Fixing VMWare Player on Linux when using DHCP addresses

3 files changed, 17 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/.SRCINFO b/.SRCINFO
index eb504a6c2127..71ad6d3f3a61 100644
--- a/.SRCINFO
+++ b/.SRCINFO
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 pkgbase = vmware-workstation
 	pkgdesc = The industry standard for running multiple operating systems as virtual machines on a single Linux PC.
 	pkgver = 16.2.1
-	pkgrel = 1
+	pkgrel = 2
 	url = https://www.vmware.com/products/workstation-for-linux.html
 	install = vmware-workstation.install
 	arch = x86_64
@@ -56,6 +56,6 @@ pkgbase = vmware-workstation
 	sha256sums = 10562d11d50edab9abc2b29c8948714edcb9b084f99b3766d07ddd21259e372e
 	sha256sums = 273d4357599a3e54259c78cc49054fef8ecfd2c2eda35cbcde3a53a62777a5ac
 	sha256sums = 1060b5d45caeda5119b220fab4e1ece398af34d75131139a5dc6f74ee06672c3
-	sha256sums = 7c3b6a7871b19e31fafdcc2631751dd9569196740d8e7c2026653d155c0c8da0
+	sha256sums = 4384bb0ed7e4d17445641874e87cf53defa7c613e7a649349bbfbe4cb3b1b4f7
 
 pkgname = vmware-workstation
diff --git a/PKGBUILD b/PKGBUILD
index c0abd5440f7e..acb8018711b8 100644
--- a/PKGBUILD
+++ b/PKGBUILD
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ pkgname=vmware-workstation
 pkgver=16.2.1
 _buildver=18811642
 _pkgver=${pkgver}_${_buildver}
-pkgrel=1
+pkgrel=2
 pkgdesc='The industry standard for running multiple operating systems as virtual machines on a single Linux PC.'
 arch=(x86_64)
 url='https://www.vmware.com/products/workstation-for-linux.html'
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ sha256sums=(
   '10562d11d50edab9abc2b29c8948714edcb9b084f99b3766d07ddd21259e372e'
   '273d4357599a3e54259c78cc49054fef8ecfd2c2eda35cbcde3a53a62777a5ac'
   '1060b5d45caeda5119b220fab4e1ece398af34d75131139a5dc6f74ee06672c3'
-  '7c3b6a7871b19e31fafdcc2631751dd9569196740d8e7c2026653d155c0c8da0'
+  '4384bb0ed7e4d17445641874e87cf53defa7c613e7a649349bbfbe4cb3b1b4f7'
 )
 options=(!strip emptydirs)
 
diff --git a/vmnet.patch b/vmnet.patch
index 60fc5a12d86f..109bae29c29b 100644
--- a/vmnet.patch
+++ b/vmnet.patch
@@ -12,3 +12,16 @@
  
  # Header directory for the running kernel
  ifdef LINUXINCLUDE
+# Fixing VMWare Player on Linux when using DHCP addresses: https://www.nikhef.nl/~janjust/vmnet/
+--- a/vmnet/userif.c
++++ b/vmnet/userif.c
+@@ -998,6 +998,9 @@
+    userIf = (VNetUserIF *)port->jack.private;
+    hubJack = port->jack.peer;
+ 
++   /* never send link down events */
++   if (!linkUp) return 0;
++
+    if (port->jack.state == FALSE || hubJack == NULL) {
+       return -EINVAL;
+    }