This patch is for kernel 2.6. It patches /usr/src/linux/include/linux/compat_ioctl.h to allow networking to work correctly in VMware. See the reference URL for an explaination of why this works. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Patch kernel 2. Rebuild kernel 3. Reboot 4. emerge vmware-workstation 5. /opt/vmware/bin/vmware-config.pl 6. vmware Expected Results: vmware networking support works again!
Created attachment 28572 [details, diff] kernel patch for vmware networking support on amd64
FYI: I've tested this patch with gentoo-dev-sources-2.6.4-r1.
doesn't actually appear to work... nevermind.