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Compiler – Fun with CLANG – Kernel, NVIDIA, and VMware…

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on March 27, 2021 by RGMarch 30, 2021

I have been carrying out some preliminary tests to see how feasible it is to compile the Linux Kernel, and NVIDIA drivers, and VMware, using the ‘alternative’ to GCC – CLANG.. The kernel compile is relatively easy, and well documented: # make CC=clang HOSTCC=clang -j8 (for a 4-core system) The compile seems to be slower than GCC, … Continue reading →

Posted in clang, compilation, Fedora, gcc, kernel, Linux, NVIDIA, Opinion, Performance, quirks, VMware | Tagged clang, compile tests, gcc alternative, kernel, nvidia, success, vmware | 1 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 | 2 Replies

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

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

VMware – 16.1.0 Released – New Patch Fixes Kernel 5.10 Problem.

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on November 20, 2020 by RGNovember 20, 2020

VMware Workstation 16.1.0 has been released, and details are here:  https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-Workstation-Pro/16.1.0/rn/VMware-Workstation-1610-Pro-Release-Notes.html The latest vmmon/vmnet patch for 16.1.0 fixes the runtime VM fail with Kernel 5.10 (tested with 5.10-rc4) and can be found here:  https://github.com/mkubecek/vmware-host-modules/tree/workstation-16.1.0 Robert Gadsdon..  November 20th 2020. … Continue reading →

Posted in kernel, Linux, Opinion, VMware | Tagged new patch fixes 5.10 vm fail, vmware 16.1.0 released | Leave a 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

Kernel – 5.10-rc1 Out – Fix for NVIDIA, Problem with VMware..

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on October 26, 2020 by RGOctober 26, 2020

Kernel 5.10-rc1 is finally released, and brief details are here:  http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/2010.3/00552.html Thanks to Joan Bruguera, there is a work-in-progress fix for NVIDIA 455.28, here:  https://gist.github.com/joanbm/beaccedd729589df98332d70a1754e9a (and thanks to Willy Frissen for the notification..) ld -r -o /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-455.28/kernel/nvidia-modeset/nv-modeset-interface.o /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-455.28/kernel/nvidia-modeset/nvidia-modeset-linux.o /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-455.28/kernel/nvidia-modeset/nv-kthread-q.o MODPOST /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-455.28/kernel/Module.symvers CC [M] /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-455.28/kernel/nvidia-drm.mod.o LD [M] /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-455.28/kernel/nvidia-drm.ko CC [M] /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-455.28/kernel/nvidia-modeset.mod.o LD [M] /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-455.28/kernel/nvidia-modeset.ko CC [M] /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-455.28/kernel/nvidia-uvm.mod.o LD … Continue reading →

Posted in compilation, fix, kernel, Linux, NVIDIA, Opinion, VMware | Tagged kernel 5.10-rc1 released, nvidia 455.28 patch available, vmware patch available, vmware runtime problem, waiting for connection | Leave a reply

Kernel – 5.10-rc1 Pre-Testing.. NVIDIA fails, Patched VMware OK..

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on October 20, 2020 by RGOctober 20, 2020

As 5.10-rc1 should be out on Sunday, I did a quick compile test of the interim code available now (October 20th).. NVIDIA 455.28 compile fails: CC [M] /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-455.28/kernel/nvidia/nv-acpi.o CC [M] /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-455.28/kernel/nvidia/nv-cray.o CC [M] /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-455.28/kernel/nvidia/nv-dma.o /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-455.28/kernel/nvidia/nv-dma.c: In function ‘nv_dma_is_map_resource_implemented’: /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-455.28/kernel/nvidia/nv-dma.c:631:37: error: implicit declaration of function ‘get_dma_ops’ [-Werror=implicit-function-declaration] 631 | const struct dma_map_ops *ops = get_dma_ops(dma_dev->dev); | ^~~~~~~~~~~ /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-455.28/kernel/nvidia/nv-dma.c:631:37: … Continue reading →

Posted in kernel, Linux, NVIDIA, Opinion, VMware | Tagged 5.10-rc1 pre-testing, kernel, nvidia 455.28 fail, vmware 16 patched ok | 2 Replies

Kernel – 5.9 Final – NVIDIA Still ‘Tainted’..

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on October 11, 2020 by RGOctober 11, 2020

Kernel 5.9 has finally been released, and brief details are here:  http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/2010.1/02900.html The latest NVIDIA drivers still fail to install completely, with nvidia-uvm ‘tainted’: [ 710.097439] NVRM: loading NVIDIA UNIX x86_64 Kernel Module 455.28 Wed Sep 30 01:05:16 UTC 2020 [ 710.099400] nvidia_uvm: module uses symbols from proprietary module nvidia, inheriting taint. [ 710.099488] nvidia_uvm: Unknown symbol … Continue reading →

Posted in kernel, Linux, NVIDIA, Opinion, VMware | Tagged kernel 5.9 final, nvidia still tainted, released, vmware 16 ok | 5 Replies

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