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Kernel – 6.19-rc1 Released Early – NVIDIA Fails, as expected. VMware OK..

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Kernel 6.19-rc1 is out – a bit earlier than usual, and as expected after the ‘pre tests’ a few days ago, VMware 25.0.0 is OK, but the latest NVIDIA 580.119.02 fails to compile: …………………………………. CONFTEST: is_export_symbol_present_drm_gem_prime_handle_to_fd CONFTEST: ib_peer_memory_symbols CC [M] nvidia/nv-platform.o In file included from <command-line>: ././common/inc/nv-mm.h: In function ‘nv_vm_flags_set’: ././common/inc/nv-mm.h:209:25: error: ‘struct vm_area_struct’ has no member … Continue reading →

KERNEL – 6.19-rc Pre-release Tests – VMware OK, NVIDIA Fails

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Tested the December 10th version of the pre-6.19-rc code, and the latest VMware version 25.0.0 (25H2) compiles/loads OK, but NVIDIA (580.105.08 and 590.44.01) compiles fail with the same errors: …………. CONFTEST: is_export_symbol_present_drm_gem_prime_handle_to_fd CONFTEST: ib_peer_memory_symbols CC [M] nvidia/nv-platform.o In file included from <command-line>: ././common/inc/nv-mm.h: In function ‘nv_vm_flags_set’: ././common/inc/nv-mm.h:209:25: error: ‘struct vm_area_struct’ has no member named ‘__vm_flags’; did you … Continue reading →

NVIDIA – New 590.XX Driver – Older Cards Dropped..

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NVIDIA have released the first beta of the 590.xx stream of drivers – 590.44.01 – and this now drops support for almost all GTX drivers, as can be seen from the ‘Supported Products’ list in the release notes here:  https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/drivers/details/258750/   The still-under-development Nova driver will apparently only support ‘Turing’ and later cards, so older cards will in … Continue reading →

Kernel – 6.18 Released, OK with Latest NVIDIA and VMware WS..

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Kernel 6.18 is out, and brief details are here:    https://lkml.org/lkml/2025/11/30/341 This version compiles with the latest NVIDIA driver 580.105.08, and – unusually – with the new VMware Workstation ’25H2′ release without any patches.. Robert Gadsdon..   November 30th 2025.. … Continue reading →

VMware – Workstation ’25’ Released, with Fixes and Extras..

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VMware/Broadcom have now released Workstation Pro version ‘25H2‘ and release notes are here:  https://techdocs.broadcom.com/us/en/vmware-cis/desktop-hypervisors/workstation-pro/25H2/release-notes/vmware-workstation-pro-25h2-release-notes.html This version now compiles and runs OK with the latest kernel – 6.18.0 from kernel.org – without any patches, but some reports have been seen mentioning trouble compiling with 6.17.x kernels..    I tested this on two different systems running 6.18.0, with no … Continue reading →

Kernel – 6.18-rc1 Released – Mostly Harmless..

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Kernel 6.18-rc1 is out, and brief details are here:    https://lkml.org/lkml/2025/10/12/381 The latest NVIDIA driver 580.95.05 compiles and loads/runs OK, and the latest VMware driver 17.6 4 – with the latest 6.15/6.16 patches – also compiles and runs OK (tested with Kernel 6.18-rc1 on Fedora 43) Robert Gadsdon.    October 13th 2025 … Continue reading →

Kernel – 6.17 is out… Almost No Surprises?

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Kernel 6.17 has been released, and brief details are here:  https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/CAHk-=wiX38oG6=xFBNLO0pnjqHfxzjd6-1kZ5Nv9HfqNC2PoFA@mail.gmail.com/T/#u  This is a different mailing list link, as the usual one had not been updated yet, for some reason.. The latest NVIDIA driver 580.82.09 compiles OK, but I did find that running the NVxxx.run installer failed, and the driver had to be manually extracted, compiled and … Continue reading →

NVIDIA – New Driver 580.82.09, OK with Kernel 6.17..

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NVIDIA have released a new driver 580.82.09, and details etc. are here:  https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/drivers/details/254126/ This now compiles OK with Kernel 6.17 (tested with 6.17-rc6) and seems to have (again?) fixed the ‘blank screen’ issue on older DVI/HDMI systems.. Robert Gadsdon.. September 14th 2025.. … Continue reading →

NVIDIA – Patch for Kernel 6.17 Support…

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Thanks to Oscar (for identifying the code change) and Willy Frissen (for producing the patch) there is now a fix for NVIDIA driver 580.65.06 and Kernel 6.17 (tested with 6.17-rc1), and this can be found at https://github.com/babiulep/my-kernel-patches/blob/main/NVIDIA/nvidia-6.17-580.65.06.patch .. I have applied this, and tested with Kernel 6.17-rc1 (from kernel.org) and Fedora 42 KDE/Plasma and VMware (win10 client) … Continue reading →

Kernel – 6.17-rc1 Released – Patched VMware OK, NVIDIA Compile Fails..

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Kernel 6.17-rc1 is out, a bit earlier in the day than usual..   Brief details are here:   https://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/2508.1/01836.html As with the pre-testing, the latest kernel-6.15/6.16-patched VMware 17.6.4 is OK, but NVIDIA 580.65.06 compile fails: ………………… nvidia-drm/nvidia-drm-drv.c:182:18: error: initialization of ‘struct drm_framebuffer * (*)(struct drm_device *, struct drm_file *, const struct drm_format_info *, const struct drm_mode_fb_cmd2 *)’ from incompatible … Continue reading →