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Kernel – 5.17-rc5 Compile Fail, and Fix..

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on February 21, 2022 by RGFebruary 21, 2022

This one fell between the cracks, and should have been fixed before -rc5 was released… ……………….. AR net/netfilter/built-in.a LD [M] net/netfilter/nf_conntrack.o CC [M] net/netfilter/xt_socket.o net/netfilter/xt_socket.c: In function ‘socket_mt_destroy’: net/netfilter/xt_socket.c:224:17: error: implicit declaration of function ‘nf_defrag_ipv6_disable’; did you mean ‘nf_defrag_ipv4_disable’? [-Werror=implicit-function-declaration] 224 | nf_defrag_ipv6_disable(par->net); | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | nf_defrag_ipv4_disable cc1: some warnings being treated as errors make[2]: *** [scripts/Makefile.build:288: … Continue reading →

Posted in compilation, fix, kernel, Linux | Tagged compile fail, fix, kernel 5.17-rc5, nf_defrag_ipv6_disable, success | Leave a reply

Kernel – Fix for 5.9-rc6 Compile Fail..

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on September 21, 2020 by RGSeptember 21, 2020

A fix has now been produced, for the dax compile fail with 5.9-rc6: Reported: http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/2009.2/07060.html Fix: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=88b67edd7247466bc47f01e1dc539b0d0d4b931e I have tested this, and the kernel now compiles OK, and loads/runs as expected.. Robert Gadsdon.   September 21st 2020. … Continue reading →

Posted in fix, kernel, Linux, Opinion, patches | Tagged compile fail, dax, fixed, kernel 5.9-rc6, patch | Leave a reply

VMware – 15.0.3 Released, Still Broken with Kernel 5.0..

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on March 16, 2019 by RGMarch 16, 2019

VMware Workstation 15.0.3 has been released, and the details are here: https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-Workstation-Pro/15/rn/workstation-1503-release-notes.html Not an impressive effort, as it still fails when compiled with Kernel 5.0, with multiple warnings, and errors (tested with 5.0.2): ………………….. /tmp/modconfig-32tPYF/vmmon-only/linux/hostif.c: In function ‘HostIF_EstimateLockedPageLimit’: /tmp/modconfig-32tPYF/vmmon-only/linux/hostif.c:1641:25: error: ‘totalram_pages’ redeclared as different kind of symbol extern unsigned long totalram_pages; ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~ In file included from /tmp/modconfig-32tPYF/vmmon-only/linux/hostif.c:42: … Continue reading →

Posted in compilation, kernel, Linux, Opinion, patches, VMware | Tagged compile fail, kernel 5.0.2, new release, patches available, vmware 15.0.3 | 16 Replies

KERNEL – 4.14.9 Breaks NVIDIA – and a Fix..

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on December 27, 2017 by RGDecember 27, 2017

Just updated to Kernel 4.14.9, and normally this should not be anything to cause concern, but this time there has been a significant code change made, that has broken NVIDIA (384.98): ………………… /home/rgadsdon/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-384.98/kernel/nvidia-uvm/uvm8_va_block.c: In function ‘block_cpu_fault_locked’: /usr/src/linux-4.14.9/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h:826:39: error: implicit declaration of function ‘task_stack_page’; did you mean ‘task_stack_vm_area’? [-Werror=implicit-function-declaration] unsigned long __ptr = (unsigned long)task_stack_page(task); \ ^ /usr/src/linux-4.14.9/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h:900:26: … Continue reading →

Posted in compilation, Crash and Burn.., kernel, Linux, NVIDIA | Tagged 4.15 patch fix, compile fail, kernel, kernel 4.14.9, linux, nvidia 384.98 | Leave a reply

NVIDIA – Beta Driver 378.09 – Still Broken with Kernel 4.10

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on January 19, 2017 by RGJanuary 19, 2017

