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Kernel – 6.13-rc1 Released, VMware OK, NVIDIA Fails – and Fix..

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on December 4, 2024 by RGDecember 4, 2024

Kernel 6.13-rc1 is out, and brief details are here:   https://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/2412.0/00203.html VMware 17.6.1 compiles OK, with patches from here: https://aur.archlinux.org/cgit/aur.git/tree/?h=vmware-workstation  There are now multiple patchsets available… NVIDIA 550.35 throws an odd error, and compile/load fails: ….. SYMLINK nvidia/nv-kernel.o LD [M] nvidia.o ld: cannot find ./nvidia/nv-kernel.o: No such file or directory make[4]: *** [/usr/src/linux-6.13-rc1/scripts/Makefile.build:387: nvidia.o] Error 1 make[3]: *** … Continue reading →

Posted in compilation, Hacks, kernel, Linux, NVIDIA, VMware | Tagged fix available, kernel 6.13-rc1, nvidia 550.135 fails, symlink, vmware 17.6.1 ok | 3 Replies

NVIDIA – GCC 14 Breaks Compile – and Fix.. (VMware OK..)

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on March 6, 2024 by RGMarch 6, 2024

Testing Fedora 40, which now includes GCC 14, and this breaks the NVIDIA driver 550.54.14 compile: ………………….. CC [M] /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-550.54.14/kernel/nvidia-drm/nvidia-drm-connector.o CC [M] /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-550.54.14/kernel/nvidia-drm/nvidia-drm-gem.o /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-550.54.14/kernel/nvidia-drm/nvidia-drm-gem.c:115:16: error: initialization of ‘int (*)(struct drm_gem_object *, struct iosys_map *)’ from incompatible pointer type ‘void * (*)(struct drm_gem_object *)’ [-Wincompatible-pointer-types] 115 | .vmap = nv_drm_gem_prime_vmap, | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-550.54.14/kernel/nvidia-drm/nvidia-drm-gem.c:115:16: note: (near initialization for ‘nv_drm_gem_funcs.vmap’) … Continue reading →

Posted in fix, gcc, Linux, NVIDIA, Opinion | Tagged 550.54.14, breaks nvidia compile, conftest.sh, fedora 40, fix available, gcc 14, vmware patchset ok | Leave a reply

VMware – Another Update – 15.5.6 – Fails with Kernel 5.7 – Fix Available.

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on June 10, 2020 by RGJune 10, 2020

VMware have just released another update – Workstation 15.5.6, and details are here:  https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-Workstation-Pro/15.5/rn/VMware-Workstation-1556-Pro-Release-Notes.html .    This time, there are some Linux Client-related fixes included.. This fails to compile with Kernel 5.7, but there is a fix available (tested with 5.7.2), at:  https://github.com/mkubecek/vmware-host-modules/tree/workstation-15.5.6 Robert Gadsdon.   June 10th 2020. … Continue reading →

Posted in fixed, kernel, Linux, Opinion, VMware | Tagged fails with kernel 5.7, fix available, tested ok, vmware 15.5.6 | 4 Replies

VMware – 15.1.0 released. Still broken, but Fix available

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on May 15, 2019 by RGMay 15, 2019

VMware 15.1.0 is out, and release notes are here:  https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-Workstation-Pro/15/rn/VMware-Workstation-151-Pro-Release-Notes.html Sadly, vmmon/vmnet install still fails (tested with Kernel 5.1.2), but a fix is already available – thanks once again to Michal Kubeček – at: https://github.com/mkubecek/vmware-host-modules/tree/workstation-15.1.0 I have tested this, and VMware now runs OK, again.. Robert Gadsdon,   May 15 2019. … Continue reading →

Posted in compilation, fix, kernel, Linux, Opinion, VMware | Tagged fix available, kernel 5.1.2 fail, vmware 15.1.0 | 7 Replies

Kernel – 4.18-rc1 released – Breaks NVIDIA, Fix Available.. Not OK with VMware

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on June 17, 2018 by RGJune 17, 2018

