"Before the Broadcom buyout, VMWare support of linux was terrible. After Broadcom, it appears to be much worse. I'm really looking seriously at other linux alternatives to VMWare."
At this point they should just open source Workstation if they aren't going to maintain it. I hate when giant congolmerates take over smaller companies they don't understand. Looks like we are back in the CA days.
Original Message:
Sent: Jul 02, 2024 11:51 AM
From: hfcVM
Subject: Broken kernel module sources on latest version
I got the same errors running the recompile on Pop!OS kernel 6.9.3. I rolled back to the 6.8 kernel and VMWare started working again. This is the link others have gone to, although I don't know if this repo's compilation works for 17.5.1 or if it's exclusive to 17.5.2:
https://github.com/nan0desu/vmware-host-modules/tree/tmp/workstation-17.5.2-k6.9.1
Before the Broadcom buyout, VMWare support of linux was terrible. After Broadcom, it appears to be much worse. I'm really looking seriously at other linux alternatives to VMWare.
Original Message:
Sent: Jul 01, 2024 04:05 PM
From: Matteo Raffl
Subject: Broken kernel module sources on latest version
When trying to install the kernel modules for 17.5.1, it errors at the compilation step.
Running vmware-modconfig --console --install-all gives following errors:
./arch/x86/include/asm/timex.h:12:24: error: implicit declaration of function 'random_get_entropy_fallback'; did you mean 'random_get_entropy'? [-Wimplicit-function-declaration]
12 | return random_get_entropy_fallback();
| ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| random_get_entropy
This error can be fixed by using linux/timex.h instead of asm/timex.h
The next errors are related to the same thing
In file included from /tmp/modconfig-hcRIJ0/vmmon-only/linux/hostif.c:76:
/tmp/modconfig-hcRIJ0/vmmon-only/./include/pgtbl.h: In function 'PgtblVa2MPNLocked':
/tmp/modconfig-hcRIJ0/vmmon-only/./include/pgtbl.h:60:8: error: implicit declaration of function 'pgd_large'; did you mean 'pgd_page'? [-Wimplicit-function-declaration]
60 | if (pgd_large(*pgd)) {
| ^~~~~~~~~
| pgd_page
In file included from /tmp/modconfig-hcRIJ0/vmmon-only/./include/pgtbl.h:25:
/tmp/modconfig-hcRIJ0/vmmon-only/./include/compat_pgtable.h:39:45: error: implicit declaration of function 'p4d_large'; did you mean 'p4d_page'? [-Wimplicit-function-declaration]
39 | # define compat_p4d_large(p4d) p4d_large(p4d)
| ^~~~~~~~~
/tmp/modconfig-hcRIJ0/vmmon-only/./include/pgtbl.h:70:8: note: in expansion of macro 'compat_p4d_large'
70 | if (compat_p4d_large(*p4d)) {
| ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
/tmp/modconfig-hcRIJ0/vmmon-only/./include/pgtbl.h:78:11: error: implicit declaration of function 'pud_large'; did you mean 'pud_page'? [-Wimplicit-function-declaration]
78 | if (pud_large(*pud)) {
| ^~~~~~~~~
| pud_page
/tmp/modconfig-hcRIJ0/vmmon-only/./include/pgtbl.h:86:14: error: implicit declaration of function 'pmd_large'; did you mean 'pmd_page'? [-Wimplicit-function-declaration]
86 | if (pmd_large(*pmd)) {
| ^~~~~~~~~
| pmd_page
And the last errors
/tmp/modconfig-hcRIJ0/vmnet-only/bridge.c: In function 'VNetBridgeReceiveFromVNet':
/tmp/modconfig-hcRIJ0/vmnet-only/vmnetInt.h:44:39: error: 'dev_base_lock' undeclared (first use in this function); did you mean 'device_lock'?
44 | #define dev_lock_list() read_lock(&dev_base_lock)
| ^~~~~~~~~~~~~
./include/linux/rwlock.h:56:48: note: in definition of macro 'read_lock'
56 | #define read_lock(lock) _raw_read_lock(lock)
| ^~~~
/tmp/modconfig-hcRIJ0/vmnet-only/bridge.c:587:4: note: in expansion of macro 'dev_lock_list'
587 | dev_lock_list();
| ^~~~~~~~~~~~~
/tmp/modconfig-hcRIJ0/vmnet-only/vmnetInt.h:44:39: note: each undeclared identifier is reported only once for each function it appears in
44 | #define dev_lock_list() read_lock(&dev_base_lock)
| ^~~~~~~~~~~~~
./include/linux/rwlock.h:56:48: note: in definition of macro 'read_lock'
56 | #define read_lock(lock) _raw_read_lock(lock)
| ^~~~
/tmp/modconfig-hcRIJ0/vmnet-only/bridge.c:587:4: note: in expansion of macro 'dev_lock_list'
587 | dev_lock_list();
| ^~~~~~~~~~~~~
/tmp/modconfig-hcRIJ0/vmnet-only/bridge.c: In function 'VNetBridgeUp':
/tmp/modconfig-hcRIJ0/vmnet-only/vmnetInt.h:44:39: error: 'dev_base_lock' undeclared (first use in this function); did you mean 'device_lock'?
44 | #define dev_lock_list() read_lock(&dev_base_lock)
| ^~~~~~~~~~~~~
Can anyone else confirm this? I am running Fedora 40 Workstation x86_64 on Linux 6.9.6-200.fc40.x86_64. I have installed all the build deps.