There is an updated patch for NVIDIA 440-59 with Kernel 5.3, which includes the Y2038 fixes, at https://gitlab.com/snippets/1937313 This compiles with GCC10 now, and I have briefly tested it on my Fedora32 system, with KDE/Plasma and VMware, and it seems to be working OK. Robert Gadsdon. February 25th 2020. … Continue reading →
There is another (modified?) patch available for the latest NVIDIA driver and Kernel 5.5-rc ( see the NVIDIA Forum article at https://devtalk.nvidia.com/default/topic/1068332/linux/nvidia-driver-does-not-build-on-linux-v5-5-release-candidate-kernel/ ). I have applied this to driver 440.44 on Kernel 5.5-rc3, and it compiles OK, and loads/runs without the ‘tombstone’ that I experienced with previous versions. Robert Gadsdon. December 24th 2019. … Continue reading →
Thanks – again – to Tomas Pruzina, there is a Kernel 4.10 patch for new beta driver 378.09, and details are here: https://devtalk.nvidia.com/default/topic/988958/linux/-patch-378-09-4-10-0-rc4-patches/ I have applied this to 378.09 on Kernel 4.10-rc4, and can confirm that it now compiles OK.. ……………………….. /home/rgadsdon/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-378.09-patched/kernel/nvidia/svnp01_linux.o ld -r -o /home/rgadsdon/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-378.09-patched/kernel/nvidia-modeset/nv-modeset-interface.o /home/rgadsdon/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-378.09-patched/kernel/nvidia-modeset/nvidia-modeset-linux.o Building modules, stage 2. MODPOST 4 modules CC /home/rgadsdon/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-378.09-patched/kernel/nvidia-drm.mod.o LD … Continue reading →
Kernel 4.10-rc3 is out, and brief details of changes since -rc2 are here: http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1701.1/00183.html Tested patched VMware (12.5.2) and patched NVIDIA (375.26) and both compile OK.. Same results as with -rc2.. Robert Gadsdon. January 8, 2017. … Continue reading →
Updated to the latest VMware Workstation Pro version – 12.5.0, and it compiles OK with kernel.org kernel 4.7 (4.7.3) and also with 4.8 (4.8-rc6). Release notes here: http://pubs.vmware.com/Release_Notes/en/workstation/12pro/workstation-125-release-notes.html Nice to see that they have actually fixed quite a lot of Linux-related ‘issues’, this time.. Robert Gadsdon. September 14, 2016 … Continue reading →
Kernel 4.8-rc1 is out, and brief details are here: http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1608.0/04804.html VMware 12.1.1 – with the previous 4.6/4.7 patches, fails to compile vmmon: /tmp/modconfig-gfkQLR/vmmon-only/linux/hostif.c: In function ‘HostIF_EstimateLockedPageLimit’: /tmp/modconfig-gfkQLR/vmmon-only/linux/hostif.c:1597:47: error: ‘NR_ANON_PAGES’ undeclared (first use in this function) Further research revealed that NR_ANON_PAGES has been changed to NR_ANON_MAPPED in 4.8, and so the fix is quite simple.. In ~/vmmon-only/linux/hostif.c, around … Continue reading →
Tested the latest NVIDIA ‘Beta’ driver – 367.18 – and it compiles OK with Kernel 4.6.. …………… Building modules, stage 2. MODPOST 4 modules CC /home/rgadsdon/Desktop/Downloads/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-367.18/kernel/nvidia-drm.mod.o LD [M] /home/rgadsdon/Desktop/Downloads/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-367.18/kernel/nvidia-drm.ko CC /home/rgadsdon/Desktop/Downloads/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-367.18/kernel/nvidia-modeset.mod.o LD [M] /home/rgadsdon/Desktop/Downloads/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-367.18/kernel/nvidia-modeset.ko CC /home/rgadsdon/Desktop/Downloads/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-367.18/kernel/nvidia-uvm.mod.o LD [M] /home/rgadsdon/Desktop/Downloads/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-367.18/kernel/nvidia-uvm.ko CC /home/rgadsdon/Desktop/Downloads/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-367.18/kernel/nvidia.mod.o LD [M] /home/rgadsdon/Desktop/Downloads/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-367.18/kernel/nvidia.ko …………………… Release notes etc. are here: http://www.geforce.com/drivers/results/102879 Robert Gadsdon. May 19, 2016. … Continue reading →
Tested the latest stable NVIDIA driver – 361.42 – with just-released Kernel 4.6-rc2, and it compiles cleanly, with no need for any patches.. …. Building modules, stage 2. MODPOST 3 modules CC /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-361.42/kernel/nvidia-modeset.mod.o LD [M] /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-361.42/kernel/nvidia-modeset.ko CC /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-361.42/kernel/nvidia-uvm.mod.o LD [M] /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-361.42/kernel/nvidia-uvm.ko CC /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-361.42/kernel/nvidia.mod.o LD [M] /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-361.42/kernel/nvidia.ko Robert Gadsdon. April 3, 2016. … Continue reading →