when using vmware installer on fedora 40 it fails to install kernel
modules due to missing declaration of random_get_entropy_fallback in
the timex.h unit file this patch fixes it
excuse me as its my first contribution to the linux mailing list
here is the patch
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--- arch/x86/include/asm/timex.h 2024-05-04 12:35:23.000000000 +0300
+++ arch/x86/include/asm/timex.h 2024-05-04 12:38:44.438340770 +0300
@@ -5,6 +5,12 @@
#include <asm/processor.h>
#include <asm/tsc.h>
+/*
+ * Fix for vmware installer failure to build vmmon and vmnet kernel modules
+ * as random_get_entropy_fallback() is not found in this unit.
+ */
+unsigned long random_get_entropy_fallback(void);
+
static inline unsigned long random_get_entropy(void)
{
if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_X86_TSC) &&
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Thank You
Dr. Amr Osman
