- VMware server 1.0.7 installed with vmware-package
- Debian GNU/Linux testing (lenny)
- Kernel 2.6.26-1-686
There were several compile problems when trying to build the binary kernel modules from the vmware-server-kernel-source package made by vmware-package from the VMware server tarball. Recently VMware has updated their kernel module sources so as to make them compatible with kernel 2.6.25, but they broke again with 2.6.26.
vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:146: error: unknown field 'nopage' specified in initializer vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:147: warning: initialization from incompatible pointer type vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:150: error: unknown field 'nopage' specified in initializer vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:151: warning: initialization from incompatible pointer type That’s only the first error, but there are other compile problems (in vmnet-only).
Many advice on forums are to use vmware-any-any instead, but that has its own problems (see my other question).
As you can see from my own answer below, I’ve solved the problem by fixing the incompatiblities, and came up with a patch. Now I’d like VMware to include it in future releases, to save me and others trouble of applying it by hand after every VMware or kernel upgrade. Question: where/how do I submit such fixes to VMware?
I wrote a support request to VMware, and they assured me that my patch will reach the VMware server team.