vmware on kernel 2083

aldo santini asantini at movinet.com.uy
Sun Apr 2 02:45:54 UTC 2006


after upgrading from kernel 2074 to kernel 2083, vmware can not complie. 
vmware-config.pl abort with this error:
CC [M] /tmp/vmware-config7/vmmon-only/common/vmx86.o
CC [M] /tmp/vmware-config7/vmmon-only/vmcore/compat.o
CC [M] /tmp/vmware-config7/vmmon-only/vmcore/moduleloop.o
In file included from include/asm/bitops.h:10,
from /tmp/vmware-config7/vmmon-only/./include/vcpuset.h:74,
from /tmp/vmware-config7/vmmon-only/./include/modulecall.h:22,
from /tmp/vmware-config7/vmmon-only/vmcore/moduleloop.c:15:
include/asm/alternative.h:7: error: expected specifier-qualifier-list 
before ‘u8’
make[2]: *** [/tmp/vmware-config7/vmmon-only/vmcore/moduleloop.o] Error 1
make[1]: *** [_module_/tmp/vmware-config7/vmmon-only] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/kernels/2.6.16-1.2083_FC5-i686'
make: *** [vmmon.ko] Error 2
make: Leaving directory `/tmp/vmware-config7/vmmon-only'
Unable to build the vmmon module.

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"http://www.vmware.com/download/modules/modules.html" and
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Execution aborted.
Is this a known issue?
I need vmware for work.




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