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Kernel – 5.1-rc1 is out – VMware Fix Available, but NVIDIA Fails.

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Kernel 5.1-rc1 has been released, and brief details are here:  http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1903.2/00496.html VMware with the Kernel 5.0 patches fails to compile vmmon, but thanks to Michal Kubeček, a fix is currently available at https://github.com/mkubecek/vmware-host-modules/tree/workstation-15.0.3-test.   I have applied this, and VMware 15.0.3 compiles and loads/runs OK with Kernel 5.1-rc1. NVIDIA 418.43 compile fails soon after commencing: …………………. /home/rgadsdon/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-418.43/kernel/common/inc/nv-list-helpers.h:94:19: error: … Continue reading →

VMware – 15.0.3 Released, Still Broken with Kernel 5.0..

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VMware Workstation 15.0.3 has been released, and the details are here: https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-Workstation-Pro/15/rn/workstation-1503-release-notes.html Not an impressive effort, as it still fails when compiled with Kernel 5.0, with multiple warnings, and errors (tested with 5.0.2): ………………….. /tmp/modconfig-32tPYF/vmmon-only/linux/hostif.c: In function ‘HostIF_EstimateLockedPageLimit’: /tmp/modconfig-32tPYF/vmmon-only/linux/hostif.c:1641:25: error: ‘totalram_pages’ redeclared as different kind of symbol extern unsigned long totalram_pages; ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~ In file included from /tmp/modconfig-32tPYF/vmmon-only/linux/hostif.c:42: … Continue reading →

Kernel – 5.0 – Finally..

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Kernel 5.0 has been – finally – released, and brief details are here:  http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1903.0/01288.html As expected, the latest NVIDIA driver (tested with 418.43) compiles and loads OK, and VMware 15.0.2 – with the 5.0 patch – also works OK. Robert Gadsdon.  March 3, 2019. … Continue reading →

Compiler – GCC 9 – First Impressions..

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Just updated to the pre-release Fedora 30 (Rawhide) on the test system, and tried out the new version of GCC: $ gcc –version gcc (GCC) 9.0.1 20190209 (Red Hat 9.0.1-0.4) Kernel 5.0-rc7 compiled successfully, and runs OK.    As expected, there were quite a lot of compiler ‘warnings’: ………………….. CC net/ipv4/proc.o CC drivers/hid/hid-samsung.o CC net/ipv4/fib_rules.o CC drivers/hid/hid-sunplus.o fs/xfs/xfs_ioctl32.c: … Continue reading →

VMware – Patches Available, for Kernel 5.0-rc1.

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Thanks – again – to Michal Kubeček, there are now patches available for VMware with Kernel 5.0-rc1, here:  https://github.com/mkubecek/vmware-host-modules . There are patched vmmon and vmnet versions available for the latest 12.x, 14.x and 15.x releases, so for 15.0.2, do: # git clone -b workstation-15.0.2 https://github.com/mkubecek/vmware-host-modules.git I have applied these, and can confirm that VMware 15.0.2 now … Continue reading →

Kernel – 5.0-rc1 Released – Breaks NVIDIA and VMware..

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Kernel 5.0-rc1 is out, and brief details are here:  http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1901.0/02536.html Compiling NVIDIA 410.93 fails: …………………….. CC [M] /home/rgadsdon/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-410.93/kernel/nvidia/os-interface.o /home/rgadsdon/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-410.93/kernel/nvidia/os-interface.c: In function ‘os_get_current_time’: /home/rgadsdon/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-410.93/kernel/nvidia/os-interface.c:434:5: error: implicit declaration of function ‘do_gettimeofday’; did you mean ‘efi_gettimeofday’? [-Werror=implicit-function-declaration] do_gettimeofday(&tm); ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ efi_gettimeofday cc1: some warnings being treated as errors make[3]: *** [/usr/src/linux-5.0-rc1/scripts/Makefile.build:277: /home/rgadsdon/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-410.93/kernel/nvidia/os-interface.o] Error 1 make[2]: *** [/usr/src/linux-5.0-rc1/Makefile:1553: _module_/home/rgadsdon/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-410.93/kernel] Error 2 make[2]: … Continue reading →

Kernel – 4.20 released – In Time for the Festivities..

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Kernel 4.20 has just been released, in time for the Festive Season, and brief details are here:  http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1812.2/06158.html . As expected, the latest NVIDIA (415.25) and VMware (15.0.2) both compile and load/run OK. Robert Gadsdon.   December 23, 2018. … Continue reading →

Kernel – 4.20-rc3 Released, OK with latest VMware, Still no NVIDIA Fix..

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Kernel 4.20-rc3 is out, and brief details are here:  http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1811.2/01363.html VMware 15.0.1 is still OK, but there is still no solution for NVIDIA.   I posted details of my testing to the NVIDIA Forum over a week ago, but there has been no response, so far.. Robert Gadsdon.  November 18, 2018. … Continue reading →

Kernel – 4.20-rc1 Released – OK with VMware, not with NVIDIA, and possible fix?

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Kernel 4.20-rc1 is out, and brief details are here:  http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1811.0/02531.html VMware 15.0 installs OK, but the latest NVIDIA fails.. (410.73 with the pm patch, if needed): …………………… /home/rgadsdon/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-410.73-custom/kernel/nvidia/linux_nvswitch.c:1582:5: error: implicit declaration of function ‘time_to_tm’; did you mean ‘time64_to_tm’? [-Werror=implicit-function-declaration] time_to_tm(time_nsec / NVSWITCH_NSEC_PER_SEC, 0, &t); ^~~~~~~~~~ time64_to_tm ………………… I made the change to linux_nvswitch.c, and then: ………………………. /home/rgadsdon/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-410.73-custom/kernel/nvidia-drm/nvidia-drm-gem-nvkms-memory.c:348:11: … Continue reading →

Kernel – 4.19 Released – OK with latest NVIDIA and VMware..

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Apologies for the late arrival of this article, due to extended trip overseas, and hardware failure on return!   RG. Kernel 4.19 is out, and brief details are here:   http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1810.2/05220.html  The info here is worth reading, as it includes more on the Linus kernel handover – and ‘hand-back’.. It is worth mentioning that some issues have already been … Continue reading →