Kernel 3.17 was due out by now, but we have another release candidate instead – rc7.. No problems with the latest VMware (10.0.3 patched) and NVIDIA (340.32) drivers, which compile and load OK.. The latest NVIDIA ‘beta’ (343.22) compiles/loads OK, but I need to test it more thoroughly with VMware, as the previous version broke the VM … Continue reading →
Installed Kernel 3.17-rc6, and – as with -rc5 – the latest VMware (10.0.3 with vmnet patch) and NVIDIA (340.32) drivers compile and install/load OK.. # uname -a Linux rg6830l 3.17.0-rc6 #1 SMP PREEMPT Mon Sep 22 09:48:38 PDT 2014 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux Details are here: http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1409.2/03201.html From the comments, it seems that the next release may … Continue reading →
Just updated the test system to Kernel 3.17-rc5, and – as with -rc4 – the vmnet-patched VMware 10.0.3 and NVIDIA 340.32 both compile/load OK.. $ uname -a Linux rg6830l 3.17.0-rc5 #1 SMP PREEMPT Sun Sep 14 23:17:13 PDT 2014 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux Details are here: http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1409.1/05124.html Robert Gadsdon. September 15, 2014. … Continue reading →
I had been frustrated by the apparent inability of the suppliers to provide anything other than an obsolete Ubuntu-centric 3.8+ kernel for the Odroid U2, and other kernels I had tested were somewhat ‘incomplete’… I finally managed to get a 3.17-r3 version from https://github.com/tobiasjakobi/linux-odroid/tree/odroid-3.17.y This now includes the necessary ‘bits’ for the U3, which is functionally identical … Continue reading →
I had been frustrated by the apparent inability of the suppliers to provide anything other than an obsolete Ubuntu-centric 3.8+ kernel for the Odroid U2, and other kernels I had tested were somewhat ‘incomplete’… I finally managed to get a 3.17-r3 version from https://github.com/tobiasjakobi/linux-odroid/tree/odroid-3.17.y This now includes the necessary ‘bits’ for the U3, which is functionally identical … Continue reading →
Updated to Kernel 3.17-rc4, and the vmnet-patched VMware (10.0.3) and latest NVIDIA (340.32) all compile/load OK.. See previous -rc3 article for details of the patch.. $ uname -a Linux rg6830l 3.17.0-rc4 #1 SMP PREEMPT Sun Sep 7 22:33:23 PDT 2014 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux Details of the changes are here: http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1409.0/04463.html Robert Gadsdon. September 8, 2014. … Continue reading →
Just tested Kernel 3.17-rc3, and it breaks VMware (10.0.3) – vmnet: ……………. /tmp/modconfig-d0zqLW/vmnet-only/netif.c: In function ‘VNetNetIf_Create’: /tmp/modconfig-d0zqLW/vmnet-only/netif.c:152:64: error: macro “alloc_netdev” requires 4 arguments, but only 3 given dev = alloc_netdev(sizeof *netIf, deviceName, VNetNetIfSetup); ^ /tmp/modconfig-d0zqLW/vmnet-only/netif.c:152:10: error: ‘alloc_netdev’ undeclared (first use in this function) dev = alloc_netdev(sizeof *netIf, deviceName, VNetNetIfSetup); …………… Thanks to Erwin Zoer (see … Continue reading →
Just updated the CuBox i4-Pro to Kernel 3.17-rc2, which was – deliberately – released on the 23rd anniversary of the initial release of kernel code for ‘Linux’.. More details here: http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1408.3/00773.html And source here: https://github.com/jmontleon/fedora-20-cubox-i_hb/tree/3.17-rc2 Fedora release 20 (Heisenbug) Kernel 3.17.0-rc2 on an armv7l (ttymxc0) …………….. $ uname -a Linux rgcubox 3.17.0-rc2 #1 SMP PREEMPT Tue Aug … Continue reading →
Just updated the CuBox to kernel 3.17-rc1, but still used the previous ‘combined zImage plus DTB’ method, which works OK.. Kernel source here: # git clone -b 3.17-rc1 –single-branch https://github.com/jmontleon/fedora-20-cubox-i4pro Fedora release 20 (Heisenbug) Kernel 3.17.0-rc1 on an armv7l (ttymxc0) ……………. # uname -a Linux rgcubox 3.17.0-rc1 #1 SMP PREEMPT Tue Aug 19 13:48:28 EDT 2014 armv7l … Continue reading →
I have been running a ‘fixed’ version of Skype on my Linux systems for some time (Fedora 20, x86_64), which included ‘PULSE_LATENCY_MSEC=30’ in a skype script to run the executable (skype-bin).. Recently, I have experienced garbled and ‘sped up’ sound, and this was easily demonstrated using the Skype Test Call facility.. The solution to this used to … Continue reading →