One of the shortcomings of the DragonBoard 410c was that it relied on the Android-phone-centric fastboot for any Kernel updates, but now there is a version of U-Boot available, thanks to Mateusz Kulikowski.. This is very much a work-in-progress, but I thought I would give it a try… I started with the version at https://github.com/hallor/u-boot/tree/dragonboard-2015.11.01, and made … Continue reading →
Updated to Kernel 4.3 ‘Final’ and the latest versions of VMware (12.0.1) and NVIDIA (tested with 352.55) install and load/run OK, without the need for any patches.. Brief details of changes from -rc7 are here: http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1511.0/00204.html $ uname -a Linux rglinux-i7 4.3.0 #1 SMP Sun Nov 1 17:27:46 PST 2015 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux Robert Gadsdon. November … Continue reading →
Thanks to info from zezaocapoeira, there is a patch – from efferre79 – for VMware vmmon to fix the compile problem with kernel 4.3.. https://github.com/efferre79/vmware/blob/master/app-emulation/vmware-modules/files/308-4.03-00-misc_deregister.patch I have tested the vmmon part of this with Workstation 12 and Kernel 4.3-rc5, and everything now compiles and loads/runs OK.. VMware vmci for Workstation 12 is now included with the standard … Continue reading →
Just updated to Kernel 4.2.2, and the long-standing NVIDIA GPL-only issue is finally fixed.. From the changelog: commit 4f7760e963db10618dd3617bcf6254d896094e37 Author: Tim Gardner <tim.gardner@canonical.com> Date: Tue Aug 4 11:26:04 2015 -0600 workqueue: Make flush_workqueue() available again to non GPL modules And I can confirm that NVIDIA 355.11 compiles OK, without any patches.. The complete changelog is here: https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.2.2 … Continue reading →
Just updated the Odroid U3 to (patched) Kernel 4.3-rc2, from here: https://github.com/tobiasjakobi/linux-odroid/tree/odroid-4.3.y Fedora 23 (Twenty Three) Kernel 4.3.0-rc2 on an armv7l (ttySAC1) …………….. ]# uname -a Linux rgodroid 4.3.0-rc2 #1 SMP Mon Sep 21 13:38:23 PDT 2015 armv7l armv7l armv7l GNU/Linux I had tried the ‘standard’ release of 4.3-rc2 from kernel.org, and this booted OK, but the … Continue reading →
Tried the ‘release candidate’ version of Kernel 4.2.1 (via patch, at https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/stable-review), and the GPL_only issue with NVIDIA drivers is still there… Exactly why we have to wait for Kernel 4.3 for this to be fixed is a mystery, as the simple one-line patch was proposed weeks ago, for 4.2-rc5.. Robert Gadsdon. September 19, 2015. … Continue reading →
I had been running Kernel 4.2 on my main system since it was released, but have been experiencing vague and inconsistent problems with sluggish applications, which sometimes hung for about half-a-second.. Nothing specific, and no apparent errors reported.. I reverted to Kernel 4.1.7, and everything seems to be back to normal.. I will try 4.2.1 as soon … Continue reading →
Just updated the Qualcomm DragonBoard 410c to Linaro/Qcom patched Kernel 4.2, from here: https://git.linaro.org/landing-teams/working/qualcomm/kernel.git/tree/refs/heads/integration-linux-qcomlt Using the saved kernel config from 4.2-rc5, the system booted OK (headless)..: Fedora release 23 (Twenty Three) Kernel 4.2.0 on an aarch64 (ttyMSM0) ……………. # uname -a Linux rg410c 4.2.0 #1 SMP PREEMPT Sun Sep 13 20:13:35 PDT 2015 aarch64 aarch64 aarch64 GNU/Linux … Continue reading →
Thanks to juston_li on the NVIDIA forums, there is now a patch to fix the compile error with Kernel 4.3-rc1. Details – and the patch – can be found here: https://devtalk.nvidia.com/default/topic/877365/linux/355-11-linux-4-3-rc1-build-error/ I have applied this, and the NVIDIA driver now compiles and installs OK (as the GPL_Only error was fixed in 4.3-rc1). Now to attempt to use … Continue reading →
Updated the test system to Kernel 4.3-rc1.. $ uname -a Linux rg6830l 4.3.0-rc1 #1 SMP Sat Sep 12 19:15:35 PDT 2015 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux Brief details of changes are here: http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1509.1/03200.html The NVIDIA gpl_only issue has been fixed in linux/kernel/workqueue.c, but the compile now fails even before that is reached: /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-355.11/kernel/nvidia/nv-procfs.c: In function ‘nv_procfs_read_registry’: /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-355.11/kernel/nvidia/nv-procfs.c:363:12: error: … Continue reading →