↓
 

Adventures With Linux ™

Linux Technologies and Fun Times..

  • Home
  • About the Author…
  • Copyright and Trademarks..

Monthly Archives: January 2019

NVIDIA – New Driver 418.30 – OK with Kernel 5.0..

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on January 30, 2019 by RGJanuary 30, 2019

NVIDIA has released driver 418.30, and details are here:  https://www.nvidia.com/Download/driverResults.aspx/142166/en-us Although there is no mention of it in the ‘release notes’, this compiles/loads OK with Kernel 5.0  (tested with 5.0-rc4): …………………….. ld -r -o /home/rgadsdon/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-418.30/kernel/nvidia-modeset/nv-modeset-interface.o /home/rgadsdon/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-418.30/kernel/nvidia-modeset/nvidia-modeset-linux.o Building modules, stage 2. MODPOST 4 modules CC /home/rgadsdon/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-418.30/kernel/nvidia-drm.mod.o LD [M] /home/rgadsdon/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-418.30/kernel/nvidia-drm.ko CC /home/rgadsdon/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-418.30/kernel/nvidia-modeset.mod.o LD [M] /home/rgadsdon/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-418.30/kernel/nvidia-modeset.ko CC /home/rgadsdon/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-418.30/kernel/nvidia-uvm.mod.o LD [M] … Continue reading →

Posted in kernel, Linux, NVIDIA, Opinion, Performance | Tagged compile ok, kernel 5.0-rc4, nvidia 418.30, success | 2 Replies

NVIDIA – Fix for Kernel 5.0..

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on January 21, 2019 by RGJanuary 21, 2019

Thanks to Isaak I. Aleksandrov, there is a fix available for the latest NVIDIA driver and Kernel 5.0. See comment under previous article for details, and link to patch: http://rglinuxtech.com/?p=2476 I have applied the patch to driver 415.27, and it now compiles OK, with Kernel 5.0-rc3: ……………………….. 86_64-415.27-50/kernel/nvidia/nv-memdbg.o /home/rgadsdon/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-415.27-50/kernel/nvidia/nv-ibmnpu.o /home/rgadsdon/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-415.27-50/kernel/nvidia/nv-report-err.o /home/rgadsdon/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-415.27-50/kernel/nvidia/nv-rsync.o /home/rgadsdon/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-415.27-50/kernel/nvidia/nv-msi.o /home/rgadsdon/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-415.27-50/kernel/nvidia/nv_uvm_interface.o /home/rgadsdon/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-415.27-50/kernel/nvidia/nvlink_linux.o /home/rgadsdon/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-415.27-50/kernel/nvidia/linux_nvswitch.o ld -r … Continue reading →

Posted in Fedora, kernel, Linux, NVIDIA, Opinion, patches | Tagged kernel 5.0-rc3, nvidia 415.27, patch available, success | 1 Reply

ADMIN – Normal Service Will Be Resumed…?

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on January 19, 2019 by RGJanuary 19, 2019

Apologies for the non-availability of the site, due to unsubtle hack attempts.. Hopefully all is now OK, (until the next time…) RG.   January 20, 2019 … Continue reading →

Posted in Linux | 1 Reply

VMware – Patches Available, for Kernel 5.0-rc1.

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on January 7, 2019 by RGJanuary 7, 2019

Thanks – again – to Michal Kubeček, there are now patches available for VMware with Kernel 5.0-rc1, here:  https://github.com/mkubecek/vmware-host-modules . There are patched vmmon and vmnet versions available for the latest 12.x, 14.x and 15.x releases, so for 15.0.2, do: # git clone -b workstation-15.0.2 https://github.com/mkubecek/vmware-host-modules.git I have applied these, and can confirm that VMware 15.0.2 now … Continue reading →

Posted in kernel, Linux, patches, VMware | Tagged 15.0.2, kernel 5.0-rc1, patches, vmware, working | 3 Replies

Kernel – 5.0-rc1 Released – Breaks NVIDIA and VMware..

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on January 6, 2019 by RGJanuary 6, 2019

Kernel 5.0-rc1 is out, and brief details are here:  http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1901.0/02536.html Compiling NVIDIA 410.93 fails: …………………….. CC [M] /home/rgadsdon/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-410.93/kernel/nvidia/os-interface.o /home/rgadsdon/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-410.93/kernel/nvidia/os-interface.c: In function ‘os_get_current_time’: /home/rgadsdon/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-410.93/kernel/nvidia/os-interface.c:434:5: error: implicit declaration of function ‘do_gettimeofday’; did you mean ‘efi_gettimeofday’? [-Werror=implicit-function-declaration] do_gettimeofday(&tm); ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ efi_gettimeofday cc1: some warnings being treated as errors make[3]: *** [/usr/src/linux-5.0-rc1/scripts/Makefile.build:277: /home/rgadsdon/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-410.93/kernel/nvidia/os-interface.o] Error 1 make[2]: *** [/usr/src/linux-5.0-rc1/Makefile:1553: _module_/home/rgadsdon/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-410.93/kernel] Error 2 make[2]: … Continue reading →

Posted in compilation, kernel, Linux, NVIDIA, Opinion, VMware | Tagged compile, kernel 5.0-rc1, linux, nvidia 410.93 fails, vmware 15.0.2 fails | 5 Replies

Kernel – 5.0 For the New Year?

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on January 6, 2019 by RGJanuary 6, 2019

Speculation, but there are some signs in submissions for the next major Kernel release..    Kernel 4.21 may actually be Kernel 5.0? Robert Gadsdon.  January 7, 2019.   … Continue reading →

Posted in kernel, Linux, Opinion | Tagged clues in code, kernel 4.21 may be kernel 5.0, speculation, unconfirmed | Leave a reply
Original content © Robert Gadsdon 2013
↑