Kernel – 5.9-rc5 – Patched VMware Still OK, NVIDIA still ‘Tainted’..
Kernel 5.9-rc5 is out, and brief details are here: http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/2009.1/06650.html The patched vmmon/vmnet for VMware 15.5.6 still work OK, and the workaround for the runtime segfault etc. is in a previous article, here: http://rglinuxtech.com/?p=2819 . Note that the 5.8/5.9 fix is now incorporated in the usual 15.5.6 patchset, here: https://github.com/mkubecek/vmware-host-modules/tree/workstation-15.5.6 NVIDIA with the partial 5.8/5.9 patches still … Continue reading →