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Kernel: 6.15-rc1 is Out – Compile Fail, but Patch Available..

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Kernel 6.15-rc1 has been released, and brief details are here:   https://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/2504.0/07395.html Unusually, the compile actually failed: ………………………. CC [M] drivers/iio/imu/st_lsm6dsx/st_lsm6dsx_i2c.o CC [M] drivers/iio/imu/st_lsm6dsx/st_lsm6dsx_spi.o LD [M] drivers/iio/imu/inv_mpu6050/inv-mpu6050.o LD [M] drivers/iio/imu/inv_icm42600/inv-icm42600-spi.o LD [M] drivers/iio/imu/st_lsm6dsx/st_lsm6dsx.o LD [M] drivers/iio/imu/inv_mpu6050/inv-mpu6050-i2c.o AR built-in.a AR vmlinux.a LD vmlinux.o OBJCOPY modules.builtin.modinfo GEN modules.builtin MODPOST Module.symvers ERROR: modpost: “iwl_mld_no_wowlan_suspend” [drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mld/iwlmld.ko] undefined! make[2]: *** [scripts/Makefile.modpost:147: Module.symvers] Error … Continue reading →

VMware – Licence Changes, and Fixes for Kernel 6.9..

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After the Broadcom takeover, the ‘Player’ versions of VMware are discontinued, and Workstation Pro is now ‘free for personal use’… It has been updated to version 17.5.2, but the changes are all for security patches, and overall functionality is unchanged. There has been some discussion as to whether this product is now ‘functionally stabilised’, with some commenting … Continue reading →

Fedora – Recent F40 update breaks QT Applications.. and a Nasty Workaround..

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I have recently been involved in bug reports etc for a new problem in Fedora 40, where a recent update has effectively broken all QT applications, resulting in KDE not functioning, and even # make xconfig is broken. The Fedora bug report is here:  https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2272758 The problem is: # kwrite Illegal instruction (core dumped) # kate Illegal … Continue reading →

NVIDIA – GCC 14 Breaks Compile – and Fix.. (VMware OK..)

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Testing Fedora 40, which now includes GCC 14, and this breaks the NVIDIA driver 550.54.14 compile: ………………….. CC [M] /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-550.54.14/kernel/nvidia-drm/nvidia-drm-connector.o CC [M] /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-550.54.14/kernel/nvidia-drm/nvidia-drm-gem.o /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-550.54.14/kernel/nvidia-drm/nvidia-drm-gem.c:115:16: error: initialization of ‘int (*)(struct drm_gem_object *, struct iosys_map *)’ from incompatible pointer type ‘void * (*)(struct drm_gem_object *)’ [-Wincompatible-pointer-types] 115 | .vmap = nv_drm_gem_prime_vmap, | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-550.54.14/kernel/nvidia-drm/nvidia-drm-gem.c:115:16: note: (near initialization for ‘nv_drm_gem_funcs.vmap’) … Continue reading →

Kernel – 6.8 Pre-testing – Breaks NVIDIA and VMware – VMware fix available..

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As kernel 6.8-rc1 is due in about a weeks time, I tested the Jan 14th version from Git, and both the latest NVIDIA 545.29.06 and VMware 17.5.0 failed.. NVIDIA: Multiple occurrences of ‘warning: no previous prototype‘ and then: ……………. In file included from /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-545.29.06/kernel/nvidia-drm/nvidia-drm-drv.c:64: /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-545.29.06/kernel/nvidia-drm/nvidia-drm-drv.c:1489:40: error: ‘DRM_UNLOCKED’ undeclared here (not in a function); did you mean ‘VM_LOCKED’? … Continue reading →

Kernel – 6.6 is out – OK with Latest NVIDIA – Needs VMware 17.5.0 Patchset..

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Kernel 6.6 has been released, and brief details are here: https://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/2310.3/06370.html As expected, the latest NVIDIA 545.23.06  and VMware compile OK, but VMware 17.5.0 needs the latest patchset, to avoid reported issues..  The patchset can be found here: https://github.com/mkubecek/vmware-host-modules/tree/workstation-17.5.0 Robert Gadsdon.   October 30th 2023. … Continue reading →

VMware – Updated 17.5.0 Patchset now Replaces VMware’s 6.5 Fix..

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After more discussions and testing, it has been reported that the ‘official’ VMware 17.5.0 fix for kernels 6.5 and later may cause some problems..   This has led to the latest version of the 17.5.0 patchset now incorporating the ‘get_user_pages‘ fix from the previous 17.0.2 patchset, and the reasons behind this can be found here: https://github.com/mkubecek/vmware-host-modules/commit/4c2a103fd2d71f2084f1fe7ceacb816b9832ffa2 The patchset … Continue reading →

VMware – Kernel 6.5 Patch now in Default Patchset.

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After much testing, over several weeks, the ‘get_user_pages‘ solution for Kernels 6.5 and later is now in the default patchset, at: https://github.com/mkubecek/vmware-host-modules/tree/workstation-17.0.2 . For more details, see the comments at the start of the patch code for the vmmon changes..  vmmon: use get_user_pages to get page PFN Robert Gadsdon.   September 30th 2023. … Continue reading →

Kernel – 6.5 Released – No Surprises..

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Kernel 6.5 is out, and brief details are here:  https://lkml.org/lkml/2023/8/27/348 The latest NVIDIA driver is OK, and can be found here:  https://www.nvidia.com/Download/driverResults.aspx/210649/en-us/ The workaround/fix for VMware 17.0.2 is also OK, as far as I can tell (briefly tested with Win11 client..) and can be found here:   https://github.com/mkubecek/vmware-host-modules/tree/tmp/workstation-17.0.2-k6.5 As previously mentioned, this is still classified as a temporary … Continue reading →

VMware – Fix/Workaround for Kernel 6.5..

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Kernel 6.5 is due to be released soon, but there has been an ongoing issue with vmmon, and there is now a workaround/fix included with the updated patchset, at https://github.com/mkubecek/vmware-host-modules/tree/tmp/workstation-17.0.2-k6.5 I have tested this with Kernel 6.5-rc7, and everything appears to work as it should..   There may be other changes in the future, as the solution is … Continue reading →