This bug was fixed in the package open-vm-tools -
2:10.0.7-3227872-5ubuntu1~16.04.1
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open-vm-tools (2:10.0.7-3227872-5ubuntu1~16.04.1) xenial; urgency=low
* Backport to xenial for kernel 4.8 support. (LP: #1662116)
-- Andy Whitcroft Mon, 06 Feb 2017
As reported on IRC:
< smb> that one builds for 4.4 and 4.8 and can be modprobed with both
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Hello Andy, or anyone else affected,
Accepted open-vm-tools into xenial-proposed. The package will build now
and be available at https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/open-vm-
tools/2:10.0.7-3227872-5ubuntu1~16.04.1 in a few hours, and then in the
-proposed repository.
Please help us by testing
Much of the change from xenial to yakkety is kernel related. It seems
lowest risk to backport this en-toto.
** Changed in: open-vm-tools (Ubuntu)
Status: New => In Progress
** Changed in: open-vm-tools (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided => High
** Changed in: open-vm-tools (Ubuntu)
** Attachment added: "make.log"
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1662116/+attachment/4813946/+files/make.log
** Tags added: kernel-adt-failure-hwe
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