# mkubecek/vmware-host-modules

Patches needed to build VMware (Player and Workstation) host modules against recent kernels

Repository: https://github.com/mkubecek/vmware-host-modules
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/vmware-host-modules
Language: Makefile
License: GPL-2.0
License Family: copyleft
Last push: 2024-07-13T23:00:42+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3381, "days_push": 781, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2474, forks 443 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:54.926366+00:00)

## What it is
A collection of patches that allow VMware Workstation and Player host kernel modules (vmmon and vmnet) to build against recent Linux kernels. It tracks upstream module sources on versioned branches and applies fixes needed for kernels from 4.9 onward.

## Use cases
- build VMware Workstation modules on a new kernel
- fix vmmon/vmnet compilation failure after kernel update
- make VMware Player work on recent Linux kernels
- patch VMware host modules for kernel 6.x
- install VMware on Arch/Fedora with latest kernel

## When to choose
- VMware fails to compile its host modules after a kernel upgrade
- you run Player or Workstation on a cutting-edge Linux kernel
- you maintain a packaging script for VMware on Linux

## When to avoid
- you use other virtualization like KVM or VirtualBox
- your kernel version is old enough that VMware modules build unpatched
- you need guaranteed support - the repo is provided as-is with no guarantees

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: active
- function: developer-tools, build-tool
- domain: operating-systems, developer-tools
- platform: -
- tags: vmware, kernel-modules, patches, virtualization, vmmon, vmnet, linux

## Member repositories
- mkubecek/vmware-host-modules (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:54.926366+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T02:28:26.013350+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/mkubecek/vmware-host-modules (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:54.926366+00:00, sha 6995c78be129)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.