好久没有用Windows了，昨天有一个软件需要在windows下运行，就想想用vmware workstation安装一个，可是在编译到vmmond模块的时候却出现了这样的错误：

[bash]
Using 2.6.x kernel build system.
make: Entering directory `/tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only'
make -C /lib/modules/2.6.20-5-generic/build/include/.. SUBDIRS=$PWD SRCROOT=$PWD/. modules
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.20-5-generic'
  CC [M]  /tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/linux/driver.o
In file included from /tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:80:
/tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/./include/compat_kernel.h:21: error: expected declaration specifiers or ‘...’ before ‘compat_exit’
/tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/./include/compat_kernel.h:21: error: expected declaration specifiers or ‘...’ before ‘exit_code’
/tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/./include/compat_kernel.h:21: warning: type defaults to ‘int’ in declaration of ‘_syscall1’
make[2]: *** [/tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/linux/driver.o] 错误 1
make[1]: *** [_module_/tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only] 错误 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.20-5-generic'
make: *** [vmmon.ko] 错误 2
make: Leaving directory `/tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only'
Unable to build the vmmon module.

以上的compat_kernel.h定义与2.6.20的内核有不兼容的地方，那我们就来修改compat_kernel.h使其与compat_kernel.h与内核兼容就可以了。

首先备份原始文件，然后解压vmmon.tar：

[bash]
cd /usr/lib/vmware/modules/source
sudo cp vmmon.tar vmmon.tar.old
sudo tar xvf vmmon.tar
sudo gedit vmmon-only/include/compat_kernel.h

将21行:

[c]
static inline _syscall1(int, compat_exit, int, exit_code);

替换为：

[c]
#if LINUX_VERSION_CODE < KERNEL_VERSION(2,6,19)
 static inline _syscall1(int, compat_exit, int, exit_code);
#endif

然后重新打包vmmon.tar:

[bash]
tar cvf vmmon.tar vmmon-only
rm -rf vmmon-only

继续编译,vmmon模块是编译通过了，可是vmnet模块又出现了如下的错误：

[bash]
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.20-5-generic'
  CC [M]  /tmp/vmware-config1/vmnet-only/driver.o
  CC [M]  /tmp/vmware-config1/vmnet-only/hub.o
  CC [M]  /tmp/vmware-config1/vmnet-only/userif.o
/tmp/vmware-config1/vmnet-only/userif.c: In function ‘VNetCopyDatagramToUser’:
/tmp/vmware-config1/vmnet-only/userif.c:629: error: ‘CHECKSUM_HW’ undeclared (first use in this function)
/tmp/vmware-config1/vmnet-only/userif.c:629: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once
/tmp/vmware-config1/vmnet-only/userif.c:629: error: for each function it appears in.)
make[2]: *** [/tmp/vmware-config1/vmnet-only/userif.o] 错误 1
make[1]: *** [_module_/tmp/vmware-config1/vmnet-only] 错误 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.20-5-generic'
make: *** [vmnet.ko] 错误 2
make: Leaving directory `/tmp/vmware-config1/vmnet-only'
Unable to build the vmnet module.

现在是vmnet的问题，同样的我们要修改不兼容的代码，然后重新编译。

首先备份原始的vmnet.tar，并解压：

[bash]
cd /usr/lib/vmware/modules/source
sudo cp vmnet.tar vmnet.tar.old
sudo tar xvf vmnet.tar
sudo gedit vmnet-only/userif.c和bridge.c

将其中的CHECKSUM_HW替换成CHECKSUM_COMPLETE。

然后重新打包：

[bash]
tar cvf vmnet.tar vmmon-only
rm -rf vmnet-only

再次编译就一切OK了！