Vmware Workstation 10.0.1 build-1379776 patch for Linux kernel 3.17

[Pavlinux]

Final patches for release 3.17

PASTEBIN [Diff] Vmware patch linux kernel 3.17 - Pastebin.com and in attach

[Pavlinux]

Update patches!

[JJMacey]

Pavlinux wrote:

Update patches!

THX for that. Do you have a how-to? I have tried endless scripts / patches, but no success with Ubuntu 14.04 / Linux Kernel 3.17.

Thanks in advance for any reply.

[Pavlinux]

HOWTO

# mkdir /tmp/vmware && cd /tmp/vmware;

# for i in `ls /usr/lib/vmware/modules/source/*.tar`; do echo tar xf $i -C /tmp/vmware; done

# unzip /tmp/vmware-for-3.17.patch.zip;

# patch -p1 < vmware-for-3.17.patch;

# tar -cf vmblock.tar vmblock-only/

# tar -cf vmci.tar vmci-only/

# tar -cf vmmon.tar vmmon-only/

# tar -cf vmnet.tar vmnet-only/

# tar -cf vsock.tar vsock-only/

# mv -vfi /tmp/vmware/*.tar /usr/lib/vmware/modules/source/;

[JJMacey]

Pavilinux,

Thanks for your reply; however, got hung up here:

adler@adler-HP-Spectre-XT-Ultrabook-PC ~ $ sudo mkdir /tmp/vmware && cd /tmp/vmware

[sudo] password for adler:

adler@adler-HP-Spectre-XT-Ultrabook-PC /tmp/vmware $ sudo ls /usr/lib/vmware/modules/source/*.tar

/usr/lib/vmware/modules/source/vmblock.tar  /usr/lib/vmware/modules/source/vmmon.tar  /usr/lib/vmware/modules/source/vmsock.tar

/usr/lib/vmware/modules/source/vmci.tar     /usr/lib/vmware/modules/source/vmnet.tar  /usr/lib/vmware/modules/source/vsock.tar

adler@adler-HP-Spectre-XT-Ultrabook-PC /tmp/vmware $ sudo unzip /tmp/vmware-for-3.17.patch.zip

Archive:  /tmp/vmware-for-3.17.patch.zip

  inflating: vmware-for-3.17.patch  

adler@adler-HP-Spectre-XT-Ultrabook-PC /tmp/vmware $ sudo patch -p1 < vmware-for-3.17.patch

can't find file to patch at input line 4

Perhaps you used the wrong -p or --strip option?

The text leading up to this was:

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|diff -ur a/vmblock-only/linux/control.c b/vmblock-only/linux/control.c

|--- a/vmblock-only/linux/control.c    2014-04-15 01:41:40.000000000 +0400

|+++ b/vmblock-only/linux/control.c    2014-10-09 05:21:34.094551409 +0400

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File to patch:

I had eliminated all traces of VMWare before I did a fresh install. The original error shows here:

Starting VMware services:

   Virtual machine monitor                                             done

   Virtual machine communication interface                     done

   VM communication interface socket family                  done

   Blocking file system                                                   done

   Virtual ethernet                                                           failed

   VMware Authentication Daemon                                  done

With previous Kernel up-grades I could always patch VMWare. This time around it has become a nightmare. LOL!

Any insight here? Thanks in advance for any ideas.

[WoodyZ]

JJMacey wrote: adler@adler-HP-Spectre-XT-Ultrabook-PC /tmp/vmware $ sudo ls /usr/lib/vmware/modules/source/*.tar

Any insight here? Thanks in advance for any ideas.

That is not the proper command!

The proper command is: for i in `ls /usr/lib/vmware/modules/source/*.tar`; do tar xf $i -C /tmp/vmware; done

[Pavlinux]

echo - is rulezz command

1. Download patch from 1 message

2. remove echo string from HOWTO

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Patched source archive http://filebin.ca/1f5pRZ50e5NO

Extract & put tar files to /usr/lib/vmware/modules/source/

[JJMacey]

Hi Gentlemen,

I will work on this, and get back to you.

Thank you for your assistance here.

[JJMacey]

Gentlemen,

I have not gotten success here. At this point I'll just try to delete everything VMWare related. That will be a challenge, due to the fact, that I've been adding things all over my HDD. LOL!

Thank you very much for your input!

[lovetide]

Can't apply this patch to VMware-Player-6.0.4-2249910.x86_64 for linux kernel 3.17.2 (Fedora 20, kernel-3.17.2-200.fc20.x86_64), log:

# patch -p1 < vmware-for-3.17.patch 
patching file vmblock-only/linux/control.c
patching file vmblock-only/linux/dentry.c
patching file vmblock-only/linux/file.c
patching file vmblock-only/linux/inode.c
patching file vmblock-only/shared/vm_assert.h
patching file vmci-only/linux/driver.c
patching file vmci-only/shared/vm_assert.h
patching file vmmon-only/include/memDefaults.h
patching file vmmon-only/include/vm_assert.h
patching file vmmon-only/linux/driver.c
patching file vmmon-only/linux/vmmonInt.h
patching file vmnet-only/driver.c
Hunk #1 succeeded at 169 (offset -7 lines).
Hunk #2 succeeded at 609 (offset -10 lines).
Hunk #3 succeeded at 617 (offset -10 lines).
Hunk #4 succeeded at 671 (offset -10 lines).
Hunk #5 succeeded at 1271 (offset -45 lines).
Hunk #6 succeeded at 1294 (offset -45 lines).
Hunk #7 succeeded at 1514 (offset -45 lines).
Hunk #8 succeeded at 1557 (offset -45 lines).
Hunk #9 succeeded at 1657 (offset -45 lines).
Hunk #10 succeeded at 1672 (offset -45 lines).
patching file vmnet-only/filter.c
Hunk #1 FAILED at 27.
Hunk #2 FAILED at 203.
Hunk #3 FAILED at 256.
3 out of 3 hunks FAILED -- saving rejects to file vmnet-only/filter.c.rej
patching file vmnet-only/hub.c
patching file vmnet-only/netif.c
patching file vmnet-only/userif.c
patching file vmnet-only/vm_assert.h
patching file vmnet-only/vnetInt.h
patching file vsock-only/linux/af_vsock.c
patching file vsock-only/linux/notify.c
patching file vsock-only/linux/notifyQState.c
patching file vsock-only/shared/vm_assert.h

[swsnyder8]

The patch fails because they tarred-up a zero-length copy of file filter.c in the tarball that ships with Workstation v10.0.4.  There's no code in the file to patch.

Great job, guys!