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 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 →
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 →
Kernel 6.17-rc1 is due out in a weeks time, but I tried the latest GIT version from https://github.com/torvalds/linux to see if there will be any ‘surprises’.. Of course, there are many changes still to come.. VMware 17.6.4 with all the kernel 6.15 and 6.16 patches compiles and runs OK, but the latest NVIDIA fails to compile ( … Continue reading →
Kernel 6.16 is out, and brief details are here: https://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/2507.3/03799.html As expected, the latest NVIDIA driver 575.64.05 compiles/installs OK, but VMware 17.6.4 still needs the 6.15 plus 6.16 patches, the same as 17.6.3.. Only (minor) issue so far is the font resize after boot (needed for 4k screens) is not working, for some reason.. Robert Gadsdon. July … Continue reading →
VMware Workstation Pro 17.6.4 has been released, and details are here: https://techdocs.broadcom.com/us/en/vmware-cis/desktop-hypervisors/workstation-pro/17-0/release-notes/vmware-workstation-1764-pro-release-notes.html As mentioned in the Release Notes, there are some features removed in this version.. Disappointingly, this version still fails with Kernel 6.15 as well as 6.16, and the 17.6.3 patches and fixes for these kernel versions still need to be applied.. … Continue reading →
Kernel 6.16-rc4 is out, and brief details are here: https://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/2506.3/09013.html The latest NVIDIA driver 575.64 compiles and loads/runs OK but may fail when installed using the NV…..run file, but will be OK is installed manually, for some reason.. UPDATE: NVIDIA 575.64.03 is out, which seems to fix the need for manual compile etc… https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/drivers/details/249044/ VMware 17.6.3 with … Continue reading →
Kernel 6.15 is out, and brief details of the latest changes are here: https://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/2505.3/00645.html The latest NVIDIA driver 570.153.02 is OK with this kernel, and with GCC 15 (Fedora 42 etc..) and can be found here: https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/drivers/details/245669/ A VMware vmmon/vmnet fix for 17.6.3 was already documented in a previous article: http://rglinuxtech.com/?p=3321 Robert Gadsdon. May 25th 2025. … Continue reading →
With clues from the NVIDIA patches in the previous article, I have managed to find/create patches for vmmon and vmnet.. vmmon failed with: ……………… common/crosspage.c:50:13: fatal error: driver-config.h: No such file or directory 50 | # include “driver-config.h” | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ compilation terminated. common/moduleloop.c:30:13: fatal error: driver-config.h: No such file or directory 30 | # include “driver-config.h” | … Continue reading →
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 →