VMware vmmon compilation issues on 64-bit kernel 2.6.35

The vmmon module in VMware Player 3.x and Workstation 7.x fails to compile on the latest 64-bit linux kernel 2.6.35:

Using 2.6.x kernel build system.
make: Entering directory `/tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmmon-only'
make -C /lib/modules/2.6.35-2-generic/build/include/.. SUBDIRS=$PWD SRCROOT=$PWD/. \
MODULEBUILDDIR= modules
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.35-2-generic'
CC [M] /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmmon-only/linux/driver.o
CC [M] /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmmon-only/linux/driverLog.o
CC [M] /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmmon-only/linux/hostif.o
/tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmmon-only/linux/hostif.c: In function ‘HostIFReadUptimeWork’:
/tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmmon-only/linux/hostif.c:2004: warning: ‘newUpBase’ may be used uninitialized in this function
CC [M] /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmmon-only/linux/iommu.o
/tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmmon-only/linux/iommu.c: In function ‘IOMMU_SetupMMU’:
/tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmmon-only/linux/iommu.c:156: error: implicit declaration of function ‘iommu_map_range’
/tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmmon-only/linux/iommu.c: In function ‘IOMMU_VMCleanup’:
/tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmmon-only/linux/iommu.c:403: error: implicit declaration of function ‘iommu_unmap_range’
make[2]: *** [/tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmmon-only/linux/iommu.o] Error 1
make[1]: *** [_module_/tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmmon-only] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.35-2-generic'
make: *** [vmmon.ko] Error 2
make: Leaving directory `/tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmmon-only'
In my case this is on 64-bit Ubuntu Lucid with the linux-image-2.6.35-2-generic image from the kernel-ppa's: https://edge.launchpad.net/~kernel-ppa/+archive/ppa

Using VMware-Player-3.1.0-261024.x86_64.bundle from here: https://www.vmware.com/products/player/

Within the vmmon sources, the iommu.c file has function calls to iommu_map_range and iommu_unmap_range. After some poking around I figured these calls need the '_range' suffix removed. Update: these kernel changes are documented here.

After installing VMware, the following commands patches the vmmon sources:

cd /tmp
tar xvf /usr/lib/vmware/modules/source/vmmon.tar -C /tmp
perl -pi -e 's,_range,,' vmmon-only/linux/iommu.c
tar cvf /usr/lib/vmware/modules/source/vmmon.tar vmmon-only

To recompile the kernel modules, run 'vmplayer'.

If anyone knows how to stop VMware from recompiling the modules every time please let me know.

Update: 

The recompiling on each load is likely something to do with the "vsock" kernel module. The default installation enables it.

The vmware start-up output looks like this:

~# /etc/init.d/vmware start
Starting VMware services:
VMware USB Arbitrator done
Virtual machine monitor done
Virtual machine communication interface done
VM communication interface socket family failed
Blocking file system done
Virtual ethernet done
Shared Memory Available done
The module failing to load is most likely causing the need to recompile. Also confirmed during the (re)compilation:

ERROR: modinfo: could not find module vsock

The easiest workaround I came up with is to disable the vsock module:

~# nano /etc/vmware/config

And change the vsock configuration line to:

VSOCK_CONFED = "no"