Installed Kernel 3.15-rc6 on the test system, and VMware 10.0.2, and NVIDIA (337.19 and 331.79) all compile and load OK.. Brief details are here: http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1405.2/03755.html $ uname -a Linux rg6830l 3.15.0-rc6 #1 SMP PREEMPT Thu May 22 12:05:07 BST 2014 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux There will be – at least – one more -rc release, and possibly … Continue reading →
Just installed Kernel 3.15-rc5 on the test system, and the latest VMware (10.0.2) and NVIDIA (337.19) drivers install and run OK.. $ uname -a Linux rglinux 3.15.0-rc5 #1 SMP PREEMPT Fri May 9 22:58:39 BST 2014 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux Summary of changes is here: http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1405.1/01308.html This has been released earlier than originally planned, as Linus is … Continue reading →
Just updated to Kernel 3.14.3, and – as before – there is no problem with the latest VMware (10.0.2) and NVIDIA (337.19) drivers.. The changes are detailed here: https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.14.3 Quite a long list, and the update is certainly worth it, this time! Robert Gadsdon. May 7, 2014 … Continue reading →
NVIDIA have just released a new version of their beta driver – 337.19 – and the release notes can be found on the driver download page, at http://www.geforce.com/drivers/results/75340 (this is for the x86_64 version..) The driver compiles and loads OK, with the latest Linux kernels (3.14.2 and 3.15-rc4) Robert Gadsdon. May 6, 2014 … Continue reading →
Updated to Kernel 3.15-rc4 on my test system, and the latest VMware (10.0.2) and NVIDIA (337.12) still compile and run OK.. Brief details are here: http://lkml.iu.edu//hypermail/linux/kernel/1405.0/01774.html You will have to select the kernel.org versions of VMware modules, as the original VMware-supplied ones will not work.. See my original article at http://rglinuxtech.com/?p=1090 $ uname -a Linux rglinux 3.15.0-rc4 … Continue reading →
After further testing, I found that the hgfs ‘shared folders’ function in VMware 10.0.2, which worked fine for Kernel 3.14, did not work for Kernel 3.15… I tried to find a patch, and eventually created a (fairly unsophisticated!) one for myself, and have tested it with VMware 10.0.2 (Linux ‘host’) and Linux Kernel 3.14.1 and 3.15-rc2 ‘guests’. … Continue reading →
Just installed Kernel 3.15-rc2 on the test system, and the same comments apply as for -rc1: (http://rglinuxtech.com/?p=1098) $ uname -a Linux rglinux 3.15.0-rc2 #1 SMP PREEMPT Sun Apr 20 22:11:36 BST 2014 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux The changes are – briefly – outlined here: http://lkml.iu.edu//hypermail/linux/kernel/1404.2/02536.html Robert Gadsdon.. April 20, 2014. … Continue reading →
Updated the Raspberry Pi to Kernel 3.14.1, from the source at GitHub: # git clone -b rpi-3.14.y –single-branch https://github.com/raspberrypi/linux Pidora release 2014 (Raspberry Pi Fedora Remix) Kernel 3.14.1+ on an armv6l (ttyAMA0) ………… # uname -a Linux rgpi 3.14.1+ #1 PREEMPT Wed Apr 16 09:57:40 BST 2014 armv6l armv6l armv6l GNU/Linux And… updated the DreamPlug to 3.15-rc1, … Continue reading →
Just install Kernel 3.15-rc1 on the test system, and VMware 10.0.1 (with the vmnet patch, if you need it) and the latest NVIDIA driver – 337.12 – compile and load and run OK… $ uname -a Linux rg6830l 3.15.0-rc1 #1 SMP PREEMPT Mon Apr 14 09:20:22 BST 2014 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux One slight quirk that I … Continue reading →
Just installed the latest NVIDIA driver – 337.12 – and it does compile, and run, OK with Kernel 3.14, without the need for any patches.. Robert Gadsdon. April 11, 2014. … Continue reading →