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NVIDIA – 4.14 Kernel Fix Submitted for AMD / GPL Issue..

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on November 9, 2017 by RGNovember 9, 2017

Just in time for 4.14 ‘Final’, a patch has been submitted to fix the NVIDIA / AMD ‘Secure Memory Encryption’ GPL issue..   (See previous article http://rglinuxtech.com/?p=2070 for more info) Details are here:   https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/87df26175e67c26ccdd3a002fbbb8cde78e28a19 Robert Gadsdon.   November 9, 2017. … Continue reading →

Posted in AMD, fix, kernel, Linux, NVIDIA | Tagged amd, fix submitted, gpl issue, kernel 4.14 final, nvidia, secure memory encryption | Leave a reply

NVIDIA – 4.14 Kernel Fix Submitted for AMD / GPL Issue..

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on November 9, 2017 by RGNovember 9, 2017

Just in time for 4.14 ‘Final’, a patch has been submitted to fix the NVIDIA / AMD ‘Secure Memory Encryption’ GPL issue..   (See previous article http://rglinuxtech.com/?p=2070 for more info) Details are here:   https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/87df26175e67c26ccdd3a002fbbb8cde78e28a19 Robert Gadsdon.   November 9, 2017. … Continue reading →

Posted in AMD, fix, kernel, Linux, NVIDIA | Tagged amd, fix submitted, gpl issue, kernel 4.14 final, nvidia, secure memory encryption | Leave a reply

NVIDIA – 387.12 released – OK with Kernel 4.14/Intel, and AMD with SME Disabled..

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on October 3, 2017 by RGOctober 3, 2017

NVIDIA driver 387.12 is out, and details are here:  http://www.nvidia.com/Download/driverResults.aspx/125399/en-us The driver compiles/loads OK with Kernel 4.14-rc3 on Intel, without any patches, and is OK with AMD as long as its Secure Memory Encryption feature is de-selected ( see http://rglinuxtech.com/?p=2070 ). ………………… ld -r -o /home/rgadsdon/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-387.12/kernel/nvidia-modeset/nv-modeset-interface.o /home/rgadsdon/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-387.12/kernel/nvidia-modeset/nvidia-modeset-linux.o Building modules, stage 2. MODPOST 4 modules CC /home/rgadsdon/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-387.12/kernel/nvidia-drm.mod.o LD … Continue reading →

Posted in AMD, Hacks, Intel, kernel, Linux, NVIDIA | Tagged 387.12, amd ok with sme disabled, new driver, no patch with intel, nvidia, ok with kernel 4.14-rc3 | 1 Reply

Kernel – 4.14-rc3 Released – OK with Patched VMware, Still has NVIDIA/AMD/GPL Problem..

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on October 1, 2017 by RGOctober 1, 2017

Kernel 4.13-rc3 is out, and brief details of changes from -rc2 are here:  http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1710.0/00180.html VMware 14.0.0 – with the vmmon patch – still loads/runs OK(*), and NVIDIA is OK on Intel systems, but if the new AMD ‘Secure Memory Encryption‘ feature is enabled in the kernel config, then NVIDIA (384.90) will still fail with a GPL error: … Continue reading →

Posted in AMD, Intel, kernel, Linux, NVIDIA, Opinion, VMware | Tagged kernel 4.13-rc3, nvidia intel ok, nvidia/amd/gpl issue not fixed, vmware 14 patched is ok | 2 Replies

NVIDIA – Another GPL Problem, but only with AMD Systems..

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on October 1, 2017 by RGOctober 1, 2017

Thanks to Pete for finding this one… There is another GPL-only issue with NVIDIA and Kernel 4.14-rc2, but this one only occurs if you have an AMD system, with the new ‘secure memory encryption’ feature enabled…    It may also crop up if you are using a Distro-created version of this kernel release, as these tend to have … Continue reading →

Posted in AMD, kernel, Linux, NVIDIA | Tagged amd, amd secure memory encryption support, fix is to disable, gpl-only, kernel, kernel 4.14-rc2, linux, nvidia, sme_me_mask | 2 Replies
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