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VMware Workstation – Multiple Patch Forks Since Broadcom..

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on September 15, 2024 by RGSeptember 15, 2024

I would like to start by thanking Michal Kubeček for his many years of expert support of the VMware vmmon/vmnet modules for later kernel versions.. Since the Broadcom takeover of VMware, his patches have been forked multiple times, for 17.5.2 and now 17.6 support, with varying degrees of success..    I have tested most of these and – … Continue reading →

Posted in compilation, Hacks, Linux, Opinion, Performance, VMware | Tagged 17.6, available, broadcom, forks, patches, vmmon / vmnet, vmware | 4 Replies

VMware – Fix for Kernel 5.8 Available..

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on September 5, 2020 by RGSeptember 5, 2020

With thanks to huyz for the notification – there is now a patch from baryonix available for VMware 15.5.6 and Kernel 5.8..    The patch is available here:  https://github.com/baryonix/vmware-host-modules/tree/fixes-for-5.8 I have – briefly – tested this with Kernel 5.8.5, and it was successful..     As the usual # vmware and # vmware-modconfig still segfault, then vmmon/vmnet have to be … Continue reading →

Posted in fix, kernel, Linux, Opinion, patches, success, VMware | Tagged fix, patch for kernel 5.8, vmmon / vmnet, vmware | Leave a reply
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