I have tried the latest 4.7-next patched kernel, from https://github.com/anholt/linux/tree/bcm2837-64-next After some trials, I did manage to – just – get it to boot – after falling to an ’emergency console’, but the system is very unstable, with multiple recurring MMC errors.. ….. Give root password for maintenance (or press Control-D to continue): Error getting authority: Error … Continue reading →
Just tested the latest NVIDIA driver – 367.27 – and it fails to compile with Kernel 4.7-rc3. To fix this, the patch for 367.18 still works ( details at http://rglinuxtech.com/?p=1750 ). ……………….. Building modules, stage 2. MODPOST 4 modules CC /home/rgadsdon/Desktop/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-367.27.patched/kernel/nvidia-drm.mod.o LD [M] /home/rgadsdon/Desktop/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-367.27.patched/kernel/nvidia-drm.ko CC /home/rgadsdon/Desktop/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-367.27.patched/kernel/nvidia-modeset.mod.o LD [M] /home/rgadsdon/Desktop/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-367.27.patched/kernel/nvidia-modeset.ko CC /home/rgadsdon/Desktop/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-367.27.patched/kernel/nvidia-uvm.mod.o LD [M] /home/rgadsdon/Desktop/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-367.27.patched/kernel/nvidia-uvm.ko CC /home/rgadsdon/Desktop/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-367.27.patched/kernel/nvidia.mod.o LD … Continue reading →
I recently obtained one of the newly-released (- to the ‘public’..) Pine64 ARM64 systems… My first reaction, was that it is a bit on the large side.. The board is over twice the size of the Odroid C2.. As usual, the ‘standard’ U-Boot was a heavily-customised old version, that only mounted Android-format Kernel ‘blob’s, but a hacked … Continue reading →
Kernel 4.7-rc2 is out and brief details of changes from -rc1 are here: http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1606.0/03592.html After all the later-rc breakage with 4.6, I tested the latest patched NVIDIA drivers, and VMware, with this version, and all the previous 4.6/4.7 patches for VMware 12.1.1, and the 4.7 patches for NVIDIA 367.18 and 361.45.11 still work. See http://rglinuxtech.com/?p=1748 and http://rglinuxtech.com/?p=1750 … Continue reading →
My ‘system disk’ (/dev/sda) started to show bad sectors, recently, and so I decided to replace it. The disk was around 8 years old, and had been in almost-continuous use.. I have not had to do this for some considerable time, and I think the last time was in the late-90s, and using LILO! (No convoluted grub2 … Continue reading →
Thanks to juston_li on the NVIDIA Devtalk forum, there is specific detail of the changes needed for Kernel 4.7 compatibility.. Details are at https://devtalk.nvidia.com/default/topic/938665/linux/linux-4-7-rc1-367-18-build-errors/ The first issue is interesting, as it is due to a Kernel Dev. deciding to introduce a new variable – radix_tree_empty – in Kernel 4.7-rc1, that happens to have the same name as … Continue reading →
Thanks to g, from their comment on my previous article ( http://rglinuxtech.com/?p=1746 ), there may be a more correct vmnet fix than simply ‘commenting out the code’.. Replace dev->trans_start = jiffies with netif_trans_update(dev) in netif.c I have made this change, and VMware 12.1.1 is – so far – loading and running OK, as usual.. Robert Gadsdon. May 30, … Continue reading →
Kernel 4.7-rc1 is out, and brief details are here: https://lkml.org/lkml/2016/5/29/77 The update breaks the latest NVIDIA drivers – 367.18 and 361.45.11: ………. /home/rgadsdon/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-367.18/kernel/nvidia-uvm/uvm_linux.h:557:13: error: redefinition of ‘radix_tree_empty’ static bool radix_tree_empty(struct radix_tree_root *tree) ……………………………. /home/rgadsdon/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-367.18/kernel/nvidia-drm/nvidia-drm-gem.c: In function ‘nvidia_drm_dumb_map_offset’: /home/rgadsdon/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-367.18/kernel/nvidia-drm/nvidia-drm-gem.c:411:33: error: passing argument 1 of ‘drm_gem_object_lookup’ from incompatible pointer type [-Werror=incompatible-pointer-types] gem = drm_gem_object_lookup(dev, file, handle); …………………… ..and, breaks … Continue reading →
Thanks to an additional U-Boot patch from Carlo Caione, it is now possible to (partially) boot the mainline Kernel from U-Boot on an eMMC module, as well as from SDcard.. Patch details here: https://www.mail-archive.com/u-boot@lists.denx.de/msg213468.html => mmc info Device: <NULL> Manufacturer ID: 15 OEM: 100 Name: BGND3 Tran Speed: 52000000 Rd Block Len: 512 MMC version 5.0 High … Continue reading →
VMware Workstation 12.1.1 is out, but still needs the same patches (vmmon and vmnet) for Kernel 4.6 as 12.1.0, and the update also (still..!.) breaks the front-end gui (/usr/bin/vmware) on Fedora 23.. Release Notes for 12.1.1 are here: https://pubs.vmware.com/Release_Notes/en/workstation/12pro/workstation-1211-release-notes.html Kernel 4.6 patch details are here: http://rglinuxtech.com/?p=1706 The fix for /usr/bin/vmware on Fedora 23 is almost the same … Continue reading →