Comment 0 for bug 362579

Using module assistant to compile modules on 64-bit Jaunty beta with kernel version 2.8.28-11 and open-vm-tools version 2008.11.18-130226-1lenny1 fails on the vmhgfs module with the following error:

CC [M] /usr/src/modules/open-vm/modules/linux/vmhgfs/page.o
/usr/src/modules/open-vm/modules/linux/vmhgfs/page.c:88: error: unknown field ‘prepare_write’ specified in initializer
/usr/src/modules/open-vm/modules/linux/vmhgfs/page.c:88: warning: initialization from incompatible pointer type
/usr/src/modules/open-vm/modules/linux/vmhgfs/page.c:89: error: unknown field ‘commit_write’ specified in initializer
/usr/src/modules/open-vm/modules/linux/vmhgfs/page.c:89: warning: initialization from incompatible pointer type
make[5]: *** [/usr/src/modules/open-vm/modules/linux/vmhgfs/page.o] Error 1
make[4]: *** [_module_/usr/src/modules/open-vm/modules/linux/vmhgfs] Error 2
make[4]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.28-11-server'
make[3]: *** [vmhgfs.ko] Error 2
make[3]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/modules/open-vm/modules/linux/vmhgfs'
make[2]: *** [build] Error 2
make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/modules/open-vm'
make[1]: *** [binary-modules] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/modules/open-vm'
make: *** [kdist_build] Error 2

Looks like this got fixed upstream...

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