Hello,
I use a linux distro (Calculate Linux) and I have VMware Workstation 15.5.1.
All is fine with 4.9.x LTS Kernel.
Since i upgraded the kernel to 5.4.6, VMWare Workstation fails to compile modules.
Installation :
LANG=C ./VMware-Workstation-Full-15.5.1-15018445.x86_64.bundle
Extracting VMware Installer...done.
Installing VMware VMX 15.5.1
Configuring...No rc*.d style init script directories were given to the installer.
You must manually add the necessary links to ensure that the vmware ] 49%
service at /etc/init.d/vmware is automatically started and stopped on
Installing VMware Workstation 15.5.1
Configuring...
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Installation was successful.
And compilation :
LANG=C vmware-modconfig --console --install-all
[..]
make[2]: *** [scripts/Makefile.build:265: /tmp/modconfig-SAUUuv/vmci-only/linux/vmciKernelIf.o] Error 1
/tmp/modconfig-SAUUuv/vmci-only/common/vmciDoorbell.o: warning: objtool: .text.__x86_indirect_thunk_rax+0x0: unsupported intra-function call
/tmp/modconfig-SAUUuv/vmci-only/common/vmciDoorbell.o: warning: objtool: If this is a retpoline, please patch it in with alternatives and annotate it with ANNOTATE_NOSPEC_ALTERNATIVE.
/tmp/modconfig-SAUUuv/vmci-only/common/vmciQPair.o: warning: objtool: .text.__x86_indirect_thunk_rax+0x0: unsupported intra-function call
/tmp/modconfig-SAUUuv/vmci-only/common/vmciQPair.o: warning: objtool: If this is a retpoline, please patch it in with alternatives and annotate it with ANNOTATE_NOSPEC_ALTERNATIVE.
/tmp/modconfig-SAUUuv/vmci-only/common/vmciQueuePair.o: warning: objtool: .text.__x86_indirect_thunk_rax+0x0: unsupported intra-function call
/tmp/modconfig-SAUUuv/vmci-only/common/vmciQueuePair.o: warning: objtool: If this is a retpoline, please patch it in with alternatives and annotate it with ANNOTATE_NOSPEC_ALTERNATIVE.
make[1]: *** [Makefile:1652: /tmp/modconfig-SAUUuv/vmci-only] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory '/usr/src/linux-5.4.6-calculate'
make: *** [Makefile:117: vmci.ko] Error 2
make: Leaving directory '/tmp/modconfig-SAUUuv/vmci-only'
Unable to install all modules. See log for details.
You can see the full log here : Paste #130754 | Pastebin Calculate Linux
If you have an idea !?