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VMware – Potential Fix for W/S 14 Performance/Memory Issues..

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on October 23, 2017 by RGOctober 23, 2017

I had found that although VMware 14.0.0 installed OK with Kernel 4.13, the runtime performance was rather ‘sluggish’, and others have reported more serious memory issues… There is a patch that may help with this – and thanks to Roke for reporting this, and to mkubecek for the actual patch.. Details are in this posting, on the … Continue reading →

Posted in fix, Hacks, kernel, Linux, Opinion, patches, Performance, VMware | Tagged improvement, kernel 4.13, performance and memory issues, vmmon patch, vmware 14 | Leave a reply

VMware – Potential Fix for W/S 14 Performance/Memory Issues..

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on October 23, 2017 by RGOctober 23, 2017

I had found that although VMware 14.0.0 installed OK with Kernel 4.13, the runtime performance was rather ‘sluggish’, and others have reported more serious memory issues… There is a patch that may help with this – and thanks to Roke for reporting this, and to mkubecek for the actual patch.. Details are in this posting, on the … Continue reading →

Posted in fix, Hacks, kernel, Linux, Opinion, patches, Performance, VMware | Tagged improvement, kernel 4.13, performance and memory issues, vmmon patch, vmware 14 | 6 Replies

Kernel – 4.1 will be ‘Interesting’ for x86…

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on April 24, 2015 by RGApril 24, 2015

The initial release of Kernel 4.1-rc1 should be out fairly soon, but this time it might possibly break some things..?. There will be a lot of ‘improvements’ to x86-related code:  http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1504.1/03389.html. So – we have been warned! Robert Gadsdon.   April 24, 2015. … Continue reading →

Posted in compilation, Crash and Burn.., kernel, Linux, Opinion, Performance | Tagged improvement, kernel 4.1, possible issues, rc1 releasing soon, x86 code cleanup | Leave a reply

Pi Kernel Update – 3.2.29, and an Improvement in USB?

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on September 17, 2012 by RGSeptember 17, 2012

I have just updated the Raspberry Pi to kernel 3.2.29, from the latest Pi kernel 3.2.27 at https://github.com/raspberrypi/linux, plus the two incremental patches from ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.0/incr/ The system is OK, and USB seems to be more stable than before, even after plugging in USB1.1 devices.. Fedora release 17 (Beefy Miracle) Kernel 3.2.29-pi on an armv6l (ttyAMA0) ………. usb … Continue reading →

Posted in compilation, Fedora, Linux / ARM, Opinion, Performance, Raspberry Pi | Tagged 3.2.29, improvement, kernel, patched, raspberry pi, usb | 5 Replies

Pi Power and Hub – It’s All About the Power Supply??.

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on May 17, 2012 by RGMay 17, 2012

After many fruitless attempts to cobble together a working USB hub setup for the Raspberry Pi, I came to the conclusion – after trying all the USB/mains power adapters I had (from various phones and other accessories), that the power supply made a significant difference to the behaviour of the Pi..     With some adapters, I had to … Continue reading →

Posted in Crash and Burn.., Hacks, Opinion, Performance, Raspberry Pi | Tagged errors, hub, improvement, nokia, power supply, problems, raspberry pi, usb | Leave a reply
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