Trouble compiling latest modules/patches (fedora 40)

[Spaceboy60]

Getting the following errors, any ideas?

make -C vmmon-only 
make[1]: Entering directory '/home/spaceboy/Downloads/vmware-host-modules-w17.5.1/vmmon-only'
Using kernel build system.
make -C /lib/modules/6.8.11-300.fc40.x86_64/build/include/.. M=$PWD SRCROOT=$PWD/. \
  MODULEBUILDDIR= modules
make[2]: Entering directory '/usr/src/kernels/6.8.11-300.fc40.x86_64'
  CC [M]  /home/spaceboy/Downloads/vmware-host-modules-w17.5.1/vmmon-only/linux/driver.o
/home/spaceboy/Downloads/vmware-host-modules-w17.5.1/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:271:1: warning: no previous prototype for ‘LinuxDriverInit’ [-Wmissing-prototypes]
  271 | LinuxDriverInit(void)
      | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
/home/spaceboy/Downloads/vmware-host-modules-w17.5.1/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:339:1: warning: no previous prototype for ‘LinuxDriverExit’ [-Wmissing-prototypes]
  339 | LinuxDriverExit(void)
      | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  CC [M]  /home/spaceboy/Downloads/vmware-host-modules-w17.5.1/vmmon-only/linux/driverLog.o
  CC [M]  /home/spaceboy/Downloads/vmware-host-modules-w17.5.1/vmmon-only/linux/hostif.o
/home/spaceboy/Downloads/vmware-host-modules-w17.5.1/vmmon-only/linux/hostif.c:2926:1: warning: no previous prototype for ‘HostIFCheckTrackedMPN’ [-Wmissing-prototypes]
 2926 | HostIFCheckTrackedMPN(VMDriver *vm, // IN: The VM instance
      | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
/home/spaceboy/Downloads/vmware-host-modules-w17.5.1/vmmon-only/linux/hostif.c:3046:1: warning: no previous prototype for ‘HostIFWritePhysicalWork’ [-Wmissing-prototypes]
 3046 | HostIFWritePhysicalWork(MA ma,             // MA to be written to
      | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
/home/spaceboy/Downloads/vmware-host-modules-w17.5.1/vmmon-only/linux/hostif.c:3205:1: warning: no previous prototype for ‘HostIFStartTimer’ [-Wmissing-prototypes]
 3205 | HostIFStartTimer(Bool rateChanged,  //IN: Did rate change?
      | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  CC [M]  /home/spaceboy/Downloads/vmware-host-modules-w17.5.1/vmmon-only/common/apic.o
  CC [M]  /home/spaceboy/Downloads/vmware-host-modules-w17.5.1/vmmon-only/common/comport.o
  CC [M]  /home/spaceboy/Downloads/vmware-host-modules-w17.5.1/vmmon-only/common/cpuid.o
  CC [M]  /home/spaceboy/Downloads/vmware-host-modules-w17.5.1/vmmon-only/common/crosspage.o
  CC [M]  /home/spaceboy/Downloads/vmware-host-modules-w17.5.1/vmmon-only/common/memtrack.o
  CC [M]  /home/spaceboy/Downloads/vmware-host-modules-w17.5.1/vmmon-only/common/moduleloop.o
  CC [M]  /home/spaceboy/Downloads/vmware-host-modules-w17.5.1/vmmon-only/common/phystrack.o
  CC [M]  /home/spaceboy/Downloads/vmware-host-modules-w17.5.1/vmmon-only/common/sharedAreaVmmon.o
  CC [M]  /home/spaceboy/Downloads/vmware-host-modules-w17.5.1/vmmon-only/common/statVarsVmmon.o
  CC [M]  /home/spaceboy/Downloads/vmware-host-modules-w17.5.1/vmmon-only/common/task.o
/home/spaceboy/Downloads/vmware-host-modules-w17.5.1/vmmon-only/common/task.c:548:1: warning: no previous prototype for ‘TaskGetFlatWriteableDataSegment’ [-Wmissing-prototypes]
  548 | TaskGetFlatWriteableDataSegment(void)
      | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  CC [M]  /home/spaceboy/Downloads/vmware-host-modules-w17.5.1/vmmon-only/common/vmx86.o
In file included from /home/spaceboy/Downloads/vmware-host-modules-w17.5.1/vmmon-only/common/vmx86.c:52:
./arch/x86/include/asm/timex.h: In function ‘random_get_entropy’:
./arch/x86/include/asm/timex.h:12:24: error: implicit declaration of function ‘random_get_entropy_fallback’; did you mean ‘random_get_entropy’? [-Wimplicit-function-declaration]
   12 |                 return random_get_entropy_fallback();
      |                        ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
      |                        random_get_entropy
/home/spaceboy/Downloads/vmware-host-modules-w17.5.1/vmmon-only/common/vmx86.c: At top level:
/home/spaceboy/Downloads/vmware-host-modules-w17.5.1/vmmon-only/common/vmx86.c:700:1: warning: no previous prototype for ‘Vmx86FreeVMDriver’ [-Wmissing-prototypes]
  700 | Vmx86FreeVMDriver(VMDriver *vm)
      | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
/home/spaceboy/Downloads/vmware-host-modules-w17.5.1/vmmon-only/common/vmx86.c:733:1: warning: no previous prototype for ‘Vmx86AllocVMDriver’ [-Wmissing-prototypes]
  733 | Vmx86AllocVMDriver(uint32 numVCPUs)
      | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
make[4]: *** [scripts/Makefile.build:243: /home/spaceboy/Downloads/vmware-host-modules-w17.5.1/vmmon-only/common/vmx86.o] Error 1
make[3]: *** [/usr/src/kernels/6.8.11-300.fc40.x86_64/Makefile:1939: /home/spaceboy/Downloads/vmware-host-modules-w17.5.1/vmmon-only] Error 2
make[2]: *** [Makefile:252: __sub-make] Error 2
make[2]: Leaving directory '/usr/src/kernels/6.8.11-300.fc40.x86_64'
make[1]: *** [Makefile:117: vmmon.ko] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory '/home/spaceboy/Downloads/vmware-host-modules-w17.5.1/vmmon-only'
make: *** [Makefile:21: vmmon-only] Error 2

