VMware Workstation 12.5.7 on Slackware 14.2 current (kernel 4.9.35)

No patch is needed but one has to rebuild vmmon and vmnet modules: vmmon module: # cd /usr/lib/vmware/modules/source # tar xvf vmmon.tar # cd vmmon-only # make # gzip vmmon.ko # cp vmmon.ko.gz /lib/modules/4.9.35/kernel/drivers/misc/ # cd .. # rm vmmon.o # rm -rf vmmon-only vmnet module (same as vmmon): # cd /usr/lib/vmware/modules/source # tar xvf …