Just updated the Odroid C2 to Kernel 4.10-rc4, but the Ethernet hang problem still persists.. Applied the dts Ethernet TX patch (see http://rglinuxtech.com/?p=1872 ) , and it works OK now.. There seems to be a bit of a backlog of Meson/GXBB patches, and I read that the Ethernet TX fix was supposed to be merged with -rc4, … Continue reading →
Kernel 4.10-rc3 is out, and brief details of changes since -rc2 are here: http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1701.1/00183.html Tested patched VMware (12.5.2) and patched NVIDIA (375.26) and both compile OK.. Same results as with -rc2.. Robert Gadsdon. January 8, 2017. … Continue reading →
Thanks to Tomas Pruzina, there is a patch for NVIDIA driver 375.26 with 4.10-rc kernels. Details, and the link, are here: https://devtalk.nvidia.com/default/topic/981993/linux/-patches-included-4-10-kernel-staging-/ Easiest way to get the patch is to select ‘Raw’ and just cut/paste the text.. I have tested this on kernel 4.10-rc2, and it compiles successfully (with a few warnings): ………………………….. /home/rgadsdon/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-375.26.patched/kernel/nvidia-uvm/uvm8.c: In function ‘uvm_vm_fault_sigbus’: … Continue reading →
Kernel 4.10-rc2 has been released, and it has a very small number of changes from -rc1: http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1701.0/00069.html I suspect that the major reason for this release is to fix the embarrassing compile fail with ARM64/aarch64, and it does compile OK now (tested on the Odroid C2).. Robert Gadsdon. January 2, 2017. … Continue reading →
There is now an ‘official’ fix for the 4.10-rc1 compile failure with ARM64/aarch64, from Al Viro, and the patch itself is available here: https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs.git/commit/?h=arm64-fix&id=b4b8664d291ac1998e0f0bcdc96b6397f0fe68b3 I have applied this to kernel 4.10-rc1 on the Odroid C2, and the kernel compiles successfully.. Robert Gadsdon. December 27, 2016. … Continue reading →
Tried compiling Kernel 4.10-rc1 for aarch64, and got – literally – hundreds of errors: …… ./include/linux/sched.h:3299: Error: unknown mnemonic `return’ — `return test_ti_thread_flag(task_thread_info(tsk),flag)’ ./include/linux/sched.h:3300: Error: junk at end of line, first unrecognized character is `}’ ./include/linux/sched.h:3302: Error: unknown mnemonic `static’ — `static inline void set_tsk_need_resched(struct task_struct*tsk)’ ./include/linux/sched.h:3303: Error: junk at end of line, first unrecognized character is … Continue reading →
I had been trying to apply the latest round of Meson TX delay patches to the latest linux-next tree, but found that there seems to be a conflict with some of these.. The December 1 patched kernel now has some problems on my C2 with Ethernet traffic, so – for the time being – I have reverted … Continue reading →
Updated the test system to Kernel 4.9-rc3, and the patch for NVIDIA mentioned in my article for -rc2 still works OK.. I Compiled 370.28 and 375.10 successfully.. As I could not find any patches for VMware – and the latest version 12.5.1 still fails to compile, I created a nasty hack myself.. Warning – This is not … Continue reading →
Updated the test system to Kernel 4.9-rc2, and both VMware (12.5.0) and NVIDIA (370.28 and 375.10) failed to compile.. Fedora 25 (Workstation Edition) Kernel 4.9.0-rc2 on an x86_64 (ttyS0) ………….. # uname -a Linux rgtest 4.9.0-rc2 #1 SMP Sun Oct 23 20:33:10 PDT 2016 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux NVIDIA compile fail: ………….. /home/rgadsdon/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-370.28/kernel/nvidia/os-mlock.c:120:55: error: passing argument 5 … Continue reading →
Updated the Intel ‘Cherry Trail’ UP Board to Kernel 4.8.2: Fedora 25 (Workstation Edition) Kernel 4.8.2-up on an x86_64 (ttyS0) …… [root@rgup ~]# uname -a Linux rgup 4.8.2-up #1 SMP Sat Oct 15 13:16:45 PDT 2016 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux ……… [root@rgup ~]# ll /dev/snd total 0 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 60 Oct 15 13:23 by-path crw-rw—- … Continue reading →