[build000]

#250 (comment)

[Santuccic]

Like per comment above, if you are running plain Fedora 40 as following 6.9.4-200.fc40.x86_64 and VMware Workstation pro 17.5.2 build-23775571 here the step i did.

$ git clone -b tmp/workstation-17.5.2-k6.9.1 https://github.com/nan0desu/vmware-host-modules.git
$ cd vmware-host-modules/
$ tar -cf vmmon.tar vmmon-only
$ tar -cf vmnet.tar vmnet-only
$ sudo cp -v vmmon.tar vmnet.tar /usr/lib/vmware/modules/source/
$ sudo vmware-modconfig --console --install-all

[Chakenios]

Thanks a lot worked perfectly for me, Fedora 40 as following 6.9.4-200.fc40.x86_64 and VMware Workstation pro 17.5.2 build-23775571. Regards

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[kolucci]

Works like a charm! Fedora 40 6.9.5-200.fc40.x86_64 both with VMWare Workstation 17.5.1 and 17.5.2 bundles.

[build000]

@Santuccic

Like per comment above, if you are running plain Fedora 40 as following 6.9.4-200.fc40.x86_64 and VMware Workstation pro 17.5.2 build-23775571 here the step i did.

$ git clone -b tmp/workstation-17.5.2-k6.9.1 https://github.com/nan0desu/vmware-host-modules.git
$ cd vmware-host-modules/
$ tar -cf vmmon.tar vmmon-only
$ tar -cf vmnet.tar vmnet-only
$ sudo cp -v vmmon.tar vmnet.tar /usr/lib/vmware/modules/source/
$ sudo vmware-modconfig --console --install-all

exactly - nothing more nothing less

[kolucci]

@Santuccic

Like per comment above, if you are running plain Fedora 40 as following 6.9.4-200.fc40.x86_64 and VMware Workstation pro 17.5.2 build-23775571 here the step i did.
$ git clone -b tmp/workstation-17.5.2-k6.9.1 https://github.com/nan0desu/vmware-host-modules.git
$ cd vmware-host-modules/
$ tar -cf vmmon.tar vmmon-only
$ tar -cf vmnet.tar vmnet-only
$ sudo cp -v vmmon.tar vmnet.tar /usr/lib/vmware/modules/source/
$ sudo vmware-modconfig --console --install-all

exactly - nothing more nothing less

I'd like to simplify sequence, FYI:

git clone -b tmp/workstation-17.5.2-k6.9.1 https://github.com/nan0desu/vmware-host-modules.git
cd vmware-host-modules/
sudo make tarballs && sudo cp -v vmmon.tar vmnet.tar /usr/lib/vmware/modules/source/
sudo vmware-modconfig --console --install-all

Works like a charm on:

VMware Workstation 17.5.2 build-23775571
Distro: Fedora Linux 40 (KDE Plasma)
Kernel: 6.9.6-200.fc40.x86_64

[tankersss]

Like per comment above, if you are running plain Fedora 40 as following 6.9.4-200.fc40.x86_64 and VMware Workstation pro 17.5.2 build-23775571 here the step i did.

$ git clone -b tmp/workstation-17.5.2-k6.9.1 https://github.com/nan0desu/vmware-host-modules.git $ cd vmware-host-modules/ $ tar -cf vmmon.tar vmmon-only $ tar -cf vmnet.tar vmnet-only $ sudo cp -v vmmon.tar vmnet.tar /usr/lib/vmware/modules/source/ $ sudo vmware-modconfig --console --install-all

This helped me, kudos

[Devaansh-Kumar]

Thanks a lot for the help, works perfectly on my system:

VMware Workstation 17.5.2
Distro: Fedora 40 KDE Spin
Kernel: 6.9.7-200.fc40.x86_64

[build000]

There is one more important aspect of using modified code ( https://github.com/nan0desu/vmware-host-modules ), which seems to have escaped the previous speakers and is worth mentioning:
this time, after installing modified drivers compared to the original project ( https://github.com/mkubecek/vmware-host-modules ), the vmware-netcfg command works without any problems.
To sum up - now everything works (at this moment) in any iteration and subversion of the 6.9 kernel.

[fsec1337]

I literally tried everything to run VMware on my Fedora 40 6.9.7 GNOME. After running the script it says it couldnt start vmware.service, but i can start vmware, once i want to start a VM it still says few modules are missing. Btw im using 17.5.2 Workstation Pro

[Miyamoto-Dev]

Thank you

[dismal002]

Thank you so much for this working on Vmware 17.6 on Debian Testing with kernel 6.10.9-amd64