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Monthly Archives: April 2018

VMware – Patch, If You Need Better ‘Meltdown/Spectre’ Protection..

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on April 30, 2018 by RGMay 2, 2018

Thanks – again – to Michal Kubeček, who  has pointed out that there is still a vulnerability in some VMware (vmmon) code, that is not mitigated by Kernel/Compiler retpoline fixes, as it is written in assembler..   ( See comment on previous article – http://rglinuxtech.com/?p=2277 ) He has provided an appropriate fix for this, at https://github.com/mkubecek/vmware-host-modules/tree/player-14.1.1 Robert Gadsdon.   … Continue reading →

Posted in Linux, patches, retpoline, VMware | Tagged assembler code, fix available, kernel, linux, meltdown, spectre, still vulnerable, vmmon, vmware | Leave a reply

Kernel – 4.17-rc3 Released – Still OK with Latest NVIDIA and VMware..

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on April 29, 2018 by RGApril 29, 2018

Kernel 4.17-rc3 is out, and brief details of changes from -rc2 are here:  http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1804.3/05507.html Tested with NVIDIA 396.18 and VMware 14.1.1 (vmmon and vmnet), and all still compile OK.. Robert Gadsdon.   April 29, 2018. … Continue reading →

Posted in compilation, kernel, Linux, NVIDIA, VMware | Tagged compile ok, kernel, kernel 4.17-rc3, latest, linux, nvidia 396.18, released, vmware 14.1.1 | 2 Replies

IA64 – Updated to 4.17-rc1..

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on April 16, 2018 by RGApril 16, 2018

Updated the IA64 system (HP RX2600) to 4.17-rc1, and the compile and install/boot was without incident..    The python-related warning with 4.16 was no longer present.. (see http://rglinuxtech.com/?p=2222 ). …………… [ OK ] Started Getty on tty1. [ OK ] Reached target Login Prompts. [ OK ] Started Login Service. [ OK ] Reached target Multi-User System. [ … Continue reading →

Posted in Gentoo, IA64, Itanium, kernel, Linux | Tagged boot success, conpile ok, hp rx2600, ia64, itanium, kernel 4.17-rc1, linux | Leave a reply

Kernel – 4.17-rc1 Out – OK with Latest NVIDIA and VMware..

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on April 15, 2018 by RGApril 15, 2018

Kernel 4.17-rc1 has been released, and brief details are here:  http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1804.1/06654.html With the latest code-on-git milestone reached, there is speculation that a version bump to 5.x might be a possibility – but not just yet! The latest NVIDIA driver (396.18) and VMware (14.1.1 – vmmon and vmnet) all compile OK.. Robert Gadsdon.   April 15, 2018 … Continue reading →

Posted in kernel, Linux, NVIDIA, VMware | Tagged 4.17-rc1, kernel, linux, nvidia 396.18, ok, vmware 14.1.1 | Leave a reply

Kernel – 4.17-rc1 Out – OK with Latest NVIDIA and VMware..

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on April 15, 2018 by RGApril 15, 2018

Kernel 4.17-rc1 has been released, and brief details are here:  http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1804.1/06654.html With the latest code-on-git milestone reached, there is speculation that a version bump to 5.x might be a possibility – but not just yet! The latest NVIDIA driver (396.18) and VMware (14.1.1 – vmmon and vmnet) all compile OK.. Robert Gadsdon.   April 15, 2018 … Continue reading →

Posted in kernel, Linux, NVIDIA, VMware | Tagged 4.17-rc1, kernel, linux, nvidia 396.18, ok, vmware 14.1.1 | Leave a reply

NVIDIA – Finally, a 4.16-Compatible Driver..

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on April 10, 2018 by RGApril 10, 2018

NVIDIA has released beta driver 396.18, and – at last – this is compatible with Kernel 4.16 (tested with 4.16.1). Details are here:  http://www.nvidia.com/Download/driverResults.aspx/133571/en-us     The ‘Release Highlights’ do not even mention kernel support.. …………………… Building modules, stage 2. MODPOST 4 modules CC /home/rgadsdon/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-396.18/kernel/nvidia-drm.mod.o LD [M] /home/rgadsdon/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-396.18/kernel/nvidia-drm.ko CC /home/rgadsdon/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-396.18/kernel/nvidia-modeset.mod.o LD [M] /home/rgadsdon/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-396.18/kernel/nvidia-modeset.ko CC /home/rgadsdon/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-396.18/kernel/nvidia-uvm.mod.o LD [M] /home/rgadsdon/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-396.18/kernel/nvidia-uvm.ko CC … Continue reading →

Posted in kernel, Linux, NVIDIA | Tagged 396.18, linux, new driver, nvidia, ok with kernel 4.16 | 1 Reply

Kernel – Interim Changes for 4.17 – OK So Far..

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on April 8, 2018 by RGApril 8, 2018

Testing the changes submitted to date for Kernel 4.17-rc1, which is – of course – not due out just yet..   Kernel version obtained from https://github.com/torvalds/linux today – April 8. Latest VMware – 14.1.1 – vmnet/vmmon compile OK, and so does the latest NVIDIA – 390.48, with the 4.16 patch.. More changes to come, but all is good … Continue reading →

Posted in Hacks, kernel, Linux, NVIDIA, Opinion, VMware | Tagged april 8, changes for 4.17-rc1, git, kernel, linux, more changes to come, patched nvidia ok, vmware ok | Leave a reply

Kernel – 4.16 Released – OK with Latest VMware, and (patched) NVIDIA..

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on April 1, 2018 by RGApril 1, 2018

Kernel version 4.16 is out, and brief details of changes since -rc7 are here:  http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1804.0/00174.html $ uname -a Linux rglx 4.16.0 #1 SMP Sun Apr 1 15:20:00 PDT 2018 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux This release is OK with VMware 14.1.1, and with NVIDIA 384.130/390.48 with the swiotlb-removing patch.. ( see http://rglinuxtech.com/?p=2227 ). Hopefully NVIDIA will get round … Continue reading →

Posted in kernel, Linux, NVIDIA, Opinion, patches, Performance, VMware | Tagged 384.130, 390.48, kernel 4.16 released, nvidia needs patch.., ok with vmware 14.1.1, swiotlb | Leave a reply
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