openSUSE Tumbleweed; 3.19 kernel; VMware Workstation 11.0.x

Since the release of the 3.19 kernel in openSUSE Tumbleweed the vmnet module will fail to build for VMware Workstation 11.0.x

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Execute the following steps to patch your VMware Workstation 11.0.x

Download the patch to /tmp:

# curl -L "https://docs.google.com/a/seader.us/uc?authuser=0&id=0BxMaO3Y-qL_1Z2NMSkxRdndzNlk&export=download" -o /tmp/vmnet-3.19.patch

Extract the vmnet module from sources:

# cd /usr/lib/vmware/modules/source
# tar -xf vmnet.tar

Apply the patch to the source:

# patch -p0 -i /tmp/vmnet-3.19.patch

Recreate the source archive:

# tar -cf vmnet.tar vmnet-only 

Remove leftover folder:

# rm -r *-only

Rebuild VMware modules:

# vmware-modconfig --console --install-all

Enjoy!