Bug 376641

Summary:	app-emulation/vmware-modules-238.4: CONFIG_BKL required although 2.6.39 is stable
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Kai Krakow <hurikhan77+bgo>
Component:	Current packages	Assignee:	Gentoo Linux bug wranglers <bug-wranglers>
Status:	RESOLVED DUPLICATE
Severity:	normal
Priority:	Normal
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description Kai Krakow 2011-07-27 18:21:49 UTC

Seems like sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-2.6.39-r3 has been stabilized but now vmware-modules is no longer buildable. It aborts with the following error:


>>> Emerging (1 of 1) app-emulation/vmware-modules-238.4
 * Determining the location of the kernel source code
 * Found kernel source directory:
 *     /usr/src/linux
 * Found kernel object directory:
 *     /lib/modules/2.6.39-gentoo-r3/build
 * Found sources for kernel version:
 *     2.6.39-gentoo-r3
 * Checking for suitable kernel configuration options...
 *   CONFIG_BKL:         is not set when it should be.

CONFIG_BKL has been removed with 2.6.39. Either vmware-modules should explicitly depend on older kernels or needs to be patched to work without BKL...

I think there is a thread related to this in the forums:
http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-879615-start-0.html

Bug #368139 may be related.

Comment 1 Pacho Ramos gentoo-dev

2011-07-28 10:01:46 UTC


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 368139 ***