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NVIDIA – Patch for Kernel 5.12 Support.

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on March 2, 2021 by RGMarch 2, 2021

Thanks to Willy Frissen for the info, and joanbm for the patch, which can be found at https://gist.githubusercontent.com/joanbm/7a034ac4b79396c3841040e410ef7e91/raw/b21e792dc0b6f891a4a83d182e0ba9b24b36bd80/nvidia-fix-linux-5.12.patch I have applied this to 460.56, with Kernel 5.12-rc1, and it compiles successfully, and appears to work OK.     Unable to do a longer test, as my 5.12-rc1 system still crashes with a USB error, after the KVM switches out.. … Continue reading →

Posted in fix, kernel, Linux, NVIDIA, Opinion | Tagged nvidia 460.56, patch for kernel 5.12, success | Leave a reply

Kernel – 5.12-rc1 is Out. OK with Patched VMware, NVIDIA fails..

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on February 28, 2021 by RGFebruary 28, 2021

Kernel 5.12-rc1 has been released, and brief details are here:   http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/2102.3/03831.html Patched VMware 16.1.0 compiles and loads OK, but latest NVIDIA (460.56) compile fails: ………………………. /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-460.56/kernel/nvidia-drm/nvidia-drm-drv.c: In function ‘nv_drm_update_drm_driver_features’: /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-460.56/kernel/nvidia-drm/nvidia-drm-drv.c:822:38: error: ‘drm_gem_dumb_destroy’ undeclared (first use in this function); did you mean ‘drm_mode_destroy’? 822 | nv_drm_driver.dumb_destroy = drm_gem_dumb_destroy;                                 | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | drm_mode_destroy /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-460.56/kernel/nvidia-drm/nvidia-drm-drv.c:822:38: note: each undeclared identifier … Continue reading →

Posted in compilation, kernel, Linux, NVIDIA, Opinion, VMware | Tagged drm_gem_dumb_destroy, kernel 5.12-rc1, nvidia 460.56 compile fail, patched vmware 16.1.0 ok, released | 1 Reply

Kernel – 5.11 Released. OK with latest NVIDIA, and Patched VMware..

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on February 14, 2021 by RGFebruary 14, 2021

Kernel 5.11 is out, and brief details are here:   http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/2102.1/08310.html As expected, the latest NVIDIA driver – 460.39 – compiles and loads/runs OK, and (patched) VMware 16.1.0 is also OK. Robert Gadsdon.   February 14th, 2021. … Continue reading →

Posted in kernel, Linux, NVIDIA, Opinion, VMware | Tagged Kernel 5.11 released, nvidia 460.39 ok, patched vmware 16.1.0 ok | Leave a reply

NVIDIA – New Driver 460.39 – OK with 5.11..

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on January 26, 2021 by RGJanuary 26, 2021

NVIDIA have released driver 460.39, and details are here:  https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/linux-solaris-and-freebsd-driver-460-39-long-lived-branch-release/166842 This compiles/installs/runs OK with Kernel 5.11, without any patches..   (tested with 5.11-rc5) Robert Gadsdon.    January 26th 2021. … Continue reading →

Posted in kernel, Linux, NVIDIA, Opinion | Tagged 460.39, new driver, nvidia, ok with kernel 5.11, tested with 5.11-rc5 | Leave a reply

NVIDIA – New Driver 460.32.03 – Patch Mod for 5.11..

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on January 8, 2021 by RGJanuary 8, 2021

NVIDIA have released their latest driver – 460.32.03, and details are here: https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/linux-solaris-and-freebsd-driver-460-32-03-long-lived-branch-release/165423 The patch for 460.27.04 is easy to modify to work with this version – just remove the first section (patch to ~/kernel/common/inc/nv-linux.h) as this is no longer necessary. Tested with Kernel 5.11-rc2.. ……….. ld -r -o /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-460.32.03/kernel/nvidia-modeset/nv-modeset-interface.o /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-460.32.03/kernel/nvidia-modeset/nvidia-modeset-linux.o /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-460.32.03/kernel/nvidia-modeset/nv-kthread-q.o MODPOST /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-460.32.03/kernel/Module.symvers CC [M] /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-460.32.03/kernel/nvidia-drm.mod.o … Continue reading →

Posted in Hacks, kernel, Linux, NVIDIA, Opinion | Tagged 460.32.03, modify existing patch, nvidia, ok with kernel 5.11-rc2 | 1 Reply

NVIDIA – Patch for Kernel 5.11 Support..

