Category Archives: NVIDIA

NVIDIA – Fix for Kernel 4.15, but GPL Problem – Yet Again..

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Thanks to milhouse, there is a set of two patches available for NVIDIA 384.98 and (legacy) 340.104 with Kernel 4.15-rc1, and details are here:   https://devtalk.nvidia.com/default/topic/1026911/linux/4-15-rc1-patches-for-384-98-and-340-104/ The first patch fixes the compile problems, but the load fails with yet another case of GPL incompatibility: ……………….  Building modules, stage 2. MODPOST 4 modules FATAL: modpost: GPL-incompatible module nvidia-drm.ko uses … Continue reading →

Kernel – 4.15-rc1 is Out – Breaks VMware and NVIDIA…

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Kernel 4.15-rc1 has been released, and brief details are here:  http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1711.3/00971.html With VMware 14.0.0 – plus the 4.14 vmmon patch – vmmon breaks again: ……………………… /tmp/modconfig-hOVOTM/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c: In function ‘LinuxDriverInitTSCkHz’: /tmp/modconfig-hOVOTM/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:254:22: error: assignment from incompatible pointer type [-Werror=incompatible-pointer-types] tscTimer.function = LinuxDriverEstimateTSCkHzDeferred; ^ /tmp/modconfig-hOVOTM/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:256:12: error: ‘struct timer_list’ has no member named ‘data’ tscTimer.data = 0; ^ /tmp/modconfig-hOVOTM/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c: In function … Continue reading →

Kernel – 4.14 Released – OK with Latest NVIDIA and – Patched – VMware

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Kernel 4.14 is now out, and brief details – including updates from -rc8 – are here:  http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1711.1/03305.html As expected, the latest NVIDIA drivers (384.98 and 387.22) are OK with this release, and VMware 14.0.0 – with the vmmon patch ( see http://rglinuxtech.com/?p=2090 ) – is OK as well.. Robert Gadsdon.  November 12, 2017. … Continue reading →

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

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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 →

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

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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 →

Kernel – 4.14-rc8 Released, After All..

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Kernel 4.14-rc8 is out, and brief details of changes since -rc7 are here: http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1711.0/03395.html This might have been 4.14 ‘final’ but there were still too many changes to warrant that..    Th 4.14 ‘final’ release may be slightly delayed, as it would now clash with the US ‘Thanksgiving’ holiday.. The latest NVIDIA drivers (384.98 and 387.22 beta) both … Continue reading →

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

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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 →

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

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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 →

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

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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 →

Kernel – 4.14-rc2 Released – Includes NVIDIA/GPL Fix..

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Kernel 4.14-rc2 is out, and brief details of changes since -rc1 are here: http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1709.3/00498.html This includes: John Hubbard (1): ACPI / bus: Make ACPI_HANDLE() work for non-GPL code again – which fixes the GPL problem for NVIDIA drivers, so that the latest version – 384.90 – with just the first patch found here: http://mom.hlmjr.com/2017/09/09/driver-wars-nvidia-drivers-384-69-vs-kernel-4-13/ – now compiles … Continue reading →