Arch Linux

jkd_luca

Member

Registered: 2016-04-27

Posts: 2

[SOLVED] VMWare Workstation modules on Linux 4.5.3-1 to 4.5.4-1

After recent upgrades I was not able to compile kernel modules for vmware workstation.
Here is
how to fix it:

1) /usr/lib/vmware/modules/source/vmmon.tar
  - untar
  - edit ./vmmon-only/linux/hostif.c
  "get_user_pages" to "get_user_pages_remote" (1 occurrence)
  - tar and replace original

2) /usr/lib/vmware/modules/source/vmnet.tar
  - untar
  - edit ./vmnet-only/userif.c
  - replace all:
  "get_user_pages" to "get_user_pages_remote" (1 occurrence)
  - tar and replace original

Then

# vmware-modconfig --console --install-all

-> Found via https://communities.vmware.com/message/2598402#2598402

plm

Member

Registered: 2008-05-05

Posts: 6

Re: [SOLVED] VMWare Workstation modules on Linux 4.5.3-1 to 4.5.4-1

Thanks. Also works with 4.6.2-1.

Last edited by plm (2016-06-10 20:42:37)

Fallback

Member

From: Austria

Registered: 2009-12-26

Posts: 25

Re: [SOLVED] VMWare Workstation modules on Linux 4.5.3-1 to 4.5.4-1

Can confirm this works on current 4.6.2-1-ARCH kernel with vmware-workstation 12.1.0.3272444. Also on linux-ck kernel. Only unusualness is that     hundred vmnet hostonly interfaces were created after patching in the VMware Network editor. Hopefully the next VMware release works out of the box.

Thank you

jkd_luca

Member

Registered: 2016-04-27

Posts: 2

Re: [SOLVED] VMWare Workstation modules on Linux 4.5.3-1 to 4.5.4-1

Yes, I'm on 4.6.2-1-ARCH.
Can't tell anything about -ck, sorry.