VMWare 工作站 vmmon 在 Ubuntu 18.04 上损坏

Question

我升级到 Ubuntu 18.04，vmmon.ko现在无法构建 VMWare Workstation 12.5.9的模块。

/usr/lib/vmware/modules/source/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c: In function ‘LinuxDriverInitTSCkHz’:
/usr/lib/vmware/modules/source/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:268:22: error: assignment from incompatible pointer type [-Werror=incompatible-pointer-types]
    tscTimer.function = LinuxDriverEstimateTSCkHzDeferred;
                      ^
/usr/lib/vmware/modules/source/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:270:12: error: ‘struct timer_list’ has no member named ‘data’
    tscTimer.data     = 0;
            ^
/usr/lib/vmware/modules/source/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c: In function ‘init_module’:
/usr/lib/vmware/modules/source/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:312:4: error: implicit declaration of function ‘init_timer’; did you mean ‘init_timers’? [-Werror=implicit-function-declaration]
    init_timer(&linuxState.pollTimer);
    ^~~~~~~~~~
    init_timers
/usr/lib/vmware/modules/source/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:313:24: error: ‘struct timer_list’ has no member named ‘data’
    linuxState.pollTimer.data = 0;
                        ^
/usr/lib/vmware/modules/source/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:314:34: error: assignment from incompatible pointer type [-Werror=incompatible-pointer-types]
    linuxState.pollTimer.function = LinuxDriverPollTimeout;

这似乎是一个导致 vmmon 编译失败的小改动，可能是内核版本之间的数据结构发生了变化？

编辑：似乎在 Linux 内核 v4.15init_timer()接口已被删除

uname -a
Linux hostnema 4.15.0-22-generic #24-Ubuntu SMP Wed May 16 12:15:17 UTC 2018 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

关于如何开始解决这个问题的任何建议？

Answer 1

我找到了一个解决方案并基于 mkucebek 的 github 源创建了一个脚本文件。

您必须使用此内容创建一个文件并在每次需要时运行它：

#!/bin/bash
VMWARE_VERSION=workstation-12.5.9
TMP_FOLDER=/tmp/patch-vmware
rm -fdr $TMP_FOLDER
mkdir -p $TMP_FOLDER
cd $TMP_FOLDER
git clone https://github.com/mkubecek/vmware-host-modules.git
cd $TMP_FOLDER/vmware-host-modules
git checkout $VMWARE_VERSION
make
sudo make install
sudo rm /usr/lib/vmware/lib/libz.so.1/libz.so.1
sudo ln -sv /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libz.so.1 /usr/lib/vmware/lib/libz.so.1/libz.so.1
sudo /etc/init.d/vmware restart

然后，您只需启动 VMware Workstation，无需构建模块。