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Monthly Archives: November 2020

VMware – 16.1.0 Released – New Patch Fixes Kernel 5.10 Problem.

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on November 20, 2020 by RGNovember 20, 2020

VMware Workstation 16.1.0 has been released, and details are here:  https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-Workstation-Pro/16.1.0/rn/VMware-Workstation-1610-Pro-Release-Notes.html The latest vmmon/vmnet patch for 16.1.0 fixes the runtime VM fail with Kernel 5.10 (tested with 5.10-rc4) and can be found here:  https://github.com/mkubecek/vmware-host-modules/tree/workstation-16.1.0 Robert Gadsdon..  November 20th 2020. … Continue reading →

Posted in kernel, Linux, Opinion, VMware | Tagged new patch fixes 5.10 vm fail, vmware 16.1.0 released | Leave a reply

NVIDIA – ‘Taint’ Finally Fixed, and OK with Kernel 5.10..

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on November 17, 2020 by RGNovember 17, 2020

NVIDIA have just released driver 455.45.01, and brief details are here:  https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/linux-solaris-and-freebsd-driver-455-45-01-short-lived-branch-release/159759 This finally fixes the Kernel ‘taint’ issue, and also compiles and loads/runs OK with Kernel 5.10 (tested with 5.10-rc4) Robert Gadsdon.   November 17th 2020 … Continue reading →

Posted in Linux, NVIDIA | Tagged 455.45.01, new driver, ok with kernel 5.10, taint fixed | 1 Reply

Kernel – 5.10-rc3 – VMware Still Fails, NVIDIA Still ‘Tainted’..

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on November 8, 2020 by RGNovember 8, 2020

Kernel 5.10-rc3 is out, and details of recent changes are here: http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/2011.1/00301.html VMware 16 – patched – still compiles and loads OK, but runtime VM start fails: “VMware Workstation unrecoverable error: (vcpu-0) vcpu-0:ASSERT vmcore/lock/vmm/semaphore.c:93 A log file is available………… ” console: ………………….. [ 753.491367] /dev/vmmon[17591]: PTSC: initialized at 3492067000 Hz using TSC, TSCs are synchronized. [ 756.351107] … Continue reading →

Posted in kernel, Linux, NVIDIA, Opinion, patches, VMware | Tagged kernel 5.10-rc3 released, nvidia fix mid-november, nvidia taint still present, vmware 16 vm load fails | 2 Replies
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