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VMware – 17.6.4 is out. Still Needs Patching.. Features Removed..

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VMware Workstation Pro 17.6.4 has been released, and details are here:   https://techdocs.broadcom.com/us/en/vmware-cis/desktop-hypervisors/workstation-pro/17-0/release-notes/vmware-workstation-1764-pro-release-notes.html     As mentioned in the Release Notes, there are some features removed in this version.. Disappointingly, this version still fails with Kernel 6.15 as well as 6.16, and the 17.6.3 patches and fixes for these kernel versions still need to be applied..   … Continue reading →

NVIDIA – Now Watch Out for NovaCore..

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I had a (rare) need to test the latest NVIDIA driver 575.64.03 with the Fedora 42 kernel (6.15.4-200.fc42.x86_64) and found that I was getting unexpected SSL errors, and ‘device not found’ when trying to load the modules.. After some more research. I found that Fedora had already included the new open-source NovaCore drivers as standard, and these … Continue reading →

Kernel – 6.16-rc4 Released – OK with latest NVIDIA and Extra VMMON Hack.. Update..

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Kernel 6.16-rc4 is out, and brief details are here: https://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/2506.3/09013.html The latest NVIDIA driver 575.64 compiles and loads/runs OK but may fail when installed using the NV…..run file, but will be OK is installed manually, for some reason.. UPDATE:  NVIDIA 575.64.03 is out, which seems to fix the need for manual compile etc…  https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/drivers/details/249044/ VMware 17.6.3 with … Continue reading →

Kernel – 6.15 Released – No Surprises..

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Kernel 6.15 is out, and brief details of the latest changes are here:  https://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/2505.3/00645.html The latest NVIDIA driver 570.153.02 is OK with this kernel, and with GCC 15 (Fedora 42 etc..)  and can be found here: https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/drivers/details/245669/ A VMware vmmon/vmnet fix for 17.6.3 was already documented in a previous article:  http://rglinuxtech.com/?p=3321 Robert Gadsdon.   May 25th 2025.   … Continue reading →

NVIDIA – Driver 570.153.02, OK with Fedora 42 GCC 15 and Kernel 6.15..

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NVIDIA driver 570.153.02 is out, and brief details etc are here:  https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/drivers/details/245669/ Not mentioned in the summary, this version compiles/loads/runs successfully on Fedora 42 with GCC 15, and also with the latest Kernel 6.15 – tested with 6.15-rc7 and an RTX3050 Robert Gadsdon.   May 19th 2025. … Continue reading →

NVIDIA – Simple Workaround for GCC15 in Fedora 42..

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Now that Fedora 42 is out, including GCC 15 (currently GCC 15.1.1-1) there is a simple workaround for compilation, thanks to Rudi Heitbaum.    The change is documented at https://github.com/NVIDIA/open-gpu-kernel-modules/pull/841/commits/448b236d893170edc8fc4dff029044948516352b, and must be seen as a workaround, not a fix, as it effectively removes some of the warnings/errors flagged by the latest GCC version.. For NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-570.144/kernel/Kbuild, add the … Continue reading →

VMware – Simple Fixes for Kernel 6.15-rc..

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With clues from the NVIDIA patches in the previous article, I have managed to find/create patches for vmmon and vmnet.. vmmon failed with: ……………… common/crosspage.c:50:13: fatal error: driver-config.h: No such file or directory 50 | # include “driver-config.h” | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ compilation terminated. common/moduleloop.c:30:13: fatal error: driver-config.h: No such file or directory 30 | # include “driver-config.h” | … Continue reading →

NVIDIA – Finally, a Fix for Kernel 6.15-rc..

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Thanks to efforts by Willy Frissen and Joan Bruguera Micó, I have managed to cobble together a patch for NVIDIA driver 575.51.02 and Kernel 6.15 – tested with 6.15-rc2.. The compilation failed with Kernel 6.15 due principally to changes removing obsolete EXTRA_CFLAGS and replacing it by ccflags-y, and del_timer_sync replacement by timer_delete_sync: …………………… nvidia/nv.c:31:10: fatal error: nv-firmware.h: … Continue reading →

Kernel – 6.15-rc1 Breaks NVIDIA and VMware.. Missing ‘Includes’..

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Just tested Kernel 6.15-rc1 with the latest NVIDIA 570.133.07, and the compile fails completely: ………………….. CONFTEST: drm_atomic_available CONFTEST: is_export_symbol_gpl_refcount_inc CONFTEST: is_export_symbol_gpl_refcount_dec_and_test CONFTEST: drm_alpha_blending_available CONFTEST: is_export_symbol_present_drm_gem_prime_fd_to_handle CONFTEST: is_export_symbol_present_drm_gem_prime_handle_to_fd CONFTEST: ib_peer_memory_symbols CC [M] nvidia/nv.o nvidia/nv.c:30:10: fatal error: nv-firmware.h: No such file or directory 30 | #include “nv-firmware.h” | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ compilation terminated. make[4]: *** [/usr/src/linux-6.15-rc1/scripts/Makefile.build:203: nvidia/nv.o] Error 1 make[3]: *** … Continue reading →

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 →