NVIDIA – Now, a Fix for 4.10-rc Kernels..

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Thanks to Tomas Pruzina, there is a patch for NVIDIA driver 375.26 with 4.10-rc kernels.   Details, and the link, are here: https://devtalk.nvidia.com/default/topic/981993/linux/-patches-included-4-10-kernel-staging-/ Easiest way to get the patch is to select ‘Raw’ and just cut/paste the text.. I have tested this on kernel 4.10-rc2, and it compiles successfully (with a few warnings): ………………………….. /home/rgadsdon/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-375.26.patched/kernel/nvidia-uvm/uvm8.c: In function ‘uvm_vm_fault_sigbus’: … Continue reading →

Kernel – 4.10-rc2 Out – OK With aarch64, now..

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Kernel 4.10-rc2 has been released, and it has a very small number of changes from -rc1:  http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1701.0/00069.html I suspect that the major reason for this release is to fix the embarrassing compile fail with ARM64/aarch64, and it does compile OK now (tested on the Odroid C2).. Robert Gadsdon.   January 2, 2017. … Continue reading →

Android – New Year, New Fork?

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Now that Cyanogenmod has summarily shut down, there is a planned new forked version, at http://lineageos.org/ Remains to be seen whether this will flourish, and whether it will survive any potential legal shenanigans, but at least it shows one of the core benefits of Open-Source code..! Robert Gadsdon.   December 27, 2016. … Continue reading →

ARM64 – Kernel 4.10-rc1 Compile Errors – The Official Fix..

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There is now an ‘official’ fix for the 4.10-rc1 compile failure with ARM64/aarch64, from Al Viro, and the patch itself is available here: https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs.git/commit/?h=arm64-fix&id=b4b8664d291ac1998e0f0bcdc96b6397f0fe68b3 I have applied this to kernel 4.10-rc1 on the Odroid C2, and the kernel compiles successfully.. Robert Gadsdon.   December 27, 2016. … Continue reading →

ARM64 – Odroid C2 – Boots with Kernel 4.10-rc1 – Ethernet OK? – Not yet..

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After applying the aarch64 compile fix (see previous article) I was able to compile Kernel 4.10-rc1 on the Odroid C2, and it boots OK (headless..), and the Ethernet link stays up, but still needs the TX patch..   (updated, as the link did still hang – eventually..  RG).. ……….. meson8b-dwmac c9410000.ethernet eth0: Link is Up – 1Gbps/Full – … Continue reading →

ARM64 – Catastrophic Compile Errors with 4.10-rc1 – and a Fix..

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Tried compiling Kernel 4.10-rc1 for aarch64, and got – literally – hundreds of errors: …… ./include/linux/sched.h:3299: Error: unknown mnemonic `return’ — `return test_ti_thread_flag(task_thread_info(tsk),flag)’ ./include/linux/sched.h:3300: Error: junk at end of line, first unrecognized character is `}’ ./include/linux/sched.h:3302: Error: unknown mnemonic `static’ — `static inline void set_tsk_need_resched(struct task_struct*tsk)’ ./include/linux/sched.h:3303: Error: junk at end of line, first unrecognized character is … Continue reading →

KERNEL – 4.10-rc1 Out – OK with VMware, Breaks NVIDIA..

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Kernel 4.10-rc1 is out, and brief details are here: http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1612.3/00220.html Installed it on the test system, and (4.9-patched) VMware 12.5.2 is OK, but the latest NVIDIA driver (375.26) fails to compile: ……………….. /home/rgadsdon/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-375.26/kernel/common/inc/nv-mm.h: In function ‘NV_GET_USER_PAGES_REMOTE’: /home/rgadsdon/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-375.26/kernel/common/inc/nv-mm.h:86:20: error: too few arguments to function ‘get_user_pages_remote’ return get_user_pages_remote(tsk, mm, start, nr_pages, flags, pages, vmas); ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ……………….. There was already … Continue reading →

ARM64 – Odroid C2 – Latest Ethernet Patch..

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After some of the recent ‘Ethernet fix’ patches have not worked with more recent linux-next kernels, I have found one that – at least at the moment – does fix the ‘hang’ problem – again.. The patch is applied to meson-gxbb-odroidc2.dts, and can be found here:  http://archive.arm.linux.org.uk/lurker/message/20161221.113134.3ac4d1e6.en.html I did have to revert this kasir_offset patch (…-R) to … Continue reading →

ARM64 – Odroid C2 – Tested with Linux Net-Next – Ethernet Still Hangs..

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Recent versions of the Linux net-next tree could not be tested on the C2, as the meson-gx mmc driver was missing, but now it has been added, and I tested the latest version (December 17) – but the Ethernet hang is still there..      To be fair, this is probably because of the current patch conflict that has … Continue reading →

NVIDIA – New Driver 375.26 – OK with Kernel 4.9..

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NVIDIA driver 375.26 has been released, and details are available here:  http://www.nvidia.com/download/driverResults.aspx/112992/en-us I had been experiencing some odd window (KDE5) behaviour with 375.20, and hopefully things might be more stable with this version..     If not, then possibly kwin is to blame.. Robert Gadsdon.   December 14, 2016. … Continue reading →