Setting up a test system for the usb/uvcvideo tests, I have found another kernel 3.13 issue – this time with Linux as a VMware guest.. The shared folders – which work OK with 3.12, do not work with 3.13. Normally shared folders are found under /mnt/hgfs, but with 3.13 the hgfs directory is corrupted in some odd … Continue reading →
After some problems with uvcvideo / usb under 3.13 producing non-working camera and audio, and producing a ‘tombstone’, I have reverted to 3.12.8 for the time being.. More research is needed, and I have set up a 3.13 ‘guest’ under VMware to conduct further tests, without the ‘kernel taint’ of NVIDIA drivers, etc.. [50677.696508] cannot submit urb … Continue reading →
The Kernel 3.13 mailing list announcement is – as usual – not very detailed, and in any case only shows changes since the last ‘release candidate’ (-rc8): http://www.mail-archive.com/linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org/msg572887.html For a much more detailed look at new features, etc., there is a very useful summary here: http://kernelnewbies.org/Linux_3.13 And.. More specific architecture/driver change information, here: http://kernelnewbies.org/Linux_3.13-DriversArch Robert Gadsdon. January … Continue reading →
Installed 3.13 Final on my test system, and then on my main system, and encountered an odd problem with VMware (10.0.1).. On my test system, VMware had been compiling and installing/running OK on all the 3.13-rc versions, and 3.13 Final, but on my main system, vmnet failed to compile: … /tmp/modconfig-I1rVjt/vmnet-only/filter.c:206:1: error: conflicting types for ‘VNetFilterHookFn’ VNetFilterHookFn(unsigned … Continue reading →
NVIDIA have released driver 319.82, and now 331.38, and they install OK on kernel 3.12, but – unfortunately – still need the patch for kernel 3.13, despite the fact that 3.13 Final is due in about a week from now.. modprobe: ERROR: could not insert ‘nvidia’: Unknown symbol in module, or unknown parameter (see dmesg) make[1]: *** [package-install] … Continue reading →
3.13-rc8 is out, and 3.13 Final should be out in about a weeks time – or so.. Changes are here: http://www.mail-archive.com/linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org/msg568052.html Same comments apply for VMware and NVIDIA drivers on x86_64 as for -rc7, and the DreamPlug (armv5tel) still gives the usual batch of mvsdio f1090000.mvsdio: unhandled interrupt status=0x0810 en=0x0100 pio=0 errors on boot, but otherwise runs … Continue reading →
After some time, and ‘the holidays’, Kernel 3.12.7 has been released, and – as usual – the latest NVIDIA and VMware versions compile and run OK.. This time, the changelog is quite long: https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.12.7 On my main system, I had been running into very infrequent (once every two/three weeks) X ‘freezes’ with NVIDIA driver 331.20, but have … Continue reading →
Updated the test system to Kernel 3.13-rc7, and VMware 10.0.1 and (patched) NVIDIA 319.76 and 331.20 compile and install OK.. Details of the NVIDIA runtime patch were in an earlier article: http://rglinuxtech.com/?p=948 Details of changes are here: http://www.mail-archive.com/linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org/msg563675.html According to the announcement, there may be a 3.13-rc8 release, before 3.13 Final.. Robert Gadsdon. January 5, 2014. … Continue reading →
Just updated the test system to Kernel 3.13-rc6, which has a smaller changelog, due to the ‘holidays’.. Details are here: http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/1621119/ As before, patched NVIDIA drivers 331.20 and 319.76 compile and load OK, as does VMware 10.0.1.. Robert Gadsdon. December 30, 2013 … Continue reading →
Updated the DreamPlug to kernel 3.13-rc5, and still getting some mvsdio f1090000.mvsdio: unhandled interrupt status=0x0810 en=0x0000 pio=0 messages on boot, but otherwise the system seems to be running OK… Fedora release 18 (Spherical Cow) Kernel 3.13.0-rc5 on an armv5tel (ttyS0) ………………….. # uname -a Linux rgdreamplug 3.13.0-rc5 #1 PREEMPT Sun Dec 22 21:44:57 GMT 2013 armv5tel armv5tel … Continue reading →