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

I've personally had no difficulty whatsoever with VMware 5 natively on AMD64 Debian, including the building of kernel modules. Is your kernel built with the same version of GCC as "gcc -v" reports? 

Xavier Bestel wrote:


Hi,


Hello,

try vmware-any-any-update found at http://ftp.cvut.cz/vmware/


I tried the any-any-update93 to install vmware build 13124, but it still
fails with:

make: Entering directory `/tmp/vmware-config6/vmmon-only'
make -C /lib/modules/2.6.11-9-amd64-k8/build/include/.. SUBDIRS=$PWD SRCROOT=$PWD/. modules
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/kernel-headers-2.6.11-9-amd64-k8'
 CC [M]  /tmp/vmware-config6/vmmon-only/linux/driver.o
 CC [M]  /tmp/vmware-config6/vmmon-only/linux/hostif.o
 CC [M]  /tmp/vmware-config6/vmmon-only/common/cpuid.o
 CC [M]  /tmp/vmware-config6/vmmon-only/common/hash.o
 CC [M]  /tmp/vmware-config6/vmmon-only/common/memtrack.o
 CC [M]  /tmp/vmware-config6/vmmon-only/common/phystrack.o
 CC [M]  /tmp/vmware-config6/vmmon-only/common/task.o
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++
cc1plus: warning: command line option "-Wdeclaration-after-statement" 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++
 CC [M]  /tmp/vmware-config6/vmmon-only/common/vmx86.o
 CC [M]  /tmp/vmware-config6/vmmon-only/vmcore/compat.o
 CC [M]  /tmp/vmware-config6/vmmon-only/vmcore/moduleloop.o
 LD [M]  /tmp/vmware-config6/vmmon-only/vmmon.o
 Building modules, stage 2.
 MODPOST
modpost: /tmp/vmware-config6/vmmon-only/vmmon.o no symtab?
/bin/sh: line 1: 11235 Aborted                 scripts/mod/modpost -i /usr/src/kernel-headers-2.6.11-9-amd64-k8/Module.symvers /tmp/vmware-config6/vmmon-only/vmmon.o
make[2]: *** [__modpost] Error 134


Any hint ?

Thanks,

	Xav

PS: please Cc: me, I'm off-list. Sorry for Cc:ing you, I'm not sure it
would have reached you otherwise.
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