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Kernel – 5.9-rc1 Released – VMware Still Broken.. NVIDIA Compile Fails..

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Kernel 5.9-rc1 is out, and brief details are here: http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/2008.2/00223.html As expected, VMware is still broken, and fails/reboots when a VM start is attempted. Vmnet, with the latest patch, compiles OK, and there is a patch for vmmon and Kernel 5.9 available, for the Workstation 16 early-release, here: https://github.com/mkubecek/vmware-host-modules/tree/tmp/workstation-16 With regard to NVIDIA, the interim patch for … Continue reading →

Kernel – 5.9-rc – Preliminary Testing – Breaks VMware and NVIDIA, and VirtualBox..

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After all the excitement around the release of Kernel 5.8, I ran some tests on the work-in-progress git version (August 9th) of Kernel 5.9-rc1.   Obviously, there are more changes to come before RC1 is actually released.. NVIDIA 450.57 compile fails: ……………………. CC [M] /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-450.57/kernel/nvidia-uvm/nv-kthread-q.o CC [M] /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-450.57/kernel/nvidia-uvm/nv-kthread-q-selftest.o CC [M] /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-450.57/kernel/nvidia-uvm/uvm8.o In file included from /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-450.57/kernel/nvidia-uvm/uvm8.c:31: /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-450.57/kernel/nvidia-uvm/uvm8_va_range.h: In … Continue reading →

VirtualBox – Latest Development Version Tests with Kernel 5.8 – Unstable..

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I have been investigating alternatives, as VMware is currently a non-starter (literally..) with Kernel 5.8.. I installed the latest VirtualBox (6.1.97 r139689) from SVN (another blast from the past…) and managed – after some messing around – to get it to compile OK on my Fedora 32 test system with Kernel 5.8 (from kernel.org..)    I had … Continue reading →

Kernel – 5.8 Released – NVIDIA OK, but VMware Runtime Causes Reboot, With No Warning..

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Kernel 5.8 is out, and details are here:   http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/2008.0/00586.html The (patched) VMware 15.5.6  vmmon/vmnet modules compile OK, and the latest NVIDIA driver 450.57 compiles and runs OK. However….    I cannot upgrade my main systems, as the catastrophic VMware runtime reboot still occurs, as mentioned in previous articles: $ uname -a Linux rgz220 5.8.0 #2 SMP Sun Aug … Continue reading →

NVIDIA – New Driver 450.57 – Compiles OK with Kernel 5.8..

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NVIDIA have released beta driver 450.57, and details are here:  https://www.nvidia.com/Download/driverResults.aspx/162107/en-us I have tested this with Kernel 5.8-rc6, and it compiles successfully, and (so far) appears to run OK..: ……………………………… ld -r -o /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-450.57/kernel/nvidia-modeset/nv-modeset-interface.o /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-450.57/kernel/nvidia-modeset/nvidia-modeset-linux.o /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-450.57/kernel/nvidia-modeset/nv-kthread-q.o MODPOST /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-450.57/kernel/Module.symvers CC [M] /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-450.57/kernel/nvidia-drm.mod.o LD [M] /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-450.57/kernel/nvidia-drm.ko CC [M] /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-450.57/kernel/nvidia-modeset.mod.o LD [M] /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-450.57/kernel/nvidia-modeset.ko CC [M] /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-450.57/kernel/nvidia-uvm.mod.o LD [M] /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-450.57/kernel/nvidia-uvm.ko CC … Continue reading →

VMware – Kernel 5.8 is a Serious Problem?

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Since the release of Kernel 5.8-rc1, any attempt I made to run a VMware client on that host system has failed catastrophically. ( see http://rglinuxtech.com/?p=2753 ) and the problem still persists, with 5.8-rc6. I had posted brief details of the issue on the VMware forum some weeks ago, but there has been no useful response. https://communities.vmware.com/thread/638457 I … Continue reading →

ARM64 – 8GB Pi4 – Fun with Fedora..

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My 8GB Raspbery Pi 4 finally arrived, and I was looking forward to trying Fedora 32 and KDE/Plasma on it, and comparing it to the Odroid N2 from a few months back.. ( http://rglinuxtech.com/?p=2689 ) The Fedora 32 aarch64 install is supposed to support the Pi 4 now, but the resulting sdcard image failed to boot, with … Continue reading →

Kernel – 5.8-rc3 – VMware Runtime Still Reboots..

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Updated to Kernel 5.8-rc3, and the reboot problem with VMware 15.5.6 still persists.   Tested with Fedora ‘Rawhide’ kernel 5.8.0-0.rc2.20200625git8be3a53e18e0.1.fc33.x86_64, with same failure.    Details posted to VMware VMTN some days ago, but no response so far.. As another data point, even tested with old VMware 14.1.7 and Kernel 5.8-rc2, and the same problem occurred. Robert Gadsdon.  July 1st, … Continue reading →

NVIDIA – New Drivers – OK with Kernel 5.7. Existing Patch Works for 5.8.

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NVIDIA have released new drivers 440.100 and (beta) 450.51, and details are here:  https://www.nvidia.com/Download/driverResults.aspx/160175/en-us and https://www.nvidia.com/Download/driverResults.aspx/160555/en-us Both compile OK with Kernel  5.7 (tested with 5.7.5) and the existing Kernel 5.8 patch for 440.82 still works with both versions – with some offsets.  (compile tested with Kernel 5.8-rc2). Robert Gadsdon.   June 24th 2020. … Continue reading →

Kernel – 5.8-rc2 – Still Catastrophic Failure with VMware Runtime.

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Kernel 5.8-rc2 has been released, and brief details are here:  http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/2006.2/08747.html There is no change to the problem with VMware runtime, and vmware-modconfig still segfaults, and the system still reboots immediately, when a VM open is attempted. To check that this was not due to a kernel misconfiguration, I installed the Fedora (Rawhide) version of Kernel 5.8-rc1 … Continue reading →