Apologies for the late arrival of this article, due to extended trip overseas, and hardware failure on return! RG. Kernel 4.19 is out, and brief details are here: http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1810.2/05220.html The info here is worth reading, as it includes more on the Linus kernel handover – and ‘hand-back’.. It is worth mentioning that some issues have already been … Continue reading →
VMware Workstation Pro 15.0.0 has been released, and details are here: https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-Workstation-Pro/15/rn/workstation-15-release-notes.html As expected, this compiles/loads/runs OK with Kernel 4.19 (tested with 4.19-rc5). The UI seems – IMHO – to have a slightly retro look, but this is probably supposed to look more ‘Windows10’-like.. Robert Gadsdon. September 27, 2018. … Continue reading →
Updated Sept 24, to give specific location (from 4.19-rc5 release) In case you had previously been accessing the work-in-progress -rc version of the Kernel at https://github.com/torvalds/linux, then – after 4.19-rc4 – it can be found here: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/log/ To get the latest source: # git clone -b master –single-branch https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git Tarballs can be found here (under ‘Download‘): https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/ … Continue reading →
NVIDIA have version-bumped their driver, and new driver 410.57 is now available, and details are here: https://www.nvidia.com/Download/driverResults.aspx/138279/en-us Tested with Kernel 4.19-rc4, and this version compiles/loads OK, without any need for a patch.. …………………… ld -r -o /home/rgadsdon/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-410.57/kernel/nvidia-modeset/nv-modeset-interface.o /home/rgadsdon/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-410.57/kernel/nvidia-modeset/nvidia-modeset-linux.o Building modules, stage 2. MODPOST 4 modules CC /home/rgadsdon/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-410.57/kernel/nvidia-drm.mod.o LD [M] /home/rgadsdon/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-410.57/kernel/nvidia-drm.ko CC /home/rgadsdon/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-410.57/kernel/nvidia-modeset.mod.o LD [M] /home/rgadsdon/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-410.57/kernel/nvidia-modeset.ko CC /home/rgadsdon/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-410.57/kernel/nvidia-uvm.mod.o … Continue reading →
Kernel 4.19-rc2 is out, and details of changes from -rc1 are here: http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1809.0/00713.html As with -rc1, the latest VMware (14.1.3) compiles/loads OK, and the latest NVIDIA (396.54 and 390.87) with the patch mentioned in a previous article ( http://rglinuxtech.com/?p=2391 ) compiles and loads OK. The patch is applicable to both versions.. Robert Gadsdon. September 2, 2018. … Continue reading →
Thanks to Tomas Pruzina for more info on this problem… I have now tested NVIDIA 396.54 – patched with the changes mentioned in my previous article – and it runs OK on my system (Fedora 28, KDE/Plasma). I created a patched runtime version of the installer, and then (as root) installed it as usual: # ./NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-396.54-419.run -s … Continue reading →
Kernel 4.19-rc1 has been released, and very brief details of changes are here: http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1808.3/01014.html VMware 14.1.3 compiles/loads OK, but NVIDIA (396.54) compile failed: …………………. /home/rgadsdon/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-396.54/kernel/nvidia-drm/nvidia-drm-encoder.c:219:11: error: implicit declaration of function ‘drm_mode_connector_attach_encoder’; did you mean ‘drm_connector_attach_encoder’? [-Werror=implicit-function-declaration] ret = drm_mode_connector_attach_encoder(connector, encoder); ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ drm_connector_attach_encoder cc1: some warnings being treated as errors ……………….. – and a similar error with nvidia-drm-connector.c … Continue reading →
VMware 14.1.3 has been released, and details (not very informative..) are here: https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-Workstation-Pro/14/rn/workstation-1413-release-notes.html Although it is not mentioned, this version does work OK with Kernel 4.18 without any patches (tested with 4.18.3) Robert Gadsdon. August 19, 2018 … Continue reading →
VMware 14.1.3 has been released, and details (not very informative..) are here: https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-Workstation-Pro/14/rn/workstation-1413-release-notes.html Although it is not mentioned, this version does work OK with Kernel 4.18 without any patches (tested with 4.18.3) Robert Gadsdon. August 19, 2018 … Continue reading →
Kernel 4.18 has finally arrived, and details of changes since -rc8 are here: http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1808.1/02806.html As expected, after changes in -rc7, the latest NVIDIA and (patched) VMware all compile/load OK.. Tested with VMware 14.1.2 with the vmmon patch, and NVIDIA 390.77 and 396.51. Coincidentally, I can also confirm that 4.18 boots OK on HP PA-RISC (HP9000/785-C3700) – but … Continue reading →