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on December 29, 2020 by RGDecember 29, 2020

Thanks to joanbm, and loqs, there is now a patch for NVIDIA 460.27.04 and Kernel 5.11-rc1.     I have applied this, and the NVIDIA driver compiles and loads/runs OK. The patch can be found at http://ix.io/2K9F  .. Robert Gadsdon.   December 29th 2020.   … Continue reading →

Posted in Linux, NVIDIA, Opinion | Tagged 460.27.04, nvidia, patch for kernel 5.11-rc1 | 2 Replies

Kernel – 5.11-rc1 Is Out – OK with (patched) VMware, Fails with NVIDIA..

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on December 27, 2020 by RGDecember 27, 2020

Kernel 5.11-rc1 has been released, and brief details are here:  http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/2012.3/00888.html VMware 16.1.0 (patched) compiles/loads OK, but the latest NVIDIA driver 460.27.04 fails to compile: …………………………. CONFTEST: drm_alpha_blending_available CC [M]  /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-460.27.04/kernel/nvidia/nv-frontend.o In file included from /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-460.27.04/kernel/nvidia/nv-frontend.c:13: /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-460.27.04/kernel/common/inc/nv-linux.h:120:10: fatal error: asm/kmap_types.h: No such file or directory 120 | #include <asm/kmap_types.h>        /* page table entry lookup          */ |          ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ … Continue reading →

Posted in kernel, Linux, NVIDIA, Opinion, VMware | Tagged kernel 5.11-rc1 released, nvidia 460.27.04 compile fails, patched vmware 16.1.0 ok, sys_close | 6 Replies

Kernel – 5.10 Released – OK with Patched VMware, and Latest NVIDIA..

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on December 13, 2020 by RGDecember 13, 2020

Kernel 5.10 is out, and brief details are here:  http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/2012.1/06393.html As expected, the patched version of VMware 16.1.0, and the latest NVIDIA driver – 455.45.01 – compile and load/run OK.. Robert Gadsdon.   December 13th 2020.   … Continue reading →

Posted in kernel, Linux, NVIDIA, Opinion, VMware | Tagged kernel 5.10 out, nvidia 455.45.01 ok, patched vmware 16.1.0 ok | 1 Reply

NVIDIA – ‘Taint’ Finally Fixed, and OK with Kernel 5.10..

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on November 17, 2020 by RGNovember 17, 2020

NVIDIA have just released driver 455.45.01, and brief details are here:  https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/linux-solaris-and-freebsd-driver-455-45-01-short-lived-branch-release/159759 This finally fixes the Kernel ‘taint’ issue, and also compiles and loads/runs OK with Kernel 5.10 (tested with 5.10-rc4) Robert Gadsdon.   November 17th 2020 … Continue reading →

Posted in Linux, NVIDIA | Tagged 455.45.01, new driver, ok with kernel 5.10, taint fixed | 1 Reply

Kernel – 5.10-rc3 – VMware Still Fails, NVIDIA Still ‘Tainted’..

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on November 8, 2020 by RGNovember 8, 2020

Kernel 5.10-rc3 is out, and details of recent changes are here: http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/2011.1/00301.html VMware 16 – patched – still compiles and loads OK, but runtime VM start fails: “VMware Workstation unrecoverable error: (vcpu-0) vcpu-0:ASSERT vmcore/lock/vmm/semaphore.c:93 A log file is available………… ” console: ………………….. [ 753.491367] /dev/vmmon[17591]: PTSC: initialized at 3492067000 Hz using TSC, TSCs are synchronized. [ 756.351107] … Continue reading →

Posted in kernel, Linux, NVIDIA, Opinion, patches, VMware | Tagged kernel 5.10-rc3 released, nvidia fix mid-november, nvidia taint still present, vmware 16 vm load fails | 2 Replies

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