How-To: WMware Workstation 7.1 on Ubuntu Maverick Meerkat 10.10

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There were some changes in the latest kernel release (2.6.34) that prevent VMware’s VMCI Socket module to compile on Ubuntu 10.10 (Maverick Meerkat).

When starting vmware from the command line, one might get the following message:

make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.35-7-generic-pae'
  CC [M]  /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vsock-only/linux/af_vsock.o
/tmp/vmware-root/modules/vsock-only/linux/af_vsock.c:312: warning: initialization from incompatible pointer type
/tmp/vmware-root/modules/vsock-only/linux/af_vsock.c:359: warning: initialization from incompatible pointer type
/tmp/vmware-root/modules/vsock-only/linux/af_vsock.c: In function ‘VSockVmciStreamConnect’:
/tmp/vmware-root/modules/vsock-only/linux/af_vsock.c:3224: error: ‘struct sock’ has no member named ‘sk_sleep’
/tmp/vmware-root/modules/vsock-only/linux/af_vsock.c:3247: error: ‘struct sock’ has no member named ‘sk_sleep’
/tmp/vmware-root/modules/vsock-only/linux/af_vsock.c:3259: error: ‘struct sock’ has no member named ‘sk_sleep’
/tmp/vmware-root/modules/vsock-only/linux/af_vsock.c: In function ‘VSockVmciAccept’:
/tmp/vmware-root/modules/vsock-only/linux/af_vsock.c:3319: error: ‘struct sock’ has no member named ‘sk_sleep’
/tmp/vmware-root/modules/vsock-only/linux/af_vsock.c:3335: error: ‘struct sock’ has no member named ‘sk_sleep’
/tmp/vmware-root/modules/vsock-only/linux/af_vsock.c:3369: error: ‘struct sock’ has no member named ‘sk_sleep’
/tmp/vmware-root/modules/vsock-only/linux/af_vsock.c: In function ‘VSockVmciPoll’:
/tmp/vmware-root/modules/vsock-only/linux/af_vsock.c:3467: error: ‘struct sock’ has no member named ‘sk_sleep’
/tmp/vmware-root/modules/vsock-only/linux/af_vsock.c: In function ‘VSockVmciStreamSendmsg’:
/tmp/vmware-root/modules/vsock-only/linux/af_vsock.c:4107: error: ‘struct sock’ has no member named ‘sk_sleep’
/tmp/vmware-root/modules/vsock-only/linux/af_vsock.c:4144: error: ‘struct sock’ has no member named ‘sk_sleep’
/tmp/vmware-root/modules/vsock-only/linux/af_vsock.c:4197: error: ‘struct sock’ has no member named ‘sk_sleep’
/tmp/vmware-root/modules/vsock-only/linux/af_vsock.c: In function ‘VSockVmciStreamRecvmsg’:
/tmp/vmware-root/modules/vsock-only/linux/af_vsock.c:4431: error: ‘struct sock’ has no member named ‘sk_sleep’
/tmp/vmware-root/modules/vsock-only/linux/af_vsock.c:4471: error: ‘struct sock’ has no member named ‘sk_sleep’
/tmp/vmware-root/modules/vsock-only/linux/af_vsock.c:4537: error: ‘struct sock’ has no member named ‘sk_sleep’
make[2]: *** [/tmp/vmware-root/modules/vsock-only/linux/af_vsock.o] Error 1
make[1]: *** [_module_/tmp/vmware-root/modules/vsock-only] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.35-7-generic-pae'
make: *** [vsock.ko] Error 2
make: Leaving directory `/tmp/vmware-root/modules/vsock-only'

To fix this and get VMware workstation up and running, apply the patch attached as follow:

tar -xzvf vmware-7.1-ubuntu10.10-patch.tar.gz
 cd vmware-7.1-ubuntu10.10-patch
 sudo ./apply_patch.sh

Then, restart Workstation and the module should compile just fine.

Mind that this patch applies to VMware workstation 7.1 261024.

UPDATE:

This patch also works for VMware Workstation 7.1.2 build-301548 on Ubuntu 10.10 with kernel 2.6.35-22-generic-pae

A new file has been attached which should also solve the issue:

make: Entering directory `/tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmmon-only'
make -C /lib/modules/2.6.35-22-generic/build/include/.. SUBDIRS=$PWD SRCROOT=$PWD/. \
	  MODULEBUILDDIR= modules
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.35-22-generic'
  CC [M]  /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmmon-only/linux/driver.o
  CC [M]  /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmmon-only/linux/driverLog.o
  CC [M]  /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmmon-only/linux/hostif.o
/tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmmon-only/linux/hostif.c: In function ‘HostIFReadUptimeWork’:
/tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmmon-only/linux/hostif.c:2004: warning: ‘newUpBase’ may be used uninitialized in this function
  CC [M]  /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmmon-only/linux/iommu.o
/tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmmon-only/linux/iommu.c: In function ‘IOMMU_SetupMMU’:
/tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmmon-only/linux/iommu.c:156: error: implicit declaration of function ‘iommu_map_range’
/tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmmon-only/linux/iommu.c: In function ‘IOMMU_VMCleanup’:
/tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmmon-only/linux/iommu.c:403: error: implicit declaration of function ‘iommu_unmap_range’
make[2]: *** [/tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmmon-only/linux/iommu.o] Error 1
make[1]: *** [_module_/tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmmon-only] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.35-22-generic'
make: *** [vmmon.ko] Error 2
make: Leaving directory `/tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmmon-only'