Fixing VMWare Player on Linux when using DHCP addresses

1 files changed, 13 insertions, 0 deletions

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;
+    }