vmware cant build with latest fc kernel

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Hi, trying to build the vmware module for the 2.6.19-1.2895 kernel and
it fails with the following output:

Building the vmmon module.

Building for VMware Workstation 5.5.0 or 5.5.1.
Using 2.6.x kernel build system.
make: Entering directory `/tmp/vmware-config1/vmmon-only'
make -C /lib/modules/2.6.19-1.2895.fc6/build/include/.. SUBDIRS=$PWD
SRCROOT=$PWD/. modules
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/kernels/2.6.19-1.2895.fc6-i686'
 CC [M]  /tmp/vmware-config1/vmmon-only/linux/driver.o
 CC [M]  /tmp/vmware-config1/vmmon-only/linux/hostif.o
 CC [M]  /tmp/vmware-config1/vmmon-only/common/cpuid.o
 CC [M]  /tmp/vmware-config1/vmmon-only/common/hash.o
 CC [M]  /tmp/vmware-config1/vmmon-only/common/memtrack.o
 CC [M]  /tmp/vmware-config1/vmmon-only/common/phystrack.o
 CC [M]  /tmp/vmware-config1/vmmon-only/common/task.o
cc1plus: warning: command line option
"-Werror-implicit-function-declaration" is valid for C/ObjC but not
for C++
cc1plus: warning: command line option "-Wdeclaration-after-statement"
is valid for C/ObjC but not for C++
cc1plus: warning: command line option "-Wno-pointer-sign" is valid for
C/ObjC but not for C++
cc1plus: warning: command line option "-Wstrict-prototypes" is valid
for Ada/C/ObjC but not for C++
cc1plus: warning: command line option "-ffreestanding" is valid for
C/ObjC but not for C++
include/linux/stddef.h:16: error: expected identifier before 'false'
include/linux/stddef.h:16: error: expected `}' before 'false'
include/linux/stddef.h:16: error: expected unqualified-id before 'false'
include/linux/types.h:36: error: expected initializer before 'bool'
/tmp/vmware-config1/vmmon-only/common/task.c:43: error: expected
declaration before '}' token
make[2]: *** [/tmp/vmware-config1/vmmon-only/common/task.o] Error 1
make[1]: *** [_module_/tmp/vmware-config1/vmmon-only] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/kernels/2.6.19-1.2895.fc6-i686'
make: *** [vmmon.ko] Error 2
make: Leaving directory `/tmp/vmware-config1/vmmon-only'
Unable to build the vmmon module.

For more information on how to troubleshoot module-related problems, please
visit our Web site at "http://www.vmware.com/download/modules/modules.html"; and
"http://www.vmware.com/support/reference/linux/prebuilt_modules_linux.html";.

Execution aborted.


IS this a known problem with a solution?


--
Rob


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