Monthly Archives: April 2022

NVIDIA – New Driver Release – OK with Kernel 5.18..

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NVIDIA have just released driver version 510.68.02, and the (very brief..) details are here:   https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/linux-solaris-and-freebsd-driver-510-68-02-production-branch-release/212651 Although there is no mention in the notes, this version compiles/runs OK with Kernel 5.18 (tested with 5.18-rc4): …………………….. ld -r -o /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-510.68.02/kernel/nvidia-modeset/nv-modeset-interface .o /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-510.68.02/kernel/nvidia-modeset/nvidia-modeset-linux.o /ho me/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-510.68.02/kernel/nvidia-modeset/nv-kthread-q.o  MODPOST /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-510.68.02/kernel/Module.symvers  CC [M]  /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-510.68.02/kernel/nvidia-drm.mod.o  LD [M]  /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-510.68.02/kernel/nvidia-drm.ko  CC [M]  /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-510.68.02/kernel/nvidia-modeset.mod.o  LD [M]  /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-510.68.02/kernel/nvidia-modeset.ko  CC … Continue reading →

Kernel – 5.18-rc1 Released. Breaks VMware and NVIDIA. VMware Fix Available.

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Kernel 5.18-rc1 is out, and (brief) details are here:   https://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/2204.0/02355.html VMware 16.2.3 vmmon/vmnet compiles fail, but there is a fix available, at https://github.com/mkubecek/vmware-host-modules/tree/tmp/workstation-16.2.3-k5.18.    I have applied this, and both compile OK. NVIDIA 510.60.02 compile fails: ………………. CONFTEST: drm_alpha_blending_available CONFTEST: ib_peer_memory_symbols CC [M] /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-510.60.02/kernel/nvidia/nv.o /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-510.60.02/kernel/nvidia/nv.c: In function ‘nv_set_dma_address_size’: /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-510.60.02/kernel/nvidia/nv.c:2768:9: error: implicit declaration of function ‘pci_set_dma_mask’; did you mean … Continue reading →