Running VMware Workstation 10.0.0.5 on Fedora 21

A number of changes in the Linux kernel near the 3.18->3.19 transition prevent VMware Workstation from building the modules that it needs to run.

I've found bits and pieces of the required patches from all over the net, including, but not limited to:

• https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-p-7705932.html (Hotblack specifically)
• http://tuxdiary.com/2014/05/28/vmware-player-6-0-2-ubuntu-14-04-kernel-3-15-0-rc7/
• https://communities.vmware.com/thread/509225?start=0&tstart=0
• http://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/pkg-virtualbox/virtualbox.git/commit/src/VBox/HostDrivers/VBoxNetAdp/linux/VBoxNetAdp-linux.c?id=747414b7236ec035b4ffcce62f953a7908637723
• https://communities.vmware.com/message/2469759

The basic idea is to unpack the sources in /usr/lib/vmware/modules/source, patch them, then repack them into updated .tar files.

Start by downloading the files.

Then you'll need to do the following things as root:

• Execute: cd /usr/lib/vmware/modules/source
• Move the downloaded files to this directory
• Take a look at fix.sh and the associated patches to convince yourself that they aren't going to hurt your computer.
• Execute: bash ./fix.sh
• You can optionally remove the .tar.orig files that are left over