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 →
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 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 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 →