.0.8-126538.i386.rpm