I am in the exact same boat. I found that I had to download the 2.6.28.10 kernel from www.kernel.org and compile my own kernel. It allowd NIKAL 1.10 to build successfully. Note that NI-DAQMX 8.0.1 comes with NIKAL 1.09 built-in and you have to get NIKAL 1.10 separately.
IIRC this was the order of operations:
1. Successfully build 2.6.28.10 kernel
(Basically I copied the config file from the stock 2.6.31 kernel in OpenSUSE 11.2 and pared it down a bit)
2. Install NIKAL 1.10
3. Install NI-DAQmx 8.0.1 (it will detect the presence of NIKAL 1.10 and not try to install 1.09)
4. Run updateNIdrivers so that the NI-DAQmx drivers are rebuilt against NIKAL 1.10
How easy you find this will depend on your experience.