NVIDIA have a Beta driver available, and this compiles OK with kernel 5.5. Available from link here: https://developer.nvidia.com/vulkan-driver I have installed this and – interestingly – it still gives a ‘tombstone’ at # startx, but appears to run OK despite that ?: [60044.039448] ————[ cut here ]———— [60044.043355] refcount_t: underflow; use-after-free. [60044.047445] WARNING: CPU: 1 PID: 45401 … Continue reading →
Kernel 5.5 is out, and brief details of changes since -rc7 are here: http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/2001.3/02724.html This now works OK with Intel e1000e-supported Ethernet cards, and the patched version of VMware 15.5.1. There is an interim patch for NVIDIA driver 440.44, and this gives a tombstone on # startx, on my systems, but seems to work OK, after that. … Continue reading →
There is another (modified?) patch available for the latest NVIDIA driver and Kernel 5.5-rc ( see the NVIDIA Forum article at https://devtalk.nvidia.com/default/topic/1068332/linux/nvidia-driver-does-not-build-on-linux-v5-5-release-candidate-kernel/ ). I have applied this to driver 440.44 on Kernel 5.5-rc3, and it compiles OK, and loads/runs without the ‘tombstone’ that I experienced with previous versions. Robert Gadsdon. December 24th 2019. … Continue reading →
Kernel 5.5-rc1 has been released, and brief details are here: http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1912.1/00242.html From limited tests so far, the Intel e1000e driver now seems to be working for all Intel NICs that use it, on my various systems. Patched VMware W/S 15.5.1 compiles OK, but NVIDIA 440.36 fails: ………… In file included from /home/rgadsdon/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-440.36/kernel/nvidia-drm/nvidia-drm-drv.c:30: /home/rgadsdon/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-440.36/kernel/nvidia-drm/nvidia-drm-connector.h:30:10: fatal error: drm/drmP.h: No … Continue reading →
Kernel 5.4 has been released, and brief details of changes since -rc8 are here: http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1911.3/00186.html As expected, the latest NVIDIA (440.36) and patched VMware 15.5.1 both compile and load/run OK. Robert Gadsdon. November 24th, 2019 … Continue reading →
Kernel 5.4-rc8 is out, and brief details are here: http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1911.2/01078.html The latest NVIDIA (440.31), and patched VMware 15.5.1 compile and load/run OK. The Intel e1000e Ethernet driver had been broken since -rc1, but this has finally been fixed, and appears to operate correctly, now. Robert Gadsdon. November 17th 2019. … Continue reading →
NVIDIA have just released driver 440.31, and details are here: https://devtalk.nvidia.com/default/topic/1065987/announcements-and-news/linux-solaris-and-freebsd-driver-440-31-long-lived-branch-release-/ I have tested this with Kernel 5.4-rc6, and – as mentioned in the release notes – there is no annoying ‘Module.symvers…‘ message any more. Robert Gadsdon. November 4th, 2019. … Continue reading →
NVIDIA driver 440.26 is out, and details can be found here: https://devtalk.nvidia.com/default/topic/1065039/announcements-and-news/-linux-solaris-and-freebsd-driver-440-26-beta-release-long-lived-branch-release-/ I have tested compilation with Kernel 5.4-rc3, and it still complains about Module.symvers: $ make make[1]: Entering directory ‘/usr/src/linux-5.4-rc3’ The Module.symvers file is missing, or does not contain any symbols exported from the kernel. This could cause the NVIDIA kernel modules to be built against … Continue reading →
Kernel 5.4-rc3 has been released, and brief details of changes since -rc2 are here: http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1910.1/05411.html The patched versions of VMware 15.5.0 and NVIDIA 435.21 now compile without all the spurious warnings etc.. Robert Gadsdon. October 13th 2019. … Continue reading →
Thanks to loqs, there is a patch for driver 435.21 and kernel 5.4-rc, at http://ix.io/1MRE . I have tested this with 5.4-rc2, and it now compiles successfully: ………………………………. WARNING: module nvidia uses symbol filp_open from namespace /NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-435.21-54rc2/kernel/nvidia-drm/nvidia-drm-gem-user-memory.o: $(deps_/home/rgadsdon/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-435.21-54rc2/kernel/nvidia-drm/nvidia-drm-gem-user-memory.o), but does not import it. WARNING: module nvidia uses symbol cpufreq_get from namespace VIDIA-Linux-x86_64-435.21-54rc2/kernel/nvidia-drm/nvidia-drm-gem-user-memory.o: $(deps_/home/rgadsdon/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-435.21-54rc2/kernel/nvidia-drm/nvidia-drm-gem-user-memory.o), but does not import … Continue reading →