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NVIDIA – New Vulkan Driver – Still Needs Patching for Kernel 5.6.

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NVIDIA have released the latest Vulkan beta driver 440.66.02, and details are here:  https://developer.nvidia.com/vulkan-driver The kernel-related code seems to be unchanged from 440.64, and the Kernel 5.6 patch for that version still applies, and can be found here: https://gitlab.com/snippets/1945940 The driver then compiles OK: …………….. ld -r -o /home/rgadsdon/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-440.66.02-custom/kernel/nvidia-modeset/nv-modeset-interface.o /home/rgadsdon/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-440.66.02-custom/kernel/nvidia-modeset/nvidia-modeset-linux.o /home/rgadsdon/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-440.66.02-custom/kernel/nvidia-modeset/nv-kthread-q.o MODPOST 4 modules CC [M] /home/rgadsdon/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-440.66.02-custom/kernel/nvidia-drm.mod.o … Continue reading →

VMware – Updated Patches for 15.5.2.

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There are now updated patches available for VMware Workstation 15.5.2, at https://github.com/mkubecek/vmware-host-modules/tree/workstation-15.5.2 I have applied these, and VMware 15.5.2 vmmon/vmnet now compile cleanly again, with Kernels 5.5.9 and 5.6.0-rc5. Robert Gadsdon.   March 14th 2020. … Continue reading →

VMware – Workstation Update 15.5.2 – Compiles with Warnings, with Kernel 5.5 and 5.6-rc.

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VMware have released Workstation 15.5.2, and details are here: https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-Workstation-Pro/15.5/rn/VMware-Workstation-1552-Pro-Release-Notes.html This compiles with Kernels 5.5.9 and 5.6-rc6, but with many ‘warnings’… Kernel 5.5.9 (GCC 9) examples: vmmon: ………………………. /tmp/modconfig-rt8PSu/vmmon-only/common/memtrack.o: warning: objtool: .text.__x86_indirect_thunk_rbx+0x0: unsupported intra-function call /tmp/modconfig-rt8PSu/vmmon-only/common/memtrack.o: warning: objtool: If this is a retpoline, please patch it in with alternatives and annotate it with ANNOTATE_NOSPEC_ALTERNATIVE. /tmp/modconfig-rt8PSu/vmmon-only/common/phystrack.o: warning: objtool: … Continue reading →

NVIDIA – Updated 440.59 Patch for 5.6-rc3

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There is an updated patch for NVIDIA 440-59 with Kernel 5.3, which includes the Y2038 fixes, at https://gitlab.com/snippets/1937313 This compiles with GCC10 now, and I have briefly tested it on my Fedora32 system, with KDE/Plasma and VMware, and it seems to be working OK. Robert Gadsdon.   February 25th 2020. … Continue reading →

NVIDIA – Extra 440.59 Patch for 5.6-rc3 – With a Gotcha..

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Thanks to Isaak I. Aleksandrov, there is now an additional patch for NVIDIA driver 440.59 to accommodate the Y2038 changes in Kernel 5.6-rc3.   This should be applied after the original 5.6-rc1 patch ( https://gitlab.com/snippets/1937313 ), and can be found here:  https://gitlab.com/snippets/1944237 I have tested this, and it compiles OK with GCC9 (current distros) but fails with GCC10 … Continue reading →

GCC – Fun with GCC 10, and the Kernel, NVIDIA, VMware..

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I have updated some test systems (x86_64 and aarch64) to pre-beta Fedora 32, which now includes GCC 10: $ gcc –version gcc (GCC) 10.0.1 20200216 (Red Hat 10.0.1-0.8) There have been a couple of problems with kernel compilation, but in each case there was already a patch/workaround available.. https://www.spinics.net/linux/fedora/fedora-arm/msg13193.html and https://lkml.org/lkml/2020/1/29/494 The most serious problem was a … Continue reading →

Kernel – Pre-Release Tests for 5.6-rc1 ..

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Kernel 5.6-rc1 should be out on Sunday, February 9th, but I noticed that early-version-test patches are already available for VMware 15.5.1, here:  https://github.com/mkubecek/vmware-host-modules/tree/tmp/workstation-15.5.1-k5.6 These patches gave clues to what might affect NVIDIA as well, and I managed to get a GIT version of 5.6-rc1-pre (dated February 5th) to compile OK, and was able to use this.   Of … Continue reading →

NVIDIA – Beta Driver 440.48.02 – Compiles OK with Kernel 5.5..

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NVIDIA have a Beta driver available, and this compiles OK with kernel 5.5.   Available from link here:  https://developer.nvidia.com/vulkan-driver I have installed this and – interestingly – it still gives a ‘tombstone’ at # startx, but appears to run OK despite that ?: [60044.039448] ————[ cut here ]———— [60044.043355] refcount_t: underflow; use-after-free. [60044.047445] WARNING: CPU: 1 PID: 45401 … Continue reading →

Ethernet – If you Can’t Wait for 5.4.14, an Unofficial e1000e Patch for 5.4.13..

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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 →

NVIDIA – Another Kernel 5.5 Patch

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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 →