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Monthly Archives: December 2017

Kernel – 4.14.10 Still breaks NVIDIA!

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on December 29, 2017 by RGDecember 29, 2017

Just updated the test system to Kernel 4.14.10, and was ‘somewhat dismayed‘ – to put it politely – that the NVIDIA breakage introduced in 4.14.9 is still there! ………… /home/rgadsdon/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-384.98/kernel/nvidia-uvm/uvm8_va_block.c: In function ‘block_cpu_fault_locked’: /usr/src/linux-4.14.10/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h:826:39: error: implicit declaration of function ‘task_stack_page’; did you mean ‘task_stack_vm_area’? [-Werror=implicit-function-declaration] unsigned long __ptr = (unsigned long)task_stack_page(task); \ ^ /usr/src/linux-4.14.10/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h:900:26: note: in expansion … Continue reading →

Posted in Crash and Burn.., fix, Hacks, kernel, Linux, NVIDIA, Opinion, patches | Tagged 384.98, 4.14.9 patch still works, kernel 4.14.10, linux, nvidia, still breaks nvidia | 5 Replies

Kernel – 4.14.9 NVIDIA Saga – Simple Patch, or Wait for 4.14.10..?

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on December 27, 2017 by RGDecember 27, 2017

More on the Kernel 4.14.9 NVIDIA breakage..     Basically, code that should have only gone into 4.15-rc found its way into 4.14.9 – which is why the existing 4.15 NVIDIA patch fixed it..     Thanks to dinosaur_ on the NVIDIA forum, there is a simpler patch available:  https://devtalk.nvidia.com/default/topic/1028016/linux/patch-for-compiling-v384-98-modules-with-linux-v4-14-9-/ There is also a 4.14.10-rc1 patch which is supposed to revert … Continue reading →

Posted in compilation, fix, kernel, Linux, NVIDIA, Opinion, patches | Tagged kernel, kernel 4.14.9, linx, nvidia 384.98, simpler patch | Leave a reply

KERNEL – 4.14.9 Breaks NVIDIA – and a Fix..

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on December 27, 2017 by RGDecember 27, 2017

Just updated to Kernel 4.14.9, and normally this should not be anything to cause concern, but this time there has been a significant code change made, that has broken NVIDIA (384.98): ………………… /home/rgadsdon/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-384.98/kernel/nvidia-uvm/uvm8_va_block.c: In function ‘block_cpu_fault_locked’: /usr/src/linux-4.14.9/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h:826:39: error: implicit declaration of function ‘task_stack_page’; did you mean ‘task_stack_vm_area’? [-Werror=implicit-function-declaration] unsigned long __ptr = (unsigned long)task_stack_page(task); \ ^ /usr/src/linux-4.14.9/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h:900:26: … Continue reading →

Posted in compilation, Crash and Burn.., kernel, Linux, NVIDIA | Tagged 4.15 patch fix, compile fail, kernel, kernel 4.14.9, linux, nvidia 384.98 | Leave a reply

SCSI – Adding and Removing Disk, Without Reboot..

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on December 23, 2017 by RGDecember 23, 2017

Many aeons ago, I used to have SCSI disks on my ancient Linux systems, but the only SCSI device I attached nowadays was the LTO Tape drive, for full system backups, very occasionally..   Now, I have the HP RX2600 IA64 system, with nothing but U320 SCSI LVD disks, and needed to find a way of attaching one … Continue reading →

Posted in hardware, Linux, Opinion, SCSI | Tagged attach, detach, fedora, linux, lvd disk, no reboot, scsi | Leave a reply

VMware – 14.1.0 released – OK with Kernel 4.14, Still Broken with 4.15, and a Nasty Hack to Fix..

