Monthly Archives: March 2023

NVIDIA – New Driver – OK with Kernel 6.3..

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NVIDIA have released driver 530.41.03, and details etc. are here:  https://www.nvidia.com/Download/driverResults.aspx/200481/en-us/ I have tested this with Kernel 6.3-rc3, and it compiles/loads/runs OK.. ………………………… ld -r -o /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-530.41.03/kernel/nvidia-modeset/nv-modeset-interface.o /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux -x86_64-530.41.03/kernel/nvidia-modeset/nvidia-modeset-linux.o /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-530.41.03/kernel/nvidia-mode set/nv-kthread-q.o  MODPOST /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-530.41.03/kernel/Module.symvers  CC [M]  /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-530.41.03/kernel/nvidia.mod.o  LD [M]  /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-530.41.03/kernel/nvidia.ko  CC [M]  /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-530.41.03/kernel/nvidia-uvm.mod.o  LD [M]  /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-530.41.03/kernel/nvidia-uvm.ko  CC [M]  /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-530.41.03/kernel/nvidia-modeset.mod.o  LD [M]  /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-530.41.03/kernel/nvidia-modeset.ko  CC [M]  /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-530.41.03/kernel/nvidia-drm.mod.o  LD [M]  /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-530.41.03/kernel/nvidia-drm.ko … Continue reading →

Kernel – 6.3-rc1 Bugs Found, Patch Available..

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Issues have been found with new Kernel 6.3-rc1, and details are here: https://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/2303.0/04622.html and patch info is here:  https://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/2303.0/05801.html I have not encountered any of the problems mentioned (Intel x86_64 on an HP Prodesk 400 G4 system) but can confirm that the patch (correctly formatted, from the Linux Kernel newsgroup..) applies cleanly.. Robert Gadsdon.   March 6th 2023.. … Continue reading →

Kernel – 6.3-rc1 – OK with Latest VMware, Breaks NVIDIA – Fix Possible..

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Kernel 6.3-rc1 is out, and details are here:   https://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/2303.0/04362.html The latest (patched) VMware 17.0.1 is OK, but NVIDIA 530.30.02 fails to compile: ………………………………… /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-530.30.02/kernel/nvidia/nv-mmap.c: In function ‘nvidia_mmap_numa’: /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-530.30.02/kernel/nvidia/nv-mmap.c:461:19: error: assignment of read-only member ‘vm_flags’ 461 | vma->vm_flags |= VM_MIXEDMAP; | ^~ /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-530.30.02/kernel/nvidia/nv-mmap.c: In function ‘nvidia_mmap_helper’: /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-530.30.02/kernel/nvidia/nv-mmap.c:606:23: error: assignment of read-only member ‘vm_flags’ 606 | vma->vm_flags |= VM_IO … Continue reading →