New beta driver 378.09 has been released, and details are here:  http://www.nvidia.com/download/driverResults.aspx/114232/en-us The driver compiles OK with Kernel 4.9.4, but fails to compile with 4.10-rc4, with different errors from 375.26, as some of the code base has changed.. …………………. CC [M] /home/rgadsdon/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-378.09/kernel/nvidia/nv-p2p.o CC [M] /home/rgadsdon/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-378.09/kernel/nvidia/nv-pat.o /home/rgadsdon/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-378.09/kernel/nvidia/nv-pat.c: In function ‘nvidia_cpu_callback’: /home/rgadsdon/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-378.09/kernel/nvidia/nv-pat.c:213:14: error: ‘CPU_DOWN_FAILED’ undeclared (first use in this … Continue reading →

Posted in compilation, Crash and Burn.., kernel, Linux, NVIDIA, patches | Tagged compile fail, driver 378.09, kernel 4.10-rc4, nvidia, previous patch fails | 2 Replies

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

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on December 28, 2016 by RGDecember 28, 2016

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 →

Posted in aarch64, ARM64, compilation, fix, kernel, Linux / ARM, success | Tagged aarch64, arm64, compile fail, kernel, kernel 4.10-rc1, linux, official fix, patch | Leave a reply

VMware – 12.5.2 Released – Still Broken With Kernel 4.9..

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on November 14, 2016 by RGNovember 14, 2016

Just updated the test system to VMware Workstation Pro 12.5.2, and it still fails to compile with Kernel 4.9-rc5 I have – so far – been unable to find any other patches for this issue, but fortunately the nasty hack I documented in the article for 4.9-rc4 still works.. http://rglinuxtech.com/?p=1838 The release notes for 12.5.2 are here:  … Continue reading →

Posted in Hacks, kernel, Linux, VMware | Tagged compile fail, fix available, kernel, kernel 4.9, linux, vmware 12.5.2 | 33 Replies

NVIDIA – Latest Driver – Still Fails with Kernel 4.7..

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on July 16, 2016 by RGJuly 16, 2016

Kernel 4.7-rc7 is out, and 4.7 Final should be next, but the latest NVIDIA driver released – 367.35 – still fails to compile with 4.7-rc7..     The patch for 367.xx still works OK…  Details here:  http://rglinuxtech.com/?p=1750 In case you need to create an executable (NVxx.xxx.run) incorporating the patch, details on how to do this are in an older … Continue reading →

Posted in compilation, Crash and Burn.., fix, Hacks, kernel, Linux, NVIDIA, Performance | Tagged compile fail, executable plus patch, fix, kernel 4.7-rc7, nvidia 367.35, patch | 1 Reply

Kernel – 4.2-rc1 – and rc2 – and -rc3 – Breaks Nvidia and VMware..

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on July 6, 2015 by RGJuly 20, 2015

Update:   Same results with 4.2-rc3..    (RG  July 19) Update:   Kernel 4.2-rc2 fails with VMware (vmnet) and NVIDIA in the same ways..     (RG July 14) Updated to kernel 4.2-rc1 on the test system: # uname -a Linux rg6830l 4.2.0-rc1 #1 SMP Sun Jul 5 18:36:06 PDT 2015 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux Brief details are here:  http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1507.0/02156.html VMware 11.1.2 … Continue reading →

Posted in Linux | Tagged 11.1.2, 346.82, 352.21, compile fail, gpl-only, kernel 4.2-rc1, nvidia, sk_alloc, too few arguments, vmnet, vmnetbridgeup, vmware, workqueue.c | Leave a reply

Kernel – Pre-4.1-rc Test with Linux-Next..

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on April 26, 2015 by RGApril 26, 2015

As Kernel 4.1-rc1 is not released yet, I tested the April 24 version of linux-next, to see how VMware and NVIDIA compiles would behave.. # uname -a Linux rg6830l 4.0.0-next-20150424 #2 SMP Sun Apr 26 12:04:54 PDT 2015 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux With this version, VMware 11.1 (with the 3.19 vmnet patch) compiled and loaded OK, but … Continue reading →

Posted in compilation, Crash and Burn.., Hacks, kernel, Linux, NVIDIA, Opinion, Performance, VMware | Tagged april24, compile fail, error, gpl-only, kernel, linux, linux-next, nvidia 349.16, vmware 11.1 ok | 1 Reply

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