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Kernel – 5.3-rc1 is Out. NVIDIA OK, VMware vmmon Fails, and a Fix.

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on July 21, 2019 by RGJuly 21, 2019

Tested the newly released Kernel 5.3-rc1 (brief details here: http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1907.2/04769.html ) The latest NVIDIA (430.34) compiles and runs OK, and (patched) VMware 15.1.0 vmnet compiles OK, but vmmon fails: ……… CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-Kk5UU0/vmmon-only/common/cpuid.o /tmp/modconfig-Kk5UU0/vmmon-only/linux/hostif.c: In function ‘HostIF_SetFastClockRate’: /tmp/modconfig-Kk5UU0/vmmon-only/linux/hostif.c:3406:10: error: too many arguments to function ‘force_sig’ 3406 | force_sig(SIGKILL, linuxState.fastClockThread); | ^~~~~~~~~ In file included from ./include/linux/taskstats_kern.h:12, from … Continue reading →

Posted in fix, Hacks, kernel, Linux, NVIDIA, Opinion, VMware | Tagged 5.3-rc1 released, fix, hack, kernel, nvidia 430.34 ok, vmmon compile fails, vmware 15.1.0 patched | 7 Replies

Linux – Dual-Boot Nasty Hack..

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on March 14, 2018 by RGMarch 14, 2018

I am setting up an HP Z820 as – primarily – a video creating/editing/restoring system, but I need to be able to boot into Windows 7 Pro (for Vegas Pro, AviSynth, Prodrenalin, Mercalli, etc. etc..) and Linux (Fedora)..   I had set up dual-boot systems before, and I am still using Windows 7 Pro SP1, but this time … Continue reading →

Posted in boot, dual-boot, Fedora, fix, grub, Hacks, Linux, Opinion, quirks, UEFI, Win 7 | Tagged dual-boot, fedora entry missing, fix, grub2, hack, linux, substitute, success, uefi, windows 7, z820 | Leave a reply

Linux – Dual-Boot Nasty Hack..

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on March 14, 2018 by RGMarch 14, 2018

I am setting up an HP Z820 as – primarily – a video creating/editing/restoring system, but I need to be able to boot into Windows 7 Pro (for Vegas Pro, AviSynth, Prodrenalin, Mercalli, etc. etc..) and Linux (Fedora)..   I had set up dual-boot systems before, and I am still using Windows 7 Pro SP1, but this time … Continue reading →

Posted in boot, dual-boot, Fedora, fix, grub, Hacks, Linux, Opinion, quirks, UEFI, Win 7 | Tagged dual-boot, fedora entry missing, fix, grub2, hack, linux, substitute, success, uefi, windows 7, z820 | Leave a reply

Kernel – 4.9-rc3 – NVIDIA Patch still works, and Fix for VMware 12.5.1?

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on October 30, 2016 by RGOctober 30, 2016

Updated the test system to Kernel 4.9-rc3, and the patch for NVIDIA mentioned in my article for -rc2 still works OK..     I Compiled 370.28 and 375.10 successfully.. As I could not find any patches for VMware – and the latest version 12.5.1 still fails to compile, I created a nasty hack myself.. Warning – This is not … Continue reading →

Posted in compilation, Crash and Burn.., fix, Hacks, kernel, Linux, NVIDIA, VMware | Tagged compile, hack, kernel 4.9-rc3, linux, nvidia 370.28 375.10, patch, success, vmware 12.5.1 | 37 Replies

ARM64 – Dragonboard 410c – Now with U-Boot..

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on November 10, 2015 by RGNovember 12, 2015

One of the shortcomings of the DragonBoard 410c was that it relied on the Android-phone-centric fastboot for any Kernel updates, but now there is a version of U-Boot available, thanks to Mateusz Kulikowski.. This is very much a work-in-progress, but I thought I would give it a try… I started with the version at https://github.com/hallor/u-boot/tree/dragonboard-2015.11.01, and made … Continue reading →

Posted in aarch64, compilation, Crash and Burn.., Dragonboard, Fedora, Hacks, kernel, Linux / ARM, U-Boot | Tagged arm64, dragonboard 410c, hack, success, u-boot | 7 Replies

VMware – Fix for Kernel 4.2..?

