In file included from /tmp/vmware-config8/vmmon-only/linux/driver.h:20,
                 from /tmp/vmware-config8/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:49:
/tmp/vmware-config8/vmmon-only/./include/compat_wait.h:60: error: conflicting types for ‘poll_initwait’
include/linux/poll.h:62: error: previous declaration of ‘poll_initwait’ was here
/tmp/vmware-config8/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:145: warning: initialization from incompatible pointer type
/tmp/vmware-config8/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:149: warning: initialization from incompatible pointer type
make[2]: *** [/tmp/vmware-config8/vmmon-only/linux/driver.o] Error 1
make[1]: *** [_module_/tmp/vmware-config8/vmmon-only] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.17-5-k7'
make: *** [vmmon.ko] Error 2
make: Leaving directory `/tmp/vmware-config8/vmmon-only'
Unable to build the vmmon module.

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