VMware Server 1.06 on Fedora 8 x86_64

[Gene Poole]

As promised, here is the actual messages received when attempting to build 
the vmnet module:

Building the vmnet module.

Using 2.6.x kernel build system.
make: Entering directory `/tmp/vmware-config0/vmnet-only'
make -C /lib/modules/2.6.25.11-60.fc8/build/include/.. SUBDIRS=$PWD 
SRCROOT=$PWD/. modules
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/kernels/2.6.25.11-60.fc8-x86_64'
  CC [M]  /tmp/vmware-config0/vmnet-only/driver.o
  CC [M]  /tmp/vmware-config0/vmnet-only/hub.o
  CC [M]  /tmp/vmware-config0/vmnet-only/userif.o
  CC [M]  /tmp/vmware-config0/vmnet-only/netif.o
  CC [M]  /tmp/vmware-config0/vmnet-only/bridge.o
/tmp/vmware-config0/vmnet-only/bridge.c: In function 
‘VNetBridgeDevCompatible’:
/tmp/vmware-config0/vmnet-only/bridge.c:278: error: implicit declaration 
of function ‘dev_net’
/tmp/vmware-config0/vmnet-only/bridge.c: In function ‘VNetBridgeUp’:
/tmp/vmware-config0/vmnet-only/bridge.c:903: warning: passing argument 1 
of ‘__dev_get_by_name’ makes pointer from integer without a cast
/tmp/vmware-config0/vmnet-only/bridge.c:941: warning: passing argument 1 
of ‘sk_alloc’ makes pointer from integer without a cast
make[2]: *** [/tmp/vmware-config0/vmnet-only/bridge.o] Error 1
make[1]: *** [_module_/tmp/vmware-config0/vmnet-only] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/kernels/2.6.25.11-60.fc8-x86_64'
make: *** [vmnet.ko] Error 2
make: Leaving directory `/tmp/vmware-config0/vmnet-only'
Unable to build the vmnet module.

For more information on how to troubleshoot module-related problems, 
please
visit our Web site at 
"http://www.vmware.com/download/modules/modules.html" and
"http://www.vmware.com/support/reference/linux/prebuilt_modules_linux.html".

Execution aborted.

Somehow those 'special characters' appeared when taking this text file 
from my Linux machine to a Windows machine where my email client resides.

Thanks,
Gene Poole

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