linux-kernel - Re: Kernel 4.6 - failing compilation Vmware modules

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Message-ID: <127230.1464637464@turing-police.cc.vt.edu>
Date:	Mon, 30 May 2016 15:44:24 -0400
From:	Valdis.Kletnieks@...edu
To:	Roman Fiala <roman.fiala.novy@...il.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Kernel 4.6 - failing compilation Vmware modules

On Mon, 30 May 2016 17:14:24 +0200, Roman Fiala said:

> this is the first time, when I would like to report kernel problem.

It's not a kernel problem, it's an out-of-tree module problem.  You really
should take it to the VMWare people.

Having said that, note that the dkms messages aren't very helpful.  What
you'll need to do is build the modules by hand and see what the actual
compile errors are.

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