As there is (so far) no sign of an update to the 5.4.x kernel series, I have uploaded a _very unofficial_ patch I had already created for 5.4.13, and I have tested this, and so far it seems to work OK.. It is based on an ‘earlier’ e1000e patch version found on linux/netdev.. https://www.spinics.net/lists/netdev/msg623693.html, and thanks are … Continue reading →
There is another (modified?) patch available for the latest NVIDIA driver and Kernel 5.5-rc ( see the NVIDIA Forum article at https://devtalk.nvidia.com/default/topic/1068332/linux/nvidia-driver-does-not-build-on-linux-v5-5-release-candidate-kernel/ ). I have applied this to driver 440.44 on Kernel 5.5-rc3, and it compiles OK, and loads/runs without the ‘tombstone’ that I experienced with previous versions. Robert Gadsdon. December 24th 2019. … Continue reading →
Kernel 5.5-rc1 has been released, and brief details are here: http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1912.1/00242.html From limited tests so far, the Intel e1000e driver now seems to be working for all Intel NICs that use it, on my various systems. Patched VMware W/S 15.5.1 compiles OK, but NVIDIA 440.36 fails: ………… In file included from /home/rgadsdon/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-440.36/kernel/nvidia-drm/nvidia-drm-drv.c:30: /home/rgadsdon/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-440.36/kernel/nvidia-drm/nvidia-drm-connector.h:30:10: fatal error: drm/drmP.h: No … Continue reading →
Kernel 5.4-rc2 has been released, and brief details are here: http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1910.0/07213.html The odd behaviour of VMware and NVIDIA compiles still occurs, but there are patches submitted (see comments under -rc1 article http://rglinuxtech.com/?p=2614 for more details). So far, I have not seen a fix for the NVIDIA compile failure. Robert Gadsdon. October 7th 2019. … Continue reading →
VMware have released Workstation version 15.5.0, and the release notes can be found here: https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-Workstation-Pro/15.5/rn/VMware-Workstation-155-Pro-Release-Notes.html The real surprise is that this actually compiles ( although not very cleanly) with Kernel 5.3 (tested with 5.3.0, and GCC 9.2.1, on Fedora 30).. …………………. /tmp/modconfig-rtOtwQ/vmnet-only/vnetEvent.o: warning: objtool: If this is a retpoline, please patch it in with alternatives and annotate … Continue reading →
Testing Fedora 31 – which is still work-in-progress, of course.. Tried to use # rpmbuild –rebuild to create a missing RPM from a F30 source RPM, and found the following error: ………….. Illegal char ‘)’ (0x29) in: Obsoletes:………. I found a reference to this error in the buglist, but it had been flagged as ‘rawhide’, and closed, … Continue reading →
NVIDIA have just released driver version 430.40, and ‘legacy’ driver 390.129, which is also OK with the latest Kernel (tested with 5.3-rc2): ………………………. ld -r -o /home/rgadsdon/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-390.129/kernel/nvidia-modeset/nv-modeset-interface.o /home/rgadsdon/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-390.129/kernel/nvidia-modeset/nvidia-modeset-linux.o Building modules, stage 2. MODPOST 4 modules CC /home/rgadsdon/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-390.129/kernel/nvidia-drm.mod.o LD [M] /home/rgadsdon/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-390.129/kernel/nvidia-drm.ko CC /home/rgadsdon/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-390.129/kernel/nvidia-modeset.mod.o LD [M] /home/rgadsdon/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-390.129/kernel/nvidia-modeset.ko CC /home/rgadsdon/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-390.129/kernel/nvidia-uvm.mod.o LD [M] /home/rgadsdon/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-390.129/kernel/nvidia-uvm.ko CC /home/rgadsdon/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-390.129/kernel/nvidia.mod.o LD [M] /home/rgadsdon/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-390.129/kernel/nvidia.ko make[1]: Leaving … Continue reading →
VMware 15.1.0 is out, and release notes are here: https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-Workstation-Pro/15/rn/VMware-Workstation-151-Pro-Release-Notes.html Sadly, vmmon/vmnet install still fails (tested with Kernel 5.1.2), but a fix is already available – thanks once again to Michal Kubeček – at: https://github.com/mkubecek/vmware-host-modules/tree/workstation-15.1.0 I have tested this, and VMware now runs OK, again.. Robert Gadsdon, May 15 2019. … Continue reading →
NVIDIA have released driver 418.56, and details are here: https://devtalk.nvidia.com/default/topic/1048767/announcements-and-news/-linux-solaris-and-freebsd-driver-418-56-long-lived-branch-release-/ This version has almost the same problems with Kernel 5.1-rc1 as 418.43, but the fix mentioned in the previous article still applies, after the fixes for ‘list_is_first‘ in ~/kernel/common/inc/nv-list-helpers.h and ~/kernel/nvidia-uvm/uvm8_range_tree.c have been removed, as these are no longer required, and would now cause the compile to … Continue reading →
I have done some more investigation into the NVIDIA compile failures with Kernel 5.1-rc1, and now have a – rather inelegant – solution. I found clues to some of the errors in a post relating to nouveau: https://lkml.org/lkml/2019/2/20/50 and the rest were due to content removed from /include/drm/drm_crtc_helper.h in Kernel 5.1-rc1: https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/v5.1-rc1/source/include/drm/drm_crtc_helper.h compared to: https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/v5.0.3/source/include/drm/drm_crtc_helper.h. I also … Continue reading →