Category Archives: VMware

Kernel – 6.15-rc1 Breaks NVIDIA and VMware.. Missing ‘Includes’..

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Just tested Kernel 6.15-rc1 with the latest NVIDIA 570.133.07, and the compile fails completely: ………………….. CONFTEST: drm_atomic_available CONFTEST: is_export_symbol_gpl_refcount_inc CONFTEST: is_export_symbol_gpl_refcount_dec_and_test CONFTEST: drm_alpha_blending_available CONFTEST: is_export_symbol_present_drm_gem_prime_fd_to_handle CONFTEST: is_export_symbol_present_drm_gem_prime_handle_to_fd CONFTEST: ib_peer_memory_symbols CC [M] nvidia/nv.o nvidia/nv.c:30:10: fatal error: nv-firmware.h: No such file or directory 30 | #include “nv-firmware.h” | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ compilation terminated. make[4]: *** [/usr/src/linux-6.15-rc1/scripts/Makefile.build:203: nvidia/nv.o] Error 1 make[3]: *** … Continue reading →

Kernel – 6.14 – a Bit Late, but OK with Latest NVIDIA and VMware..

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Kernel 6.14 has been released – a bit later than usual – and brief details are here:  https://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/2503.3/00718.html As expected after -rc testing, this release works OK with the latest NVIDIA 570.133.07 and VMware 17.6.3.. Robert Gadsdon.    March 24th 2025. … Continue reading →

Kernel – 6.14-rc1 is out – OK with latest VMware, and Fix for NVIDIA

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Kernel 6.14-rc1 has been released, and details are here:  https://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/2502.0/00674.html After the pre-testing last week, the only change needed is a small fix for NVIDIA, as documented here: http://rglinuxtech.com/?p=3285    Thanks to Joan Bruguera, there is a patch available, which can easily be modified for application to the latest driver:  https://gist.github.com/joanbm/d0cb8790ca610fbd2c2e43f30707ce18 The latest VMware 17.6.2 patchset at … Continue reading →

Kernel – 6.13 Released, OK with Latest Patched VMware, and NVIDIA

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Kernel 6.13 is out, and the announcement is here:   https://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/2501.2/03405.html This compiles/runs OK with the latest (?) VMware 17.6.2 patchset (from https://github.com/64kramsystem/vmware-host-modules-fork/tree/workstation-17.6.2-sav ), and is OK with NVIDIA driver 550.142, and – sometimes – with the very latest 550.144.03, but there seem to be issues with this version (see separate article, coming soon) Robert Gadsdon.    January 22nd, … Continue reading →

Kernel – 6.13-rc1 Released, VMware OK, NVIDIA Fails – and Fix..

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Kernel 6.13-rc1 is out, and brief details are here:   https://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/2412.0/00203.html VMware 17.6.1 compiles OK, with patches from here: https://aur.archlinux.org/cgit/aur.git/tree/?h=vmware-workstation  There are now multiple patchsets available… NVIDIA 550.35 throws an odd error, and compile/load fails: ….. SYMLINK nvidia/nv-kernel.o LD [M] nvidia.o ld: cannot find ./nvidia/nv-kernel.o: No such file or directory make[4]: *** [/usr/src/linux-6.13-rc1/scripts/Makefile.build:387: nvidia.o] Error 1 make[3]: *** … Continue reading →

VMware – 17.6.x, Issues and Stability…

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Firstly – my apologies for late response to some messages – this (12-year-old) website has been experiencing some issues, and really needs to be updated/rehosted…    I am travelling, away from my main systems, and only have a laptop to test with.. I have been testing the latest VMware Workstation releases from Broadcom – 17.6 and 17.6.1 – … Continue reading →

VMware Workstation – Multiple Patch Forks Since Broadcom..

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I would like to start by thanking Michal Kubeček for his many years of expert support of the VMware vmmon/vmnet modules for later kernel versions.. Since the Broadcom takeover of VMware, his patches have been forked multiple times, for 17.5.2 and now 17.6 support, with varying degrees of success..    I have tested most of these and – … Continue reading →

Kernel – 6.11 Released, OK with latest NVIDIA, and Patched VMware..

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Kernel 6.11 is out, and brief details of the latest changes since -rc7 are here:   https://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/2409.1/09915.html The latsest NVIDIA driver 560.35.03 compiles and runs OK, and the VMware patchset from https://github.com/64kramsystem/vmware-host-modules-fork compiles OK, and loads and runs correctly.  (see separate article on the multiple forking of the original mkubecek patchset, since the Broadcom takeover..)      Note that all … Continue reading →

VMware – 17.6 released, and Version Fix Patch..

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VMware Workstation Pro version 17.6 has been released, and release notes are here:  https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-Workstation-Pro/17.6/rn/vmware-workstation-176-pro-release-notes/index.html The ‘fixes’ mentioned are a bit late, as they include Fedora 40 support, and Kernel 6.8 support..    The ‘latest’ 6.9+ patchset is required to support more recent kernels, from https://github.com/nan0desu/vmware-host-modules/tree/tmp/workstation-17.5.2-k6.9-sharishth but these will throw a vmmon version-mismatch error at runtime..    The simple fix … Continue reading →

KERNEL – 6.11-rc1 is out – OK with latest NVIDIA and Patched VMware..

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Kernel 6.11-rc1 has been released, and brief details are here:   https://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/2407.3/04272.html As confirmed by pre-tests (see previous post) NVIDIA 560.28.03 and 550.100 drivers compile OK.   There have been issues reported with 555.xx and 560.xx drivers, which I have found to fail with GTX10xxTi series cards, but 550.100 should work for all supported hardware.. The situation regarding patched … Continue reading →