On 4/5/06, Tom London <selinux@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 4/4/06, Bojan Smojver <bojan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Have you tried any of these: > > > > http://ftp.cvut.cz/vmware/ > > > > For instance: > > > > http://ftp.cvut.cz/vmware/vmware-any-any-update101.tar.gz > > > > PS. I haven't tried VMware on current Rawhide yet, so the kernel API > > may have been changed again to the point where the above patches don't > > help. > > > > -- > > Bojan > > > Yup, tried the above, and still fails. > > Messaging with Petr (@vmware) is suggesting the '-Wunused-param' path. > > I'm still digging.... > OK. Here's what I've figured out.... The vmware 'configure' system (vmware-config.pl) attempts to auto-configure by compiling small 'test' programs and detecting success. It uses '-Werror'. Since the recent kernel builds include '-Wunused-param', this makes this break. (Seems a bit fragile to me; there should be a better way....) Anyhow, the resulting failed compiles cause some significant compile-time parameters (e.g., VMW_HAVE_EPOLL) not to be set correctly. Removing the '-Werror' from the makefiles (thanks to Dave Jones for the hint!) allows vmware-config.pl to complete (spewing lots of warning messages, but completes). I can now startup vmware (didn't connect to sound hardware, but rest seems OK). I'm guessing that when -Wunused-param is removed from the kernel builds, this will settle. I'll try to get VMware folks to ponder this, but I suspect we're on our own until -Wunused-param reverts. tom -- Tom London -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
