Re: Unknown symbol _exit when compiling VMware vmmon.o module - problemwith 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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