八月 01

2.6.x kernel的linux系统上vmware tools的安装

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准备开始尝试 2.6.x的kernel了，于是在vmware里面部署了台trustix 3.0.5，结果在安装vmware-tools就遇到了相当的问题，记录一下遇到的两个主要问题：

  • 由于2.6系列kernel的version.h缺少定义，导致编译vmmemctl、vmxnet的时候会认不出正确的kernel版本，报错如下：

    The directory of kernel headers (version @@VMWARE@@ UTS_RELEASE)
    does not match your running kernel
  • 还是由于2.6系列kernel的函数变动，导致vmmemctl、vmxnet编译的时候会出错，出错信息如下：

    1. CC [M]  /tmp/vmware-config5/vmxnet-only/vmxnet.o
    2. /tmp/vmware-config5/vmxnet-only/vmxnet.c: In function `vmxnet_open':
    3. /tmp/vmware-config5/vmxnet-only/vmxnet.c:813: warning: passing arg 2 of `request_irq' from incompatible pointer type
    4. /tmp/vmware-config5/vmxnet-only/vmxnet.c: In function `vmxnet_tx':
    5. /tmp/vmware-config5/vmxnet-only/vmxnet.c:945: error: `CHECKSUM_HW' undeclared (first use in this function)
    6. /tmp/vmware-config5/vmxnet-only/vmxnet.c:945: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once
    7. /tmp/vmware-config5/vmxnet-only/vmxnet.c:945: error: for each function it appears in.)
    8. make[2]: *** [/tmp/vmware-config5/vmxnet-only/vmxnet.o] Error 1
    9. make[1]: *** [_module_/tmp/vmware-config5/vmxnet-only] Error 2
    10. make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/kernel-source-2.6.19.2-1tr'
    11. make: *** [vmxnet.ko] Error 2
    12. make: Leaving directory `/tmp/vmware-config5/vmxnet-only'
    13. Unable to build the vmxnet module.

查找了一下资料，用以下步骤可以在trustix 3.0.5的默认kernel上正确安装vmware-tools
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