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From: Elliot L. <el...@vm...> - 2007-11-19 18:46:34
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On 11/18/07 7:43 AM, "Todd Ignasiak" <tod...@gm...> wrote: > Is there any documentation on the configure options for vmware tools? > > The configure file is quite large, ~850 KB, with what looks like a > lot of default / unneeded config checks. The huge size makes it > difficult to pick out the relevant options. > > The kind of things I'm looking for, and I'm sure others will need are: > > - Which components can be enabled/disabled via configure? > - Specifically, how do I disable any X11 packages, and only do > modules and command-line tools? > - How can I specify a different kernel source path, to build modules > for another VM which doesn't have build tools, rather than building > for the running system? > > > My first time running configure, it stopped on some Xinerama > dependencies, and recommended the --disable-multimon option. Next > time through, it stopped on another X11 package.. > > I just want to build the command-line utilities, and kernel modules to > be installed in a light-weight VM that doesn't have X-Windows, or gcc. Hey Todd, As Charles suggested, --help gives you help, --without-x turns off X11, and you won't have much luck reading the configure file since it's generated by autoconf from configure.ac... :) I think the way to build kernel modules for a different kernel version is not quite clear, but looking at modules/linux/<foo>/Makefile is the best way to figure it out. A quick glance makes it look like you could pass VM_UNAME=<kernelver> on the command line to select a different directory under /lib/modules to build against. Hope this helps, -- Elliot |