Kernel 4.18-rc1 has been released – earlier than expected, but Linus is in Japan, where it was already Sunday.. Brief details are here:  http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1806.2/00125.html Tested with VMware 14.1.2, and vmmon/vmnet compile OK, but NVIDIA fails: …………………………. CC [M] /home/rgadsdon/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-390.67/kernel/nvidia-drm/nvidia-drm-drv.o In file included from /usr/src/linux-4.18-rc1/include/drm/drmP.h:82, from /home/rgadsdon/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-390.67/kernel/nvidia-drm/nvidia-drm-priv.h:30, from /home/rgadsdon/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-390.67/kernel/nvidia-drm/nvidia-drm-drv.c:25: /home/rgadsdon/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-390.67/kernel/nvidia-drm/nvidia-drm-drv.c:637:23: error: ‘DRM_CONTROL_ALLOW’ undeclared here (not in a function); … Continue reading →

Posted in fix, kernel, Linux, NVIDIA, patches, VMware | Tagged 390.67, breaks nvidia, fix available, kernel 4.18-rc1, ok with vmware, released | 2 Replies

VMware – Patch, If You Need Better ‘Meltdown/Spectre’ Protection..

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on April 30, 2018 by RGMay 2, 2018

Thanks – again – to Michal Kubeček, who  has pointed out that there is still a vulnerability in some VMware (vmmon) code, that is not mitigated by Kernel/Compiler retpoline fixes, as it is written in assembler..   ( See comment on previous article – http://rglinuxtech.com/?p=2277 ) He has provided an appropriate fix for this, at https://github.com/mkubecek/vmware-host-modules/tree/player-14.1.1 Robert Gadsdon.   … Continue reading →

Posted in Linux, patches, retpoline, VMware | Tagged assembler code, fix available, kernel, linux, meltdown, spectre, still vulnerable, vmmon, vmware | Leave a reply

NVIDIA – Kernel 4.11 Fix Available, but not ‘Legal’..

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on March 8, 2017 by RGMarch 8, 2017

There is a fix/patch available now, for NVIDIA driver 378.13 on Kernel 4.11, but it involves modifying the licence on NVIDIA code, and so is not legal.. Details – and links to discussions – here:  https://devtalk.nvidia.com/default/topic/995636/?comment=5101210 Some previous changes to Kernel code enforcing GPL-only licensing had been reverted, but looking at the correspondence on the Linux Kernel … Continue reading →

Posted in compilation, fix, Hacks, kernel, Linux, NVIDIA | Tagged fix available, gpl-only, kernel, kernel 4.11, licence modification, linux, not legal, nvidia 378.13 | Leave a reply

ARM64 – Catastrophic Compile Errors with 4.10-rc1 – and a Fix..

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on December 26, 2016 by RGDecember 26, 2016

Tried compiling Kernel 4.10-rc1 for aarch64, and got – literally – hundreds of errors: …… ./include/linux/sched.h:3299: Error: unknown mnemonic `return’ — `return test_ti_thread_flag(task_thread_info(tsk),flag)’ ./include/linux/sched.h:3300: Error: junk at end of line, first unrecognized character is `}’ ./include/linux/sched.h:3302: Error: unknown mnemonic `static’ — `static inline void set_tsk_need_resched(struct task_struct*tsk)’ ./include/linux/sched.h:3303: Error: junk at end of line, first unrecognized character is … Continue reading →

Posted in aarch64, compilation, Crash and Burn.., fix, Hacks, kernel, Linux / ARM, Opinion, Performance | Tagged aarch64, arm64, fix available, kernel 4.10-rc1, multiple compile errors | 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

Kernel – Welcome to Linux 4.0? VMware (Patched) OK, NVIDIA Fix Available..

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on February 23, 2015 by RGFebruary 23, 2015

Just tested Kernel 4.0-rc1 – announced here:  http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1502.2/04059.html As you will see – not much actual detail on what has changed, and I have already run into a couple of ‘issues’… The Radeon drm driver on my laptop refuses to load, and the boot hangs immediately with drm r600_ring_test [radeon] *ERROR* radeon: ring 0 test failed (scratch(0x8504)=0xFFFFFFFF) … Continue reading →

Posted in compilation, Crash and Burn.., Hacks, kernel, Linux, NVIDIA, Opinion, Performance, VMware | Tagged boot success, compile fail, fix available, framebuffer workaround, kernel 4.0-rc1, nvidia 346.35, radeon drm error, vmnet patch, vmware 11.1.0 | Leave a reply
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