Just installed Kernel 3.16-r3 on the test system, and the latest VMware (10.0.2) and NVIDIA (340.17) install and load/run OK.. Brief details of changes are here: http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1406.3/03892.html #uname -a Linux rglinux-i7 3.16.0-rc3 #1 SMP PREEMPT Mon Jun 30 09:33:45 PDT 2014 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux Robert Gadsdon… June 30, 2014 … Continue reading →
Just installed Kernel 3.16-rc1 on the test system, and the latest VMware (10.0.2) and NVIDIA (340.17) compile and load OK… # uname -a Linux rg6830l 3.16.0-rc1 #1 SMP PREEMPT Mon Jun 16 09:57:01 BST 2014 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux Brief details are here: http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1406.2/00001.html Robert Gadsdon. June 16, 2014.. … Continue reading →
Just updated the test system to Kernel 3.15 ‘Final’, and – as with the -rc series, the latest VMware (10.0.2) and NVIDIA (337.25) drivers compile and load OK, without the need for any patches.. # uname -a Linux rg6830l 3.15.0 #1 SMP PREEMPT Sun Jun 8 22:54:45 BST 2014 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux Brief details of changes … Continue reading →
Just updated the test system to Kernel 3.15-rc8, and the same comments apply as for -rc7.. The latest VMware (10.0.2) and NVIDIA (337.25) drivers compile and load OK.. # uname -a Linux rg6830l 3.15.0-rc8 #1 SMP PREEMPT Mon Jun 2 11:18:18 BST 2014 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux Brief details are here: http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1406.0/00262.html Robert Gadsdon. June 2, 2014. … Continue reading →
Just updated the CuBox-I4-PRO to Kernel 3.15-rc7, from source available here: https://github.com/jmontleon/fedora-20-cubox-i4pro/tree/3.15-rc7 # git clone -b 3.15-rc7 –single-branch https://github.com/jmontleon/fedora-20-cubox-i4pro Compiled and installed OK.. Fedora release 20 (Heisenbug) Kernel 3.15.0-rc7 on an armv7l (ttymxc0) ………. # uname -a Linux rgcubox 3.15.0-rc7 #1 SMP Sat May 31 04:42:51 BST 2014 armv7l armv7l armv7l GNU/Linux Nice to see that work … Continue reading →
Just took delivery of one of a CuBox-i4-PRO, with quad-core i-MX6 1Mhz CPUs and 2GB memory built in.. CuBox-i4-PRO (with Odroid in the background..) The device comes with Android on a 4GB SD card, and I discarded this and – for testing purposes – used an old 16GB SD card and installed Fedora 20 on it. Some … Continue reading →
Encountered a classic ‘Catch 22’ problem with a recent Pidora 20 update.. The version of RPM – rpm-4.11.2-3.fc20.v6.armv6hl – was broken, as it had the ‘build architecture’ set to arm5tel, instead of armv6hl.. This meant that all subsequent yum updates failed, with ”package xxxxxxxxx.armv6hl is intended for a different architecture” errors. And… updating RPM with yum also … Continue reading →
Installed Kernel 3.15-rc6 on the test system, and VMware 10.0.2, and NVIDIA (337.19 and 331.79) all compile and load OK.. Brief details are here: http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1405.2/03755.html $ uname -a Linux rg6830l 3.15.0-rc6 #1 SMP PREEMPT Thu May 22 12:05:07 BST 2014 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux There will be – at least – one more -rc release, and possibly … Continue reading →
Just installed Kernel 3.15-rc5 on the test system, and the latest VMware (10.0.2) and NVIDIA (337.19) drivers install and run OK.. $ uname -a Linux rglinux 3.15.0-rc5 #1 SMP PREEMPT Fri May 9 22:58:39 BST 2014 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux Summary of changes is here: http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1405.1/01308.html This has been released earlier than originally planned, as Linus is … Continue reading →
Just updated to Kernel 3.14.3, and – as before – there is no problem with the latest VMware (10.0.2) and NVIDIA (337.19) drivers.. The changes are detailed here: https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.14.3 Quite a long list, and the update is certainly worth it, this time! Robert Gadsdon. May 7, 2014 … Continue reading →