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| ID | Category | Severity | Reproducibility | Date Submitted | Last Update | ||
| 0003977 | [CentOS-5] CentOS-5-Plus | minor | always | 2009-11-03 19:13 | 2009-11-05 15:22 | ||
| Reporter | toracat | View Status | public | ||||
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| Priority | normal | Resolution | not fixable | ||||
| Status | resolved | Product Version | 5.4 | ||||
| Summary | 0003977: VMWare Modules fail to build on latest Centos Plus kernel | ||||||
| Description |
Originally reported in the CentOS forum: http://www.centos.org/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?topic_id=23040&forum=37 [^] We are seeing a build failure of the VMWare modules with kernel-2.6.18-164.2.1.el5.plus.x86_64 make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/kernels/2.6.18-164.2.1.el5.plus-x86_64' CC [M] /tmp/vmware-config2/vmnet-only/driver.o CC [M] /tmp/vmware-config2/vmnet-only/hub.o CC [M] /tmp/vmware-config2/vmnet-only/userif.o CC [M] /tmp/vmware-config2/vmnet-only/netif.o In file included from /tmp/vmware-config2/vmnet-only/netif.c:47: /tmp/vmware-config2/vmnet-only/compat_netdevice.h:273: error: redefinition of ‘struct napi_struct’ make[2]: *** [/tmp/vmware-config2/vmnet-only/netif.o] Error 1 make[1]: *** [_module_/tmp/vmware-config2/vmnet-only] Error 2 make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/kernels/2.6.18-164.2.1.el5.plus-x86_64' make: *** [vmnet.ko] Error 2 Building with the plain kernel-2.6.18-164.2.1.el5.x86_64 works fine. This happens for me on VMWare 6.5.3 or VMware-server-2.0.1. |
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| Additional Information | I can reproduce the problem. VMware Server 1.0.x does not have this issue. | ||||||
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(0010259) toracat (developer) 2009-11-03 19:22 |
As seen in a followup comment in the referenced forum thread, there is a patched version of vmnet.tar offered by a VMware community member. http://communities.vmware.com/servlet/JiveServlet/download/1402806-30733/vmnet.tar.gz [^] The compat_netdevice.h file defines 'napi_struct' and the patched version has this block commented out. In CentOS, this is defined in include/linux/netdevice.h. It is possible that one (or more) of the kernel drivers enabled in the cplus kernel has a call to this file ?? Infiniband is a candidate. |
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(0010281) toracat (developer) 2009-11-04 16:12 |
Tried the latest (soon to be released) cplus kernel 2.6.18-164.6.1 and encountered the same error. |
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(0010296) toracat (developer) 2009-11-05 15:21 |
There isn't much that can be done as far as the cplus kernel is concerned. A workaround is to use the patched vmnet.tar. The relevant post in the vmware forum is: http://communities.vmware.com/message/1372156#1372156 [^] Get the vmnet.tar file provided in that thread and replace the existing file in /usr/lib/vmware/modules/source/ (after saving the original). Marking this report "resolved" for now. If there is a new development, that can still be posted here. |
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| Date Modified | Username | Field | Change |
| 2009-11-03 19:13 | toracat | New Issue | |
| 2009-11-03 19:13 | toracat | Assigned To | => kbsingh@karan.org |
| 2009-11-03 19:22 | toracat | Note Added: 0010259 | |
| 2009-11-03 19:22 | toracat | Assigned To | kbsingh@karan.org => toracat |
| 2009-11-03 19:22 | toracat | Status | new => acknowledged |
| 2009-11-04 16:12 | toracat | Note Added: 0010281 | |
| 2009-11-05 15:21 | toracat | Note Added: 0010296 | |
| 2009-11-05 15:22 | toracat | Status | acknowledged => resolved |
| 2009-11-05 15:22 | toracat | Resolution | open => not fixable |
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