Patch VMware Tools source code for a variety of VMware Tools and kernel versions.

To build VMware Tools, do the following:

1. Checkout the repository:

   $ git clone https://github.com/rasa/vmware-tools-patches.git

2. (Optional) Copy your patch(es) into the appropriate directory in the patches directory. Patches must end in .patch, or .diff and be properly formatted. For example:

   $ cp great-new.patch vmware-tools-patches/patches/vmhgfs

3. Copy a VMwareTools-*.tar.gz into the vmware-tools-patches folder:

   $ cp VMwareTools-*.tar.gz vmware-tools-patches/

4. Apply the patches, and then run the vmware-install.pl installer:

   $ cd vmware-tools-patches
   $ ./untar-and-patch-and-compile.sh

The included patches have been tested with the following versions of VMware Tools:

• VMwareTools-9.9.2-2496486.tar.gz (VMware Fusion 7.1.1)
• VMwareTools-9.9.0-2304977.tar.gz (VMware Fusion 7.1.0 & Workstation 11.0.0)
• VMwareTools-9.8.4-2202052.tar.gz (VMware Fusion 7.0.1)
• VMwareTools-9.8.3-2075148.tar.gz (VMware Fusion 7.0.0)
• VMwareTools-9.6.2-1688356.tar.gz (VMware Fusion 6.0.3/4/5 & Workstation 10.0.2/3/4)
• VMwareTools-9.6.1-1378637.tar.gz (VMware Fusion 6.0.2 & Workstation 10.0.1)
• VMwareTools-9.6.0-1294478.tar.gz (VMware Fusion 6.0.0/1 & Workstation 10.0.0)
• VMwareTools-9.2.4-1398046.tar.gz (VMware Fusion 5.0.5 & Workstation 9.0.3)
• VMwareTools-9.2.3-1031360.tar.gz (VMware Fusion 5.0.4 & Workstation 9.0.2)

With the patches applied, at least one version of VMware Tools listed above, compile successfully with the following Linux kernels:

• 3.18.x
• 3.17.x
• 3.16.x
• 3.12.x
• 3.11.x
• 3.8.x
• 3.5.x
• 2.6.32

The patches have not yet been tested with the following kernels, but presumably will apply successfully:

• 3.15.x

The patches do not yet apply successfully with the following Linux kernels:

• 3.13.x

and building VMware Tools fails with the following error:

vmhgfs-only/link.c:186:10: error: implicit declaration of function ‘vfs_readlink’ [-Werror=implicit-function-declaration]

so the vmhgfs kernel module failed to build. VMware Tools still installs successfully, but without the "shared folder" functionality.

Please note your patches must contain only one directory name in them. For example, the following patches will work:

+--- vmhgfs-only/link.c.orig	2014-04-23 10:11:34.891106441 +0100
++++ vmhgfs-only/link.c	2014-04-23 00:49:03.000000000 +0100

or

+--- vmhgfs-only.orig/link.c	2014-04-23 10:11:34.891106441 +0100
++++ vmhgfs-only/link.c	2014-04-23 00:49:03.000000000 +0100

The following patches will not work:

+--- link.c.orig	2014-04-23 10:11:34.891106441 +0100
++++ link.c	2014-04-23 00:49:03.000000000 +0100

or

+--- path/to/vmhgfs-only/link.c.orig	2014-04-23 10:11:34.891106441 +0100
++++ path/to/vmhgfs-only/link.c	2014-04-23 00:49:03.000000000 +0100

If apt-get is installed on your system, the following packages will be installed prior to compilation:

• linux-headers-$(uname -r)
• build-essential
• dkms
• patch
• psmisc

If apt-get is not installed, you will need to install these (or equivalent) packages manually, before starting.

To contribute to this project, please see CONTRIBUTING.md.

To view existing bugs, or report a new bug, please see issues.

To view the version history for this project, please see CHANGELOG.md.

This project is MIT licensed.

This project was created and is maintained by Ross Smith II

Feedback, suggestions, and enhancements are welcome.