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Compiling third-party kernel modules for amd64 kernel on Debian/386



Hi,

I just installed kernel-image-2.6.8-9-amd64-k8 and
kernel-headers-2.6.8-9-amd64-k8 from Debian/unstable. I also have gcc
3.4 installed and made sure my /usr/bin/gcc was pointing to gcc-3.4 (and
the same for g++).

Now I want to compile the VMWare modules:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
# vmware-config.pl
  ... snip ...
Building for VMware Workstation 4.5.2 or VMware GSX Server 3.1.0.
Using 2.6.x kernel build system.
make: Entering directory `/tmp/vmware-config7/vmmon-only'
make -C /usr/src/kernel-headers-2.6.8-9-amd64-k8/include/.. SUBDIRS=$PWD SRCROOT=$PWD/. modules
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/kernel-headers-2.6.8-9-amd64-k8'
  CC [M]  /tmp/vmware-config7/vmmon-only/linux/driver.o
/tmp/vmware-config7/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:1: error: code model `kernel' not supportedin the 32 bit mode
------------------------------------------------------------------------

So I edited /usr/src/kernel-headers-2.6.8-9-amd64-k8/Makefile and added
-m64 to the CFLAGS and retried the build:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
# vmware-config.pl
  ... snip ...
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/kernel-headers-2.6.8-9-amd64-k8'
  CC [M]  /tmp/vmware-config8/vmmon-only/linux/driver.o
  CC [M]  /tmp/vmware-config8/vmmon-only/linux/hostif.o
  CC [M]  /tmp/vmware-config8/vmmon-only/common/cpuid.o
  ... snip ...
  LD [M]  /tmp/vmware-config8/vmmon-only/vmmon.o
  Building modules, stage 2.
  MODPOST
modpost: /tmp/vmware-config8/vmmon-only/vmmon.o no symtab?
/bin/sh: line 1: 17532 Aborted                 (core dumped) scripts/mod/modpost -i /usr/src/kernel-headers-2.6.8-9-amd64-k8/Module.symvers /tmp/vmware-config8/vmmon-only/vmmon.o
make[2]: *** [__modpost] Error 134
make[1]: *** [modules] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/kernel-headers-2.6.8-9-amd64-k8'
make: *** [vmmon.ko] Error 2
make: Leaving directory `/tmp/vmware-config8/vmmon-only'
Unable to build the vmmon module.
------------------------------------------------------------------------

I am having similar problems building the NVIDIA drivers, and I am at a
loss how to proceed. Any suggestions?

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