VMWare player and Ubuntu 15.04: net driver does not compile anymore, how to fix?

Solution 1:

Use this commands (need root access):

$ wget 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
$ rm -r *-only
$ vmware-modconfig --console --install-all

for vmware-player 9 you also need to change:

• vmnet-only/netif.c line 152 from:

  dev = alloc_netdev(sizeof *netIf, deviceName, VNetNetIfSetup);
  

  to

  dev = alloc_netdev(sizeof *netIf, deviceName, NET_NAME_UNKNOWN, VNetNetIfSetup);
  

• vmnet-only/filter.c line 207 from:

  VNetFilterHookFn(unsigned int hooknum, // IN:

  to:

  VNetFilterHookFn(const struct nf_hook_ops *ops, // IN:

• vmnet-only/filter.c line 255 from:

  transmit = (hooknum == VMW_NF_INET_POST_ROUTING);

  to:

  transmit = (ops->hooknum == VMW_NF_INET_POST_ROUTING);