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NVIDIA – Driver 440.26 Released – Compiles with Kernel 5.4 – after Workaround..

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NVIDIA driver 440.26 is out, and details can be found here:   https://devtalk.nvidia.com/default/topic/1065039/announcements-and-news/-linux-solaris-and-freebsd-driver-440-26-beta-release-long-lived-branch-release-/ I have tested compilation with Kernel 5.4-rc3, and it still complains about Module.symvers: $ make make[1]: Entering directory ‘/usr/src/linux-5.4-rc3’ The Module.symvers file is missing, or does not contain any symbols exported from the kernel. This could cause the NVIDIA kernel modules to be built against … Continue reading →

Kernel – 5.4-rc3 is Out – No More Bogus Warnings..

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Kernel 5.4-rc3 has been released, and brief details of changes since -rc2 are here: http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1910.1/05411.html The patched versions of VMware 15.5.0 and NVIDIA 435.21 now compile without all the spurious warnings etc.. Robert Gadsdon.  October 13th 2019. … Continue reading →

NVIDIA – Kernel 5.4-rc Patch for 435.21

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Thanks to loqs, there is a patch for driver 435.21 and kernel 5.4-rc, at http://ix.io/1MRE . I have tested this with 5.4-rc2, and it now compiles successfully: ………………………………. WARNING: module nvidia uses symbol filp_open from namespace /NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-435.21-54rc2/kernel/nvidia-drm/nvidia-drm-gem-user-memory.o: $(deps_/home/rgadsdon/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-435.21-54rc2/kernel/nvidia-drm/nvidia-drm-gem-user-memory.o), but does not import it. WARNING: module nvidia uses symbol cpufreq_get from namespace VIDIA-Linux-x86_64-435.21-54rc2/kernel/nvidia-drm/nvidia-drm-gem-user-memory.o: $(deps_/home/rgadsdon/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-435.21-54rc2/kernel/nvidia-drm/nvidia-drm-gem-user-memory.o), but does not import … Continue reading →

ARM – Original Hikey Updated and Fixed – with Gotchas..

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After successfully updating and re-configuring the Odroid C2 to use Fedora uefi/grub2 to boot, I decided to try to do the same to the even-older Hikey SOC. This already booted using fastboot with an older version of grub, with manual configuration, but I wanted to use the standard (Fedora) boot process. I had read that there was … Continue reading →

ARM – Odroid C2 – Updated..

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When the Odroid C2 was first released way back in 2016, I spent ages trying to get it to function correctly with a mainstream kernel, and tested innumerable development versions of U-Boot, including functionality that was working OK at that time, but that – for some reason – then failed to be included in the ‘mainstream’ U-Boot.. … Continue reading →

Kernel – 5.3-rc1 is Out. NVIDIA OK, VMware vmmon Fails, and a Fix.

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Tested the newly released Kernel 5.3-rc1 (brief details here: http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1907.2/04769.html ) The latest NVIDIA (430.34) compiles and runs OK, and (patched) VMware 15.1.0 vmnet compiles OK, but vmmon fails: ……… CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-Kk5UU0/vmmon-only/common/cpuid.o /tmp/modconfig-Kk5UU0/vmmon-only/linux/hostif.c: In function ‘HostIF_SetFastClockRate’: /tmp/modconfig-Kk5UU0/vmmon-only/linux/hostif.c:3406:10: error: too many arguments to function ‘force_sig’ 3406 | force_sig(SIGKILL, linuxState.fastClockThread); | ^~~~~~~~~ In file included from ./include/linux/taskstats_kern.h:12, from … Continue reading →

NVIDIA – Kernel 5.1 fix also works with Legacy driver 390.116

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After some serious problems on my test system with plasma-workspace 5.15.x and nouveau (to be described in a separate article..) I had to contemplate moving back to the proprietary nvidia driver, but found – of course – that older cards were not supported by the ‘latest’ drivers. I did find that at least one of the older … Continue reading →

VMware – 15.1.0 released. Still broken, but Fix available

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VMware 15.1.0 is out, and release notes are here:  https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-Workstation-Pro/15/rn/VMware-Workstation-151-Pro-Release-Notes.html Sadly, vmmon/vmnet install still fails (tested with Kernel 5.1.2), but a fix is already available – thanks once again to Michal Kubeček – at: https://github.com/mkubecek/vmware-host-modules/tree/workstation-15.1.0 I have tested this, and VMware now runs OK, again.. Robert Gadsdon,   May 15 2019. … Continue reading →

NVIDIA – 418.56 Released – Kernel 5.1 Fix still Applies, with Slight Tweak..

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NVIDIA have released driver 418.56, and details are here:  https://devtalk.nvidia.com/default/topic/1048767/announcements-and-news/-linux-solaris-and-freebsd-driver-418-56-long-lived-branch-release-/ This version has almost the same problems with Kernel 5.1-rc1 as 418.43, but the fix mentioned in the previous article still applies, after the fixes for ‘list_is_first‘ in   ~/kernel/common/inc/nv-list-helpers.h and ~/kernel/nvidia-uvm/uvm8_range_tree.c have been removed, as these are no longer required, and would now cause the compile to … Continue reading →

NVIDIA – Fix for 418.43 to Work with Kernel 5.1-rc1..

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I have done some more investigation into the NVIDIA compile failures with Kernel 5.1-rc1, and now have a – rather inelegant – solution. I found clues to some of the errors in a post relating to nouveau: https://lkml.org/lkml/2019/2/20/50 and the rest were due to content removed from /include/drm/drm_crtc_helper.h in Kernel 5.1-rc1: https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/v5.1-rc1/source/include/drm/drm_crtc_helper.h compared to: https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/v5.0.3/source/include/drm/drm_crtc_helper.h.  I also … Continue reading →