Re: VMware on BS-Ware PRO

[Joshua Goodrich <jgoodrich@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Yes, I saw that error when I installed VMware on BSware 7.1 #3.0 with Kernel
version 2.4.2.  VMware does not yet support the 2.4 kernel they recommend down
grading to a kernel that they do support.

Adam Tauno Williams wrote:

> I've tried to install VMware on a new BS-Ware box, but while executing
> /usr/bin/vmware-config.pl (the network module portion,  previous module
> generation works file) it dies with:
>
> make: Entering directory `/tmp/vmware-config1/vmnet-only'
> bridge.c: In function `VNetBridgeReceiveFromDev':
> bridge.c:788: warning: implicit declaration of function `skb_datarefp'
> make: Leaving directory `/tmp/vmware-config1/vmnet-only'
> Unable to make a vmnet module that can be loaded in the running kernel:
> /tmp/vmware-config1/vmnet.o: unresolved symbol skb_datarefp
> There is probably a light difference of kernel configuration between the set of
> C header files you specified and your running kernel. You may want to rebuild a
> kernel based on that directory, or specify another directory.
>
> Anyone else seen this?  (I know Bruce uses VMware).

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