Kernel – 5.9-rc4 Released. VMware 5.8 patch works. NVIDIA Still Tainted..
Kernel 5.9-rc4 is out, and details are here: http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/2009.0/06783.html
The new VMware ‘kernel 5.8’ patchset ( http://rglinuxtech.com/?p=2819 ) works with 5.9-rc4, but nvidia-drm from driver 450.66 still shows as ‘tainted’. It is possible to get a graphical screen by just using the nvidia.ko module by itself..
Robert Gadsdon. September 6th 2020.
Using just kernel-5.9.patch and license.patch from https://gitlab.com/EULA/snippets/-/tree/master/NVIDIA/450.66 (but NOT the mmu.patch!) I was able to use the nividia-installer successfully.
I’ve patched the driver with the full patch, the licence and the mmu and it’s working perfectly for me (on opensuse leap and tumbleweed and kde neon). I patched the run file directly with the –apply-patch command, I can’t think that would make any difference but maybe it does. I also had to insert a line in the mmu patch to match a line inserted by the licence patch.
Hello good people,
Could someone explain how to apply those patches to noob like me? I tried to patch run file itself but getting error like: can’t find file to patch at input line 5 Perhaps you used the wrong -p or –strip option? And with “patch” utility I’m getting: patch unexpectedly ends in middle of line. I’m definitely doing something wrong.
Will very much appreciate any guidelines.