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Running VMware Workstation on Ubuntu Hardy Herron

When running vmware-config.pl for VMware Workstation 6.0.2 (build 59824) one is presented with this error:

Unknown VMware Workstation 6.0.2 build 59824 detected. Building for
Workstation 6.0.0.
Using 2.6.x kernel build system.
make: Entering directory `/tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only'
make -C /lib/modules/2.6.24-4-generic/build/include/.. SUBDIRS=$PWD
SRCROOT=$PWD/. modules
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.24-4-generic'
  CC [M]  /tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/linux/driver.o
  CC [M]  /tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/linux/driverLog.o
  CC [M]  /tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/linux/hostif.o
  CC [M]  /tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/common/comport.o
  CC [M]  /tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/common/cpuid.o
In file included from include/asm/bitops.h:2,
                 from
/tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/./include/vcpuset.h:74,
                 from
/tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/./include/modulecall.h:23,
                 from /tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/common/vmx86.h:19,
                 from /tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/common/hostif.h:18,
                 from /tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/common/cpuid.c:15:
include/asm/bitops_32.h:9:2: error: #error only  can be
included directly
make[2]: *** [/tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/common/cpuid.o] Error 1
make[1]: *** [_module_/tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.24-4-generic'
make: *** [vmmon.ko] Error 2
make: Leaving directory `/tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only'
Unable to build the vmmon module.

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Execution aborted.

No worries the solution is right at hand.

   1. Get the vmware-any-any patch
   2. After unpacking, go to the vmware-any-any-update115 directory and unpack vmmon.tar
   3. Open vmmon-only/include/vcpuset.h and change the following line #include "asm/bitops.h" to #include "linux/bitops.h"
   4. Open vmmon-only/include/iocontrolscompat.h and change VMMONVERSION_V6 to 167
   5. Open vmmon-only/include/iocontrols.h and change VMMON_VERSION to 167
   6. Pack a new vmmon.tar and then run runme.pl

The resulting patch

diff -ur vmmon-only/include/iocontrols_compat.h
vmmon-only.patched/include/iocontrols_compat.h
--- vmmon-only/include/iocontrols_compat.h  2007-07-23
11:59:47.000000000 +0200
+++ vmmon-only.patched/include/iocontrols_compat.h  2008-01-17
19:41:08.227996503 +0100
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 #define VMMON_VERSION_V5        (116 << 16 | 0)
 #define VMMON_VERSION_V55       (137 << 16 | 0)
 #define VMMON_VERSION_S1B1      (138 << 16 | 0)
-#define VMMON_VERSION_V6        (161 << 16 | 0)
+#define VMMON_VERSION_V6        (167 << 16 | 0)

 /*
  * Limit structure for CREATE_VM
diff -ur vmmon-only/include/iocontrols.h
vmmon-only.patched/include/iocontrols.h
--- vmmon-only/include/iocontrols.h 2007-11-28 11:48:50.000000000
+0100
+++ vmmon-only.patched/include/iocontrols.h 2008-01-17
19:41:30.687235832 +0100
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
  *
  */

-#define VMMON_VERSION           (161 << 16 | 0)
+#define VMMON_VERSION           (167 << 16 | 0)
 #define VMMON_VERSION_MAJOR(v)  ((uint32) (v) >> 16)
 #define VMMON_VERSION_MINOR(v)  ((uint16) (v))

diff -ur vmmon-only/include/vcpuset.h
vmmon-only.patched/include/vcpuset.h
--- vmmon-only/include/vcpuset.h    2007-07-22 13:21:17.000000000
+0200
+++ vmmon-only.patched/include/vcpuset.h    2008-01-17
19:07:34.039175222 +0100
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@
 #define ffs(x) ffs_x86_64(x)

 #elif defined MODULE
-   #include "asm/bitops.h"
+   #include "linux/bitops.h"
 #elif defined __APPLE__ && defined KERNEL
    /*
     * XXXMACOS An ugly hack to resolve redefinition of PAGE_ defines