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From: "Jeff Chua" <jeff.chua.linux@gmail.com>
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On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 7:21 AM, Eli Collins <ecollins@vmware.com> wrote:

> The module fixes for 2.6.26+ kernels are in upcoming releases and should
> get backported to older ones.

Thanks, just let me know when it'll be available and I'll be more than
happy to test it out for you.

At the mean time, I've worked around the problem by adding back .ioctl
that vmware is can work in 2.6.27-rc1.

Thanks,
Jeff.