vmware cannot be configured

[Wolf Rogner]

uname -a
Linux mb 2.6.24-16-generic #1 SMP Thu Apr 10 13:23:42 UTC 2008 i686 GNU/Linux

vmware-config.pl terminates with error:

Building the vmmon module.

Using 2.6.x kernel build system.
make: Entering directory `/tmp/vmware-config4/vmmon-only'
make -C /lib/modules/2.6.24-16-generic/build/include/.. SUBDIRS=$PWD SRCROOT=$PWD/. modules
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.24-16-generic'
  CC [M] /tmp/vmware-config4/vmmon-only/linux/driver.o
  CC [M] /tmp/vmware-config4/vmmon-only/linux/hostif.o
  CC [M] /tmp/vmware-config4/vmmon-only/common/comport.o
  CC [M] /tmp/vmware-config4/vmmon-only/common/cpuid.o
In file included from include/asm/bitops.h:2,
                 from /tmp/vmware-config4/vmmon-only/./include/vcpuset.h:74,
                 from /tmp/vmware-config4/vmmon-only/./include/modulecall.h:23,
                 from /tmp/vmware-config4/vmmon-only/common/vmx86.h:18,
                 from /tmp/vmware-config4/vmmon-only/common/hostif.h:18,
                 from /tmp/vmware-config4/vmmon-only/common/cpuid.c:14:
include/asm/bitops_32.h:9:2: error: #error only <linux/bitops.h> can be included directly
make[2]: *** [/tmp/vmware-config4/vmmon-only/common/cpuid.o] Error 1
make[1]: *** [_module_/tmp/vmware-config4/vmmon-only] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.24-16-generic'
make: *** [vmmon.ko] Error 2
make: Leaving directory `/tmp/vmware-config4/vmmon-only'
Unable to build the vmmon module.

There is no linux/bitops.h in linux headers and no include/asm/bitops_32.h

So what happened to it as I configured vmware before (7.10)

[William Grant (wgrant)]

VMWare needs to update their module to build with a more recent kernel.