VMware server problems with the new F8 kernel

[John Thompson]

On 2008-03-07, Paul Smith <phhs80 at gmail.com> wrote:

> With the new kernel
>
> kernel-2.6.24.3-12.fc8
>
> I get the following problem when running
>
>  /usr/bin/vmware-config.pl  :
>
>
>   CC [M]  /tmp/vmware-config3/vmmon-only/common/cpuid.o
> In file included from include/asm/bitops.h:2,
>                  from /tmp/vmware-config3/vmmon-only/./include/vcpuset.h:74,
>                  from /tmp/vmware-config3/vmmon-only/./include/modulecall.h:23,
>                  from /tmp/vmware-config3/vmmon-only/common/vmx86.h:19,
>                  from /tmp/vmware-config3/vmmon-only/common/hostif.h:18,
>                  from /tmp/vmware-config3/vmmon-only/common/cpuid.c:15:
> include/asm/bitops_32.h:9:2: error: #error only <linux/bitops.h> can
> be included directly
> make[2]: *** [/tmp/vmware-config3/vmmon-only/common/cpuid.o] Error 1
> make[1]: *** [_module_/tmp/vmware-config3/vmmon-only] Error 2
> make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/kernels/2.6.24.3-12.fc8-i686'
> make: *** [vmmon.ko] Error 2
> make: Leaving directory `/tmp/vmware-config3/vmmon-only'
> Unable to build the vmmon module.
>
> Any ideas?

Same problem here with kernel-2.6.24.3-12.fc8 and 
VMware-player-2.0.2-59824.x86_64

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John (john at os2.dhs.org)