Just installed Kernel 3.12-rc4 on the test system, and I can confirm – as expected – that it does include the ‘EXPORT_SYMBOL‘ fix, which allows the NVIDIA 3.12 patch to work correctly. Details of changes are here: https://lkml.org/lkml/2013/10/6/148 Patched NVIDIA drivers 331.13 and 319.60 both compile OK Robert Gadsdon. October 7, 2013 … Continue reading →
It seemed there was no ‘legal’ way to fix the problem with NVIDIA driver compilation on Kernel 3.12-rc, but now – unusually – there is a kernel patch to fix this: https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/drivers/acpi/scan.c?id=6585925b62fa4dd2f4aecf634b0f8956577aa981 Thanks to conky_vs_julian (on the NVIDIA Devtalk forum) for this info. More details – including a link to a 3.12 patch for NVIDIA drivers – … Continue reading →
Updated the Dreamplug to 3.11.3, and – although # make uImage… still works, decided to try the ‘new/improved’ Device Tree option, as this is the way of the future – apparently.. I found that the obvious config option of ‘Marvell Dreamplug…..’ etc didn’t work, and I would assume this is due to this being an earlier Dreamplug, … Continue reading →
I had been experiencing occasional problems with X and KDE with the previous 3.11 kernel versions, and had reverted to 3.10.12, but have just updated to 3.11.2, and it seems to be better – so far…. VMware 10 compiles and runs OK, and NVIDIA 319.49 – with the 3.11 patch – works OK. I have seen reports … Continue reading →
Updated the Raspberry Pi to kernel 3.11.1, using the code from GitHub: https://github.com/raspberrypi/linux/tree/rpi-3.11.y For some odd reason, then same files are still missing, as for 3.11 – ~/linux/drivers/net/ethernet/Kconfig and ~/linux/net/mac80211/chan.c, so just copy these across from the 3.10 tree.. # uname -a Linux rgpi 3.11.1-pi #1 PREEMPT Sat Sep 21 11:13:01 BST 2013 armv6l armv6l armv6l GNU/Linux … Continue reading →
Updated the Dreamplug to kernel 3.11.1, using the ARM /Marvell Kirkwood ‘Marvell GuruPlug Reference Board (Flattened Device Tree)’ kernel config option, as – for some reason – the ‘Marvell Dreamplug (Flattened Device Tree)’ option did not boot.. # uname -a Linux rgdreamplug 3.11.1 #4 Wed Sep 18 02:13:54 BST 2013 armv5tel armv5tel armv5tel GNU/Linux I then tried … Continue reading →
Just updated the Raspberry Pi to kernel 3.11, using the source code available (linux-rpi-3.11.y) on GitHub, with a couple of minor hacks.. As seems to often be the case, there were a couple of source/config files missing: drivers/net/ethernet/Kconfig is missing, so.. just copy one from the older 3.10.x tree.. make[2]: *** No rule to make target `net/mac80211/chan.o’, … Continue reading →
Just upgraded to VMware Workstation 10, and can confirm that it installs and runs on Kernel 3.11 without the need for any patches.. Now, all we need is for NVIDIA to release a 3.11-compatible version of their driver, and all will be well.. That is – until Kernel 3.12-rc1 is out! Robert Gadsdon. September 7, 2013 … Continue reading →
Linux Kernel 3.11 has – finally – been released.. Just missing the 22nd anniversary of Linux, and the anniversary of the release of Windows version 3.11 (‘Windows for Workgroups’) As with the -rc versions mentioned in earlier articles, VMware 9.02 – with the 3.10 patches for vmnet and vmblock plus the additional 3.11 patch for vmblock, and … Continue reading →
There is a patch for NVIDIA driver 325.15 kernel 3.11 support, in the pastebin link in this thread, thanks to Milos_SD: https://devtalk.nvidia.com/default/topic/549532/linux/linux-3-10-solved-3-11-solved-incompatibility-in-function-lsquo-nv_i2c_del_adapter-rsquo-error/2/ Now compiles cleanly, on kernel 3.11-rc4.. Robert Gadsdon. August 6, 2013. … Continue reading →