Kernel 3.11-rc7 was recently released, exactly 22 years after the very first version of Linux.. Unusually, the release message from Linus was not on the Linux Kernel Mailing List (LKML) but on Google+ https://plus.google.com/+Linux/posts/f96weYxzEu1 As with previous -rc’s, the patched VMware 9.02 and NVIDIA 325.15 drivers compile OK.. (See earlier posts for links to the various patches..) … Continue reading →
Kernel 3.10.8 was released, followed very quickly by 3.10.9, which fixes some ‘networking issues’.. So, I went from 3.10.7 to 3.10.9, as this is recommended for ‘anyone who uses networking’ – in other words, just about everyone! The latest NVIDIA driver – 325.15 – compiles and runs OK, as expected, and the patched VMware 9.02 works correctly.. … Continue reading →
Hot on the heels of 3.10.6 comes 3.10.7, which includes some fixes for USB, and Radeon, and EXT4.. $ uname -a Linux rglinux 3.10.7 #1 SMP PREEMPT Thu Aug 15 11:24:19 BST 2013 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux Full details here: https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.10.7 No problems with patched VMware 9.02, and the NVIDIA 325.15 driver.. Robert Gadsdon. August 15, 2013 … Continue reading →
The recent kernel 3.10.6 includes a – potential – performance improvement, by reverting some old (circa 3.8) patches, after research and testing by kernel contributors at Intel, and RedHat.. More details in the changelog, at: https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.10.6 3.11-rc5 is also out, and works fine with the patched versions of VMware 9.0.2, and NVIDIA 325.15. Incidentally, the NVIDIA patch … Continue reading →
There is a patch for NVIDIA driver 325.15 kernel 3.11 support, in the pastebin link in this thread, thanks to Milos_SD: https://devtalk.nvidia.com/default/topic/549532/linux/linux-3-10-solved-3-11-solved-incompatibility-in-function-lsquo-nv_i2c_del_adapter-rsquo-error/2/ Now compiles cleanly, on kernel 3.11-rc4.. Robert Gadsdon. August 6, 2013. … Continue reading →
Just installed the latest NVIDIA driver – 325.15 – and it compiles cleanly with 3.10 kernels, but fails with 3.11-rc..: /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-325.15/kernel/os-interface.c: In function ‘os_get_system_memory_size’: /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-325.15/kernel/os-interface.c:244:21: error: ‘num_physpages’ undeclared (first use in this function) return (((NvU64)NV_NUM_PHYSPAGES * PAGE_SIZE) / RM_PAGE_SIZE); ^ /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-325.15/kernel/os-interface.c:244:21: note: each undeclared identifier is reported only once for each function it appears in /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-325.15/kernel/os-interface.c:245:1: warning: … Continue reading →