vmware 5, fc4, NR_IRQS

[Mike Wright]

Hi list users,

Neither googling nor a visit to vmware's site provided an answer.

vmware workstation 5.0 installed without complaint on fc4; however, an 
attempt to run vmware-config.pl fails with errors at the stage where it 
attempts to compile vmmon.ko.  The specific errors are:

make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/kernels/2.6.11-1.1369_FC4-i686'
   CC [M]  /tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/linux/driver.o
In file included from include/linux/irq.h:21,
                  from include/asm/hardirq.h:6,
                  from include/linux/hardirq.h:6,
                  from include/linux/interrupt.h:11,
                  from /tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:20:
include/asm/irq.h:16:25: error: irq_vectors.h: No such file or directory
In file included from include/asm/hardirq.h:6,
                  from include/linux/hardirq.h:6,
                  from include/linux/interrupt.h:11,
                  from /tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:20:
include/linux/irq.h:72: error: ‘NR_IRQS’ undeclared here (not in a function)
In file included from include/linux/irq.h:74,
                  from include/asm/hardirq.h:6,
                  from include/linux/hardirq.h:6,
                  from include/linux/interrupt.h:11,
                  from /tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:20:
include/asm/hw_irq.h:28: error: ‘NR_IRQ_VECTORS’ undeclared here (not in 
a function)
make[2]: *** [/tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/linux/driver.o] Error 1

I'm not a c programmer but am not afraid to try things.  I tried adding 
symlinks to irq_vectors.h and irq_vector_limits.h but succeeded in 
segfaulting with a warning about mismatched headers and kernel, so I 
obviously linked the wrong things.  The headers and kernel do match: 
linux-2.6.11-1.1369_FC4.

I'm hoping I'm not the only person to have tried this.  Any pointers or 
help from somebody who has succeeded?

Thanks for any consideration,
Mike Wright  :m)