I have recently been involved in bug reports etc for a new problem in Fedora 40, where a recent update has effectively broken all QT applications, resulting in KDE not functioning, and even # make xconfig is broken. The Fedora bug report is here: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2272758 The problem is: # kwrite Illegal instruction (core dumped) # kate Illegal … Continue reading →
Kernel 6.9-rc1 has been released, and brief details are here: https://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/2403.3/00300.html As discovered in pre-rc testing last week, the latest NVIDIA driver – now 550.67 – is OK, and this now compiles successfully with GCC14.. VMware 17.5.1 (patched) vmmon compiles OK, but vmnet fails: ……………… CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-a8Fcf5/vmnet-only/smac.o CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-a8Fcf5/vmnet-only/vnetEvent.o CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-a8Fcf5/vmnet-only/vnetUserListener.o In file included … Continue reading →
Testing an early pre-release version of Kernel 6.9-rc (March 16th) and – so far – the latest NVIDIA 550.54.14 compiles OK, but (patched) VMware vmnet 17.5.1 does not: …….. CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-1kunqP/vmnet-only/smac.o CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-1kunqP/vmnet-only/vnetEvent.o CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-1kunqP/vmnet-only/vnetUserListener.o In file included from ./include/linux/spinlock.h:305, from ./include/linux/sched.h:2138, from /tmp/modconfig-1kunqP/vmnet-only/bridge.c:25: /tmp/modconfig-1kunqP/vmnet-only/bridge.c: In function ‘VNetBridgeReceiveFromVNet’: /tmp/modconfig-1kunqP/vmnet-only/vmnetInt.h:44:39: error: ‘dev_base_lock’ undeclared (first use … Continue reading →
Kernel 6.8 is out, and brief details are here: https://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/2403.1/01820.html As expected, the latest NVIDIA driver 550.54.14 and VMware 17.5.1 (patched) compile and load/run OK. The VMware patchset is at https://github.com/mkubecek/vmware-host-modules/tree/workstation-17.5.1 If you are running GCC 14 the NVIDIA source needs to be patched – see https://rglinuxtech.com/?p=3213 Robert Gadsdon. March 10th 2024. … Continue reading →
Testing Fedora 40, which now includes GCC 14, and this breaks the NVIDIA driver 550.54.14 compile: ………………….. CC [M] /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-550.54.14/kernel/nvidia-drm/nvidia-drm-connector.o CC [M] /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-550.54.14/kernel/nvidia-drm/nvidia-drm-gem.o /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-550.54.14/kernel/nvidia-drm/nvidia-drm-gem.c:115:16: error: initialization of ‘int (*)(struct drm_gem_object *, struct iosys_map *)’ from incompatible pointer type ‘void * (*)(struct drm_gem_object *)’ [-Wincompatible-pointer-types] 115 | .vmap = nv_drm_gem_prime_vmap, | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-550.54.14/kernel/nvidia-drm/nvidia-drm-gem.c:115:16: note: (near initialization for ‘nv_drm_gem_funcs.vmap’) … Continue reading →
Kernel 6.8-rc1 is out, and brief details are here: https://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/2401.2/05218.html The latest NVIDIA driver 535.154.05 compiles OK – with several warnings: ………. ld -r -o /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-535.154.05/kernel/nvidia-modeset/nv-modeset-interface.o /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-535.1 54.05/kernel/nvidia-modeset/nvidia-modeset-linux.o /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-535.154.05/kernel/nvidia-modeset/nv-kthread-q.o MODPOST /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-535.154.05/kernel/Module.symvers CC [M] /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-535.154.05/kernel/nvidia.mod.o LD [M] /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-535.154.05/kernel/nvidia.ko CC [M] /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-535.154.05/kernel/nvidia-uvm.mod.o LD [M] /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-535.154.05/kernel/nvidia-uvm.ko CC [M] /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-535.154.05/kernel/nvidia-modeset.mod.o LD [M] /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-535.154.05/kernel/nvidia-modeset.ko CC [M] /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-535.154.05/kernel/nvidia-drm.mod.o LD [M] /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-535.154.05/kernel/nvidia-drm.ko CC [M] … Continue reading →
As kernel 6.8-rc1 is due in about a weeks time, I tested the Jan 14th version from Git, and both the latest NVIDIA 545.29.06 and VMware 17.5.0 failed.. NVIDIA: Multiple occurrences of ‘warning: no previous prototype‘ and then: ……………. In file included from /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-545.29.06/kernel/nvidia-drm/nvidia-drm-drv.c:64: /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-545.29.06/kernel/nvidia-drm/nvidia-drm-drv.c:1489:40: error: ‘DRM_UNLOCKED’ undeclared here (not in a function); did you mean ‘VM_LOCKED’? … Continue reading →
After some delay, Kernel 6.7 has been released, and brief details of changes since -rc8 are here: https://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/2401.0/05149.html Once again, The latest NVIDIA 545.29.06 and (patched) VMware 17.5.0 both compile/run OK.. Robert Gadsdon. January 8th 2024. … Continue reading →
Kernel 6.7-rc1 has been released, and brief details are here: https://lkml.org/lkml/2023/11/12/352 After some pre-testing last week, the latest NVIDIA 545.29.02 and VMware 17.5.0 with the latest patchset ( https://github.com/mkubecek/vmware-host-modules/tree/workstation-17.5.0 ) still compile/load OK.. Robert Gadsdon. November 13th 2023. … Continue reading →
Kernel 6.6 has been released, and brief details are here: https://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/2310.3/06370.html As expected, the latest NVIDIA 545.23.06 and VMware compile OK, but VMware 17.5.0 needs the latest patchset, to avoid reported issues.. The patchset can be found here: https://github.com/mkubecek/vmware-host-modules/tree/workstation-17.5.0 Robert Gadsdon. October 30th 2023. … Continue reading →