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I guess that it is because 'paravirt_ops' was exported as GPL symbol, whereas
the vmware module doen't declare any license.

I tried to add the following line:

MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");

into vmmon.tar and vmnet.tar under /usr/lib/vmare/modules/source/,
then it works.
 (but maybe will tear the copyright by VMWare Inc.)

my kernel: 2.6.21-rc3 with CONFIG_PARAVIRT=y

>2007/1/14, Jeff Chua <jeff.chua.linux@gmail.com>:

> I recompiled the vmmon module under the new kernel with
> CONFIG_PARAVIRT=y. It compiled fine, but when loaded, it gives the
> unknown symbol warning. I shalll make it clear that this is not a
> kernel issue ... it's just vmware, but I don't know how to fix it, and
> needed help from the experts.
>
> Thanks,
> Jeff.