Category Archives: Crash and Burn..

Kernel 3.19-rc1 – Breaks VMware and NVIDIA..

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Just installed Kernel 3.19-rc1 on the test system, and both VMware and NVIDIA fail to compile.. VMware (11.0) vmnet failed with: /tmp/modconfig-2fqpf2/vmnet-only/driver.c: In function ‘VNetFileOpUnlockedIoctl’: /tmp/modconfig-2fqpf2/vmnet-only/driver.c:1194:20: error: ‘struct file’ has no member named ‘f_dentry’ if (filp && filp->f_dentry) { ^ /tmp/modconfig-2fqpf2/vmnet-only/driver.c:1195:19: error: ‘struct file’ has no member named ‘f_dentry’ inode = filp->f_dentry->d_inode; ^ scripts/Makefile.build:257: recipe for target … Continue reading →

Kernel 3.18 – Another Lockup – Back to 3.16.7!

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Yet another ‘lockup’ – this time with 3.18..    So, as the problem also exists with 3.17.x, I have taken the unusual step of reverting to Kernel 3.16.7, for the time being! Some of the latest correspondence on the issue, here:  http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1412.1/03302.html Robert Gadsdon.   December 12, 2014. … Continue reading →

ARM – CuBox-i4 Pro to 3.18, and full Device Tree..

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Updated the CuBox-i4 Pro to Kernel 3.18, and now use the complete ‘device tree’ zImage and dtb boot method: The source can be found here:  https://github.com/jmontleon/fedora-20-cubox-i_hb/tree/3.18.0 – and the u-boot boot commands are: setenv bootargs “root=/dev/mmcblk0p3 rootfstype=ext4 rootwait console=ttymxc0,115200n8 console=tty1 video=mxcfb0:dev=hdmi,1920x1080M@60,if=RGB24,bpp=32” setenv bootcmd “load mmc 0:1 0x10800000 zImage; load mmc 0:1 0x18000000 imx6q-cubox-i.dtb; bootz 0x10800000 – 0x18000000” … Continue reading →

ARM – Odroid U3 and Kernel 3.18-rc7 – Still Unstable..

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I have managed to get Kernel 3.18-rc7 to boot on my Odroid U3, but it is still very unstable.. Fedora release 21 (Twenty One) Kernel 3.18.0-rc7 on an armv7l (ttySAC1) rgodroid login: $ uname -a Linux rgodroid 3.18.0-rc7 #3 SMP PREEMPT Wed Dec 3 18:41:29 EST 2014 armv7l armv7l armv7l GNU/Linux Sometimes the device will boot without … Continue reading →

Kernel 3.18-rc7 – Still No Lockup Fix..

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Just installed Kernel 3.17-rc7, and the usual ‘latest’ drivers – NVIDIA 340.58 and 346.16, and VMware 10.0.4 with the vmnet patch – compile and load OK.. $ uname -a Linux rg6830l 3.18.0-rc7 #1 SMP PREEMPT Mon Dec 1 13:52:29 PST 2014 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux Details of changes etc. are here:  http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1411.3/05016.html It seems that – despite … Continue reading →

Kernel 3.18 – and 3.17 – Beware of Lockups..

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A problem that still plagued the 3.18-rc series of kernel releases now seems to affect 3.17 as well.. I have had two complete system hangs with 3.17.3 and 3.17.4 on my main system in the last two weeks, and thought at first that these were caused by KDE and/or NVIDIA hangs, but then found that I could … Continue reading →

VMware 10.0.4 Released – Still Needs VMNET Patch…

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VMware have released VMware Workstation version 10.0.4, but it still doesn’t compile with Kernel 3.17 or later..    In fact, the only ‘fix’ appears to be for ‘memory problems with Windows 8.1 and Server 2012’, according to the release notes: https://www.vmware.com/support/ws10/doc/workstation-1004-release-notes.html It would appear that up-to-date compatibility is being kept for the next major release, which is due … Continue reading →

Kernel 3.18-r5 – Bigger than -rc4..

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Just installed Kernel 3.18-rc5 on the test system, and the latest NVIDIA drivers – 340.58 and 346.16 – and VMware 10.0.3 – with the vmnet patch – compile and load OK.. $ uname -a Linux rg6830l 3.18.0-rc5 #1 SMP PREEMPT Sun Nov 16 23:23:41 PST 2014 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux Details can be found here:   http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1411.2/00265.html Robert … Continue reading →

ARM – Odroid U3 with Kernel 3.18-rc4 – Better, but still Slow…

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Just installed the kernel.org version of kernel 3.18-rc4 on the Odroid U3, and this time it completed the boot, but still had a ‘tombstone’: …………… cam-power-domain: Power-on latency exceeded, new value 413333 ns cam-power-domain: Power-on latency exceeded, new value 564291 ns Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 00000010 pgd = ee328000 [00000010] *pgd=00000000 … Continue reading →

ARM – Odroid Kernel 3.17/3.18 USB Solution..

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I had been trying to get USB working with 3.17 and 3.18-rc kernels on my Odroid U3 for some time, and had been looking for fixes in the source code. It turned out that I was looking in the wrong place – and a clue to this was the lack of any mention of the problem on … Continue reading →