Monthly Archives: October 2020

Kernel – 5.10-rc1 Out – Fix for NVIDIA, Problem with VMware..

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Kernel 5.10-rc1 is finally released, and brief details are here:  http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/2010.3/00552.html Thanks to Joan Bruguera, there is a work-in-progress fix for NVIDIA 455.28, here:  https://gist.github.com/joanbm/beaccedd729589df98332d70a1754e9a (and thanks to Willy Frissen for the notification..) ld -r -o /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-455.28/kernel/nvidia-modeset/nv-modeset-interface.o /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-455.28/kernel/nvidia-modeset/nvidia-modeset-linux.o /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-455.28/kernel/nvidia-modeset/nv-kthread-q.o MODPOST /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-455.28/kernel/Module.symvers CC [M] /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-455.28/kernel/nvidia-drm.mod.o LD [M] /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-455.28/kernel/nvidia-drm.ko CC [M] /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-455.28/kernel/nvidia-modeset.mod.o LD [M] /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-455.28/kernel/nvidia-modeset.ko CC [M] /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-455.28/kernel/nvidia-uvm.mod.o LD … Continue reading →

Kernel – 5.10-rc1 Pre-Testing.. NVIDIA fails, Patched VMware OK..

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As 5.10-rc1 should be out on Sunday, I did a quick compile test of the interim code available now (October 20th).. NVIDIA 455.28 compile fails: CC [M] /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-455.28/kernel/nvidia/nv-acpi.o CC [M] /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-455.28/kernel/nvidia/nv-cray.o CC [M] /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-455.28/kernel/nvidia/nv-dma.o /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-455.28/kernel/nvidia/nv-dma.c: In function ‘nv_dma_is_map_resource_implemented’: /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-455.28/kernel/nvidia/nv-dma.c:631:37: error: implicit declaration of function ‘get_dma_ops’ [-Werror=implicit-function-declaration] 631 | const struct dma_map_ops *ops = get_dma_ops(dma_dev->dev); | ^~~~~~~~~~~ /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-455.28/kernel/nvidia/nv-dma.c:631:37: … Continue reading →

NVIDIA – An Acceptable ‘Taint’ Workaround for Kernel 5.9..

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Thanks to mbod, there is a simple kernel patch to restore the Kernel 5.8 ‘inherited taint’ behaviour to Kernel 5.9, and the detail is in this thread:  https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/opencl-not-working-with-kernel-5-9/156941/6 I have applied this to Kernel 5.9.0, and NVIDIA driver 455.28 now installs and loads/runs OK.    Until a proper fix is available, this will – of course – need … Continue reading →

Kernel – 5.9 Final – NVIDIA Still ‘Tainted’..

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Kernel 5.9 has finally been released, and brief details are here:  http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/2010.1/02900.html The latest NVIDIA drivers still fail to install completely, with nvidia-uvm ‘tainted’: [ 710.097439] NVRM: loading NVIDIA UNIX x86_64 Kernel Module 455.28 Wed Sep 30 01:05:16 UTC 2020 [ 710.099400] nvidia_uvm: module uses symbols from proprietary module nvidia, inheriting taint. [ 710.099488] nvidia_uvm: Unknown symbol … Continue reading →