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on December 21, 2017 by RGDecember 21, 2017

Just updated to VMware Workstation 14.1.0, and release notes are here:  https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-Workstation-Pro/14.0.0/rn/workstation-141-release-notes.html This now works OK with Kernel 4.14 (tested with 4.14.8) but vmmon is still broken with Kernel 4.15 (tested with 4.15-rc4): ……………. /tmp/modconfig-04hK9s/vmmon-only/linux/hostif.c: In function ‘HostIF_InitUptime’: /tmp/modconfig-04hK9s/vmmon-only/linux/hostif.c:1770:4: error: implicit declaration of function ‘init_timer’; did you mean ‘init_timers’? [-Werror=implicit-function-declaration] init_timer(&uptimeState.timer); ^~~~~~~~~~ init_timers /tmp/modconfig-04hK9s/vmmon-only/linux/hostif.c:1771:31: error: assignment from … Continue reading →

Posted in compilation, Crash and Burn.., Hacks, kernel, Linux, Opinion, patches, VMware | Tagged broken with 4.15, driver.c, hostif.c, kernel, linux, nasty hack, ok with kernel 4.14, patches, vmmon, vmware 14.1.0 | 3 Replies

IA64 – Hardware Issues Resolved, and Potential ‘Modern’ Distro..

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on December 17, 2017 by RGDecember 17, 2017

Encountered some frustrating hardware conflicts when adding extra i/o cards to the RX2600, but eventually deduced that the ‘management board’ was causing these, and so disconnected it. I manage to find a low-cost Adaptec SATA board for PCIX, and also a PCIX-to-PCI-Express converter, which enabled me to add USB3 connectivity, which AFAIK was never available on a … Continue reading →

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ARM64 – Fedora 27, UEFI and Pi3..

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on December 12, 2017 by RGDecember 12, 2017

I decided – after some time – to do some more with the Raspberry Pi 3, and set it up as a small network print server.. As there was now an ‘official’ version of Fedora 27 for the Pi3, I decided to use this..   Details are here, and links to aarch64 images are near the bottom of … Continue reading →

Posted in aarch64, compilation, Fedora, Hacks, kernel, Linux, Linux / ARM, Opinion, Raspberry Pi, UEFI | Tagged aarch64, custom config, fedora 27, kernel, kernel 4.14.5, linux, pi3, uart console, uefi | Leave a reply

NVIDIA – Kernel 4.15-rc3 fixes GPL Problem..

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on December 10, 2017 by RGDecember 10, 2017

Just updated the test system to Kernel 4.15-rc3, and the GPL issue for NVIDIA drivers has been fixed, as mentioned – vaguely – in the brief details here:  http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1712.1/01379.html. NVIDIA driver 384.98, with the first 4.15 patch (see http://rglinuxtech.com/?p=2134 ), now compiles and loads OK: …….. Building modules, stage 2. MODPOST 4 modules CC /home/rgadsdon/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-384.98-415/kernel/nvidia-drm.mod.o LD [M] … Continue reading →

Posted in kernel, Linux, NVIDIA, Opinion, patches | Tagged gpl issue fixed, kernel, kernel 4.15-rc3, linux, nvidia 384.98, patch | Leave a reply

NVIDIA – Kernel 4.15-rc3 fixes GPL Problem..

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on December 10, 2017 by RGDecember 10, 2017

Just updated the test system to Kernel 4.15-rc3, and the GPL issue for NVIDIA drivers has been fixed, as mentioned – vaguely – in the brief details here:  http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1712.1/01379.html. NVIDIA driver 384.98, with the first 4.15 patch (see http://rglinuxtech.com/?p=2134 ), now compiles and loads OK: …….. Building modules, stage 2. MODPOST 4 modules CC /home/rgadsdon/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-384.98-415/kernel/nvidia-drm.mod.o LD [M] … Continue reading →

Posted in kernel, Linux, NVIDIA, Opinion, patches | Tagged gpl issue fixed, kernel, kernel 4.15-rc3, linux, nvidia 384.98, patch | Leave a reply

IA64 – Update to Kernel 4.15-rc1..

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on December 1, 2017 by RGDecember 1, 2017

Just updated the Itanium2 system (RX2600/ZX9000 hybrid) to kernel 4.15-rc1, but encountered a problem with the NFSv4 code.    Recent changes have exposed problems with ‘older’ compilers, and the system currently has GCC 4.3 (on Fedora 9/IA64): ………………….. CALL scripts/checksyscalls.sh <stdin>:1185:2: warning: #warning syscall perf_event_open not implemented <stdin>:1239:2: warning: #warning syscall seccomp not implemented <stdin>:1317:2: warning: #warning syscall … Continue reading →

Posted in Fedora, fix, IA64, Itanium, kernel, Linux | Tagged gcc 4.3, ia64, itanium2, kernel, kernel 4.15-rc1, kernel code compile issue, linux, workaround | Leave a reply
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