Installing VMware server

[Les Mikesell]

alan wrote:
>>>
>>> touch /usr/src/kernels/`uname -r`/include/config.h
>>>
>>> This should be all that you need
>>
>> It blows my mind that I have to do that with each new kernel. What's up
>> with that? It would be great to get an explanation. Ric
>
> config.h was depricated a while back.  There used to be a symlink from 
> autoconf.h to config.h in include/linux.  (I have not used the empty 
> file as described above. I link it to what it is supposed to be. I 
> don't know if it makes a difference.)  A few programs that build 
> kernel modules still have problem with the missing config.h.  NVIDIA 
> fixed this a while ago. VMWare has not.  (VMWare tools also has 
> compile problems which have never been fixed.  There are some 
> third-party hacks to fix some of those issues.)
Apparently interfaces are the new version of "promises made to be broken".

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  Les Mikesell
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