[arch-general] vmnet fail to recompile when kernel upgrade

[mudongliang]

I scan the webpage:
Sources
 
    common-functions.sh
    vmci-10.0.4-3.14.patch
    vmci-10.0.6-3.19.patch
    vmci-10.0.6-4.0.patch
    vmmon-10.0.4-3.14.patch
    vmmon-10.0.5-3.14.patch
    vmnet-10.0.1-3.13.patch
    vmnet-10.0.4-3.14.patch
    vmnet-10.0.5-3.17.patch
    vmnet-11.1.0-3.19.patch
    vmware-patch.sh
    vmware-unpatch.sh
    vmware-usbarbitrator.service
    vmware-workstation.service
    vmware.service
    vsock-10.0.4-3.14.patch
    vsock-10.0.6-3.15.patch
    vsock-10.0.6-3.19.patch
 
There is no corresponding patch for vmnet 4.0.0
Maybe I should use the higher version of VMware Workstation. I hear that
someone has installed 11.2 without this issue in kernel 4.0.0.
Thank you all the same.
	- mudongliang
 
On 07/20/2015 02:55 PM, Chi Hsuan Yen wrote:
> Dear mudongliang,
> 
> The AUR package vmware-patch[1] may be helpful.
> 
> Best Regards
> 
> Yen Chi Hsuan
> 
> [1] https://aur4.archlinux.org/packages/vmware-patch/
> 
> On 20 July 2015 at 10:38, mudongliang <mudongliangabcd at outlook.com> wrote:
> 
>> Today I upgraded kernel to 4.0.0-2, but when I restart ,I found that
>> vmnet module can't be recompiled
>> I use vmware workstation of version : 10.0.3
>> I search and find that all the thing about kernel 3.19 in arch wiki.
>>
>> # curl http://pastie.org/pastes/9934018/download -o /tmp/vmnet-3.19.patch
>> # cd /usr/lib/vmware/modules/source
>> # tar -xf vmnet.tar
>> # patch -p0 -i /tmp/vmnet-3.19.patch
>> # tar -cf vmnet.tar vmnet-only
>> # vmware-modconfig ¨Cconsole ¨Cinstall-all
>>
>> But this method is not right with kernel 4.0.0-2. vmnet module can't be
>> compiled successfully.
>> I need a patch for kernel 4.0.0-2 so that I can use vmware normally.
>> Thanks in advance.
>>     - mudongliang
>>