Just updated to 3.9.0 ‘final’ from kernel.org, and everything seems to be OK.. As with the -RCs, VMware (9.02) and NVIDIA (310.44 and beta 319.12) all compile without problems.. # uname -a Linux rg6830l 3.9.0 #1 SMP Tue Apr 30 01:28:30 PDT 2013 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux Robert Gadsdon. April 30, 2013. … Continue reading →
Just installed 3.9-rc6, and the latest VMware (9.02) and NVIDIA (‘stable’ 310.44 and ‘beta’ 313.30) drivers all compile OK.. There will probably be one more -rc (7) before 3.9 Final is released.. # uname -a Linux rg6830l 3.9.0-rc6 #1 SMP Mon Apr 8 12:19:21 BST 2013 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux Robert Gadsdon. April 8, 2013. … Continue reading →
Just updated the test system to 3.9-rc5, and VMware (9.0.2) and NVIDIA (310.40 and 313.26) all (still) compile OK.. # uname -a Linux rg6830l 3.9.0-rc5 #1 SMP Tue Apr 2 08:54:24 BST 2013 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux Apparently, the released version of 3.9 will be in ”..a few weeks..” (and that is about as specific as these … Continue reading →
Updated the main system (x86_64) to kernel 3.8.4, and (incrementally..) updated the Raspberry Pi (armv6), as well.. Latest VMware (9.02) and NVIDIA (313.26 and 310.40) drivers all compile without any patches.. Precise details here: https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.8.4 # uname -a Linux rglinux 3.8.4 #1 SMP Thu Mar 21 02:03:44 GMT 2013 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux ‘Incremental’ patch from 3.8.3 … Continue reading →