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Kernel – 5.11-rc1 Is Out – OK with (patched) VMware, Fails with NVIDIA..

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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 →

Kernel – 5.10 Released – OK with Patched VMware, and Latest NVIDIA..

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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 →

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

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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 →

Kernel – 5.10-rc3 – VMware Still Fails, NVIDIA Still ‘Tainted’..

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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 →

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

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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 →

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

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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 →

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

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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 →

Kernel – 5.9-rc6 – Rare Compile Fail!

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Kernel 5.9-rc6 has been released, and brief details are here:  http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/2009.2/05870.html In a very rare occurrence, the kernel compile actually fails: …………………………….. CALL scripts/checksyscalls.sh CALL scripts/atomic/check-atomics.sh DESCEND objtool CHK include/generated/compile.h CC drivers/dax/super.o drivers/dax/super.c:325:6: error: redefinition of ‘dax_supported’ 325 | bool dax_supported(struct dax_device *dax_dev, struct block_device *bdev, | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~ In file included from drivers/dax/super.c:16: ./include/linux/dax.h:162:20: note: previous definition … Continue reading →

VMware – Workstation 16.0.0 Released – OK with Kernel 5.8, and 5.9-rc..

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VMware have now released Workstation Pro 16.0.0, and details are here:  https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-Workstation-Pro/16/rn/VMware-Workstation-16-Pro-Release-Notes.html This version now works correctly – and compiles, with multiple warnings – on Kernel 5.8 (tested with 5.8.9) and also on Kernel 5.9-rc5. To fix the messy compile – and thanks again to Michal Kubeček – there is a patchset for vmmon/vmware available, here:  https://github.com/mkubecek/vmware-host-modules/tree/workstation-16.0.0 … Continue reading →

Kernel – 5.9-rc5 – Patched VMware Still OK, NVIDIA still ‘Tainted’..

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Kernel 5.9-rc5 is out, and brief details are here:   http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/2009.1/06650.html The patched vmmon/vmnet for VMware 15.5.6 still work OK, and the workaround for the runtime segfault etc. is in a previous article, here: http://rglinuxtech.com/?p=2819 .    Note that the 5.8/5.9 fix is now incorporated in the usual 15.5.6 patchset, here:  https://github.com/mkubecek/vmware-host-modules/tree/workstation-15.5.6 NVIDIA with the partial 5.8/5.9 patches still … Continue reading →