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 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 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 →
Kernel 5.8-rc1 has been released, and details are here: http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/2006.1/07293.html NVIDIA 440.82 with the 5.7 and 5.8 patches seems to be OK, but I have encountered a serious problem with VMware, and have now confirmed the same fault on two different systems (both Fedora 32 x86_64) The VMware 15.5.6 vmmon/vmnet modules compile/run OK with the kernel 5.7 … Continue reading →
There is now an interim patch available, for NVIDIA 440.82 and Kernel 5.8, at https://gitlab.com/snippets/1986228 This should be applied as well as the 5.7 patch, and I have tested this with pre-release Kernel 5.8-git version from June 12th, and it works OK. Note that this is an interim patch, and may be updated once 5.8-rc1 is released.. … Continue reading →
Kernel 5.8-rc1 is due out soon, and I created the latest (git) version for testing, to see what might break. Bear in mind, that there will be changes from this version to the ‘released’ RC1.. VMware: VMware 15.5.6 – with the latest patches for vmmon and vmnet – compiles OK. NVIDIA: NVIDIA driver 440.82 with the Kernel … Continue reading →
VMware have just released another update – Workstation 15.5.6, and details are here: https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-Workstation-Pro/15.5/rn/VMware-Workstation-1556-Pro-Release-Notes.html . This time, there are some Linux Client-related fixes included.. This fails to compile with Kernel 5.7, but there is a fix available (tested with 5.7.2), at: https://github.com/mkubecek/vmware-host-modules/tree/workstation-15.5.6 Robert Gadsdon. June 10th 2020. … Continue reading →
Kernel 5.7 has been released, and brief details of changes since -rc7 are here: http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/2005.3/09342.html The patched versions of VMware 15.5.5 and NVIDIA 440.82 both compile OK, as expected, and the patched pre-Beta VMware 16 20H2 is also OK. VMware patch: https://github.com/mkubecek/vmware-host-modules/tree/workstation-15.5.5 NVIDIA patch: https://gitlab.com/snippets/1965550 Robert Gadsdon. May 31st 2020. … Continue reading →
VMware have just released Workstation Pro 15.5.5, and release notes are here: https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-Workstation-Pro/15.5/rn/VMware-Workstation-1555-Pro-Release-Notes.html This release introduces enhancements for Windows 10 hosts, but also some unspecified ‘fixes’ for Linux.. Update: Patch now available, at https://github.com/mkubecek/vmware-host-modules/tree/workstation-15.5.5 Tested with 5.6.15 and 5.7-rc7, and compiles OK.. RG. May 30th, 2020 Compiles OK (with several warnings…) with Kernel 5.6 , but fails … Continue reading →
VMware now have their ‘Tech Preview’ 20H2 available, which will later – presumably – become Workstation 16: https://blogs.vmware.com/workstation/2020/05/directx-11-now-with-workstation-tp20h2.html If you want to test this, you will need to uninstall any previous version of VMware (or the installer segfaults..) and – thanks to Michal Kubeček – there is already a vmmon/vmnet patch available, at https://github.com/mkubecek/vmware-host-modules/tree/tmp/workstation-16 I have tested … Continue reading →