NVIDIA – Driver 367.18 – OK with Kernel 4.6..

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Tested the latest NVIDIA ‘Beta’ driver – 367.18 – and it compiles OK with Kernel 4.6.. …………… Building modules, stage 2. MODPOST 4 modules CC /home/rgadsdon/Desktop/Downloads/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-367.18/kernel/nvidia-drm.mod.o LD [M] /home/rgadsdon/Desktop/Downloads/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-367.18/kernel/nvidia-drm.ko CC /home/rgadsdon/Desktop/Downloads/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-367.18/kernel/nvidia-modeset.mod.o LD [M] /home/rgadsdon/Desktop/Downloads/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-367.18/kernel/nvidia-modeset.ko CC /home/rgadsdon/Desktop/Downloads/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-367.18/kernel/nvidia-uvm.mod.o LD [M] /home/rgadsdon/Desktop/Downloads/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-367.18/kernel/nvidia-uvm.ko CC /home/rgadsdon/Desktop/Downloads/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-367.18/kernel/nvidia.mod.o LD [M] /home/rgadsdon/Desktop/Downloads/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-367.18/kernel/nvidia.ko …………………… Release notes etc. are here: http://www.geforce.com/drivers/results/102879 Robert Gadsdon.   May 19, 2016. … Continue reading →

VMware – 12.1.1 – Not Very Impressed..

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VMware Workstation 12.1.1 is out, but still needs the same patches (vmmon and vmnet) for Kernel 4.6 as 12.1.0, and the update also (still..!.) breaks the front-end gui (/usr/bin/vmware) on Fedora 23.. Release Notes for 12.1.1 are here:  https://pubs.vmware.com/Release_Notes/en/workstation/12pro/workstation-1211-release-notes.html Kernel 4.6 patch details are here:  http://rglinuxtech.com/?p=1706 The fix for /usr/bin/vmware on Fedora 23 is almost the same … Continue reading →

Kernel – 4.6 Final – OK with Patched VMware and NVIDIA..

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Installed Kernel 4.6 Final on the test system, and the patched versions of VMware 12.1.0 (vmnet and vmmon patched) and NVIDIA driver 364.19 all compile OK..     Details of changes since -rc7 are here:  http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1605.1/05030.html , and VMware / NVIDIA patch details are in a previous article – http://rglinuxtech.com/?p=1709 $ uname -a Linux rgtest 4.6.0 #1 SMP Mon … Continue reading →

ARM64 – Odroid C2 – U-Boot MMC Support..

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After the initial patches to provide basic U-Boot support for the C2, as mentioned in a previous article – there is now a further patch, to enable MMC support.    Details at https://www.mail-archive.com/u-boot@lists.denx.de/msg212503.html I have applied this additional patch, and for SDcard-based systems, it works: U-Boot 2016.05-rc3 (May 14 2016 – 21:06:28 -0700) odroid-c2 aarch64-linux-gnu-gcc (GCC) 5.3.1 20160212 … Continue reading →

ARM64 – Odroid C2 – U-Boot Boots..

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After some valuable info received from Brad (see comment on my earlier article, at http://rglinuxtech.com/?p=1723 ), I found the complete set of four patches for initial C2 U-Boot support, and applied these to the latest (May 9) GIT version of U-Boot..   Thanks are also due to Beniamino Galvani for producing these patches.. Detailed instruction on how to … Continue reading →

Kernel – 4.6-rc7 Out – ‘Final’ Should be Next..

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Updated to kernel 4.6-rc7 on the test system, and this is still OK with the ‘patched’ versions of VMware 12.1.0 and NVIDIA 364.19.. Brief details of changes since -rc6 are here:   http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1605.1/00123.html Barring unforeseen problems, the next release should be 4.6 Final.. Robert Gadsdon.    May 8, 2016.   … Continue reading →

ARM64 – Odroid C2 U-Boot – Latest..

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I discovered there was a later version (6) of the U-boot patch for the Odroid C2, and also – after more research – found the reason for the compile error… It turns out that the GIT version (May 5, 2016) of U-boot currently needs two patches.. The first one is to provide psci_system_reset for armv8, and details … Continue reading →

Kernel – 4.6-rc6 – Still OK with (Patched) VMware and NVIDIA..

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Kernel 4.6-rc6 has been released, and details of changes since -rc5 are here: http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1605.0/00190.html It seems that there will be (at least..) an rc7, before ‘Final’.. Tested with patched VMware 12.1.0 (vmnet and vmmon) and patched NVIDIA (364.19) and both still compile OK..   See my previous article http://rglinuxtech.com/?p=1709 for more info.. Robert Gadsdon.    May 2, 2016.   … Continue reading →

ARM64 – Odroid C2 With Latest U-Boot and Kernel – Not Quite Yet..

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I decided to check the latest linux-next tree for signs of Odroid C2 code, and there is some there – apparently for basic functionality..     Compiled OK, but when I tried to boot it, the Hardkernel-supplied version of U-Boot crashed: odroidc2#ext4load mmc 0:1 ${loadaddr} /boot/uboot/Image 7748608 bytes read in 187 ms (39.5 MiB/s) odroidc2#ext4load mmc 0:1 ${dtb_loadaddr} /boot/uboot/meson-gxbb-odroidc2.dtb … Continue reading →

ARM – Another Source for Rootfs Images..

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If you need a particular rootfs for an ARM7 or ARM64 device, there is a source of these at http://libguestfs.org/download/builder/ As an example, for Fedora 23 aarch64, then download the http://libguestfs.org/download/builder/fedora-23-aarch64.xz file, and then expand it (I use ark..)   This will give you a file fedora-23-aarch64, and simply rename this to fedora-23-aarch64.img. As the Fedora aarch64 images … Continue reading →