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NVIDIA – Simple Workaround for GCC15 in Fedora 42..

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Now that Fedora 42 is out, including GCC 15 (currently GCC 15.1.1-1) there is a simple workaround for compilation, thanks to Rudi Heitbaum.    The change is documented at https://github.com/NVIDIA/open-gpu-kernel-modules/pull/841/commits/448b236d893170edc8fc4dff029044948516352b, and must be seen as a workaround, not a fix, as it effectively removes some of the warnings/errors flagged by the latest GCC version.. For NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-570.144/kernel/Kbuild, add the … Continue reading →

Audacity – Simple ffmpeg Compile Fix..

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The ‘binary’ version of audacity supplied by certain distros lacks functionality, due to patent issues, so the best option is to compile it yourself.. For some time, there have been compatibility issues at compile time between the latest released versions of audacity and ffmpeg, on many systems.. For audacity version 2.0.5, on my systems (Fedora 20) the … Continue reading →

Pi to 3.10.3 – with a Simple Fix..

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Just downloaded the ‘latest’ (July 26/27) version of linux-rpi-3.10.y from github: https://github.com/raspberrypi/linux/archive/rpi-3.10.y.zip This version – finally – has some of the Pi-specific Broadcom code fixed for 3.10, and the only necessary change to get it to compile cleanly is as follows: Compile Fail:   CC      fs/ext4/mballoc.o   CC      fs/ext4/block_validity.o make[2]: *** No rule to make target `fs/ext4/move_extent.o’, … Continue reading →

Dreamplug – 3.7-rc1, After a Fix..

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I have managed to update the Dreamplug to kernel 3.7-rc1, after a simple fix, to get it to compile OK.. The original (cross)compile failed, with: ERROR: “read_current_timer” [drivers/video/udlfb.ko] undefined! ERROR: “read_current_timer” [crypto/tcrypt.ko] undefined! Fix, is to change ../linux-3.7-rc1/arch/arm/kernel/armksyms.c, at line 51, as follows: From:  /* platform dependent support */ EXPORT_SYMBOL(arm_delay_ops); To:     /* platform dependent support */ … Continue reading →