Possible Fix For VMWare Player/Workstation...

[JeZ-l-Lee]

Thanks to Al Viro, and to coderus on the VMware forum, we now have a solution for vmnet and Kernel 3.19, as follows:
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In vmnet-only/driver.c (lines 269, 1194, and 1195):
Replace instances of f_dentry with f_path.dentry
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In vmnet-only/userif.c (line 526):
Replace
return skb_copy_datagram_iovec(skb, 0, &iov, len);
with
struct iov_iter to;
iov_iter_init(&to, READ, &iov, 1, len);
return skb_copy_datagram_iter(skb, 0, &to, len);
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I have not tried the above yet, still on 14.10...

Jesse

[Alfons]

Does anybody know what about with the 4.2.0 kernel??

[dibl]

Does anybody know what about with the 4.2.0 kernel??

It was broken the last time I tried it, about six months ago. I subsequently set up qemu/KVM and have not had any need to fight vmware since them.

[mparillo]

You got out in time.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/01...nt_team_fired/

[Alfons]

Cony !!

[dibl]

Wow, I did not know about the VMWare development team getting the axe. Looks like I made my transition in the nick of time.