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on August 1, 2015 by RGAugust 1, 2015

Thanks to craigacgomez on the VMware Forum, there is a hack to fix VMware (vmnet) with Kernel 4.2..  https://communities.vmware.com/thread/516196 I made some more changes, to make it backward-compatible, and it seems to work OK with Kernels 4.1.3 and 4.2-rc4.. I should emphasize that I am an amateur at such things, but if you want to try this, … Continue reading →

Posted in compilation, CuBox, Hacks, kernel, Linux, VMware | Tagged backward-compatible, hack, kernel 4.2, sk_alloc, vmnet fix, vmnetint.h, vmware 11 | 5 Replies

VMware: Linux ‘Guest’ Fix for Kernel 3.15..

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on April 23, 2014 by RGApril 23, 2014

After further testing, I found that the hgfs ‘shared folders’ function in VMware 10.0.2, which worked fine for Kernel 3.14, did not work for Kernel 3.15… I tried to find a patch, and eventually created a (fairly unsophisticated!) one for myself, and have tested it with VMware 10.0.2 (Linux ‘host’) and Linux Kernel 3.14.1 and 3.15-rc2 ‘guests’. … Continue reading →

Posted in compilation, Crash and Burn.., Hacks, kernel, Linux, VMware | Tagged fix, hack, kernel 3.15, link.c, linux guest, patch, shared folders, success, vmhgfs, vmware 10.0.2 | Leave a reply

Pi to 3.11..

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on September 9, 2013 by RGSeptember 9, 2013

Just updated the Raspberry Pi to kernel 3.11, using the source code available (linux-rpi-3.11.y) on GitHub, with a couple of minor hacks.. As seems to often be the case, there were a couple of source/config files missing: drivers/net/ethernet/Kconfig is missing, so.. just copy one from the older 3.10.x tree.. make[2]: *** No rule to make target `net/mac80211/chan.o’, … Continue reading →

Posted in compilation, Crash and Burn.., Hacks, kernel, Linux / ARM, Raspberry Pi | Tagged hack, kernel 3.11, raspberry pi, success | 1 Reply

Pi to 3.8.3 OK, but 3.9-rc2 Hack Fails..

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on March 17, 2013 by RGMarch 17, 2013

Just updated the Raspberry Pi to kernel 3.8.3, by applying the incremental patch, from ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.0/incr/patch-3.8.2-3.bz2 Fedora release 18 (Spherical Cow) Kernel 3.8.3-pi on an armv6l (ttyAMA0) ……………….. # uname -a Linux rgpi 3.8.3-pi #2 Sun Mar 17 20:27:05 GMT 2013 armv6l armv6l armv6l GNU/Linux Attempts to ‘hack’ 3.9-rc2 by applying the standard kernel.org patch to my Pi … Continue reading →

Posted in compilation, Crash and Burn.., Fedora, Hacks, kernel, Linux / ARM, Raspberry Pi | Tagged 3.9-rc2, arm, failure, hack, kernel 3.8.3, linux, patch, raspberry pi, success | Leave a reply

APC – Now a real ‘Hack’!

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on August 4, 2012 by RGAugust 4, 2012

As the complete source code for the APC is still unavailable, and it seems that the ‘standard’ Android OS on the device does not include some sort of console, the only way to get control (at least of the boot process) would appear to be by using the UART port on the board, and a pinout / … Continue reading →

Posted in Android, APC, Crash and Burn.., Dreamplug, Hacks, Linux / ARM | Tagged apc, boot, hack, serial console, uart, usb converter | Leave a reply

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