Re: Unknown symbol _exit when compiling VMware vmmon.o module - problem with 2.6.3-rc1

Re: Unknown symbol _exit when compiling VMware vmmon.o module - problem with 2.6.3-rc1

[Robert Gadsdon]

I had this problem when recompiling VMware WS 4.0.5 with kernel 
2.6.3-rc1 (x86 system).   2.6.2 and earlier had been OK..

I found the following reference relating a similar problem with 2.6.1-mm5:

http://www.vmware.com/community/thread.jspa?threadID=1976&messageID=8243

Re-inserting
#define __NR__exit __NR_exit
and
static inline _syscall1(void,_exit,int,exitcode)
in ...include/asm-i386/unistd.h fixed the problem for me.   I do _not_ 
know if this is an acceptable solution, as there may be other 
implications for the removal of this code in 2.6.3-rc1...

Robert Gadsdon.

Felipe Alfaro Solana wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> After installing VMware Workstation 4.5.0-7174 and running
> vmware-config.pl, I get the following error when trying to insert
> vmmon.ko into the kernel:
> 
> vmmon: Unknown symbol _exit
> 
> What can I use instead of _exit(code) inside a module?
> Thanks!
> 
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Re: Unknown symbol _exit when compiling VMware vmmon.o module - problem with 2.6.3-rc1

[Robert Gadsdon]

The latest VMware update -
http://ftp.cvut.cz/vmware/vmware-any-any-update50.tar.gz
fixes this problem, without the need to mess around with the contents of
...include/asm-i386/unistd.h

Robert Gadsdon




Robert Gadsdon wrote:
> I had this problem when recompiling VMware WS 4.0.5 with kernel 
> 2.6.3-rc1 (x86 system).   2.6.2 and earlier had been OK..
> 
> I found the following reference relating a similar problem with 2.6.1-mm5:
> 
> http://www.vmware.com/community/thread.jspa?threadID=1976&messageID=8243
> 
> Re-inserting
> #define __NR__exit __NR_exit
> and
> static inline _syscall1(void,_exit,int,exitcode)
> in ...include/asm-i386/unistd.h fixed the problem for me.   I do _not_ 
> know if this is an acceptable solution, as there may be other 
> implications for the removal of this code in 2.6.3-rc1...
> 
> Robert Gadsdon.
> 
> Felipe Alfaro Solana wrote:
> 
>> Hi!
>>
>> After installing VMware Workstation 4.5.0-7174 and running
>> vmware-config.pl, I get the following error when trying to insert
>> vmmon.ko into the kernel:
>>
>> vmmon: Unknown symbol _exit
>>
>> What can I use instead of _exit(code) inside a module?
>> Thanks!
>>
>> -
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> 
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