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paozaf

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Registered: 2012-11-29

Posts: 68

Kernel 4.9.6 and vmware

Hi all,
after upgrading the kernel to 4.9.6 I'm no longer able to compile the wmware modules.
It complains about the function "get_user_pages"...it looks like its signature has been changed.

Any idea?
Thanks

TheChickenMan

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From: United States

Registered: 2015-07-25

Posts: 354

Re: Kernel 4.9.6 and vmware

There's a link to the fix in here: Wiki

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paozaf

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Registered: 2012-11-29

Posts: 68

Re: Kernel 4.9.6 and vmware

Perfect...it fixed my problem!

Thanks!

jesc516

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From: LI,NY

Registered: 2015-01-26

Posts: 72

Re: Kernel 4.9.6 and vmware

this worked for me also even though i got "Unable to install all modules.  See log for details."

4.9.6-1-ARCH
VMware Workstation 12.5.0 build-4352439

vaporize93

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Registered: 2017-01-31

Posts: 2

Re: Kernel 4.9.6 and vmware

i solve this solutions
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=222520