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Kernel – 5.10-rc1 Pre-Testing.. NVIDIA fails, Patched VMware OK..

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on October 20, 2020 by RGOctober 20, 2020

As 5.10-rc1 should be out on Sunday, I did a quick compile test of the interim code available now (October 20th).. NVIDIA 455.28 compile fails: CC [M] /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-455.28/kernel/nvidia/nv-acpi.o CC [M] /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-455.28/kernel/nvidia/nv-cray.o CC [M] /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-455.28/kernel/nvidia/nv-dma.o /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-455.28/kernel/nvidia/nv-dma.c: In function ‘nv_dma_is_map_resource_implemented’: /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-455.28/kernel/nvidia/nv-dma.c:631:37: error: implicit declaration of function ‘get_dma_ops’ [-Werror=implicit-function-declaration] 631 | const struct dma_map_ops *ops = get_dma_ops(dma_dev->dev); | ^~~~~~~~~~~ /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-455.28/kernel/nvidia/nv-dma.c:631:37: … Continue reading →

Posted in kernel, Linux, NVIDIA, Opinion, VMware | Tagged 5.10-rc1 pre-testing, kernel, nvidia 455.28 fail, vmware 16 patched ok | 2 Replies

Kernel – 5.6 Released. Still OK with latest patched VMware and NVIDIA.

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on March 29, 2020 by RGMarch 29, 2020

Kernel 5.6 is out, and brief details are here: http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/2003.3/06474.html Compiles OK, but I am getting a spurious ‘cat: /sys/power/resume: No such file or directory‘ message after #make install.   Everything seems to be working as expected, despite this. For those who need it (digital photography/video etc..) ‘exFAT fs support’ is now available, and can be found under … Continue reading →

Posted in kernel, Linux, NVIDIA, VMware | Tagged 5.6 released, exfat support, kernel, linux, ok with latest patched nvidia vmware, staging | 4 Replies

Kernel – 5.4-rc8 Released – Finally, Fixes Intel e1000e

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on November 17, 2019 by RGNovember 17, 2019

Kernel 5.4-rc8 is out, and brief details are here:  http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1911.2/01078.html The latest NVIDIA (440.31), and patched VMware 15.5.1 compile and load/run OK. The Intel e1000e Ethernet driver had been broken since -rc1, but this has finally been fixed, and appears to operate correctly, now. Robert Gadsdon.   November 17th 2019. … Continue reading →

Posted in Ethernet, Intel, kernel, Linux, Network, NVIDIA, Opinion, VMware | Tagged ethernet, intel e1000e driver fixed, kernel, kernel 5.4-rc8, linux, nvidia 440.31 ok, patched vmware 15.5.1 ok | Leave a reply

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

Kernel – 5.2 Released – No Surprises..

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on July 7, 2019 by RGJuly 7, 2019

Kernel 5.2 is out – slightly later than usual – and brief details are here:  http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1907.0/05444.html As expected, the latest NVIDIA (430.26) and patched VMware 15.1.0 compile and run OK. Robert Gadsdon.   July 7 2019.   … Continue reading →

Posted in kernel, Linux, NVIDIA, Opinion, VMware | Tagged 5.2 released, kernel, nvidia 430.26, ok with latest nvidia and patched vmware, vmware 15.1.0 | 2 Replies

Kernel – New Home for Release Candidates..

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on September 23, 2018 by RGSeptember 24, 2018

Updated Sept 24, to give specific location (from 4.19-rc5 release) In case you had previously been accessing the work-in-progress -rc version of the Kernel at https://github.com/torvalds/linux, then – after 4.19-rc4 – it can be found here:  https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/log/ To get the latest source: # git clone -b master –single-branch https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git Tarballs can be found here (under ‘Download‘): https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/ … Continue reading →

Posted in kernel, Linux | Tagged -rc version, after 4.19-rc4, kernel, linux, location | Leave a reply

Kernel – 4.19-rc1 – OK with VMware, breaks NVIDIA – and Possible Fix..

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on August 27, 2018 by RGAugust 27, 2018

Kernel 4.19-rc1 has been released, and very brief details of changes are here: http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1808.3/01014.html VMware 14.1.3 compiles/loads OK, but NVIDIA (396.54) compile failed: …………………. /home/rgadsdon/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-396.54/kernel/nvidia-drm/nvidia-drm-encoder.c:219:11: error: implicit declaration of function ‘drm_mode_connector_attach_encoder’; did you mean ‘drm_connector_attach_encoder’? [-Werror=implicit-function-declaration] ret = drm_mode_connector_attach_encoder(connector, encoder); ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ drm_connector_attach_encoder cc1: some warnings being treated as errors ……………….. – and a similar error with nvidia-drm-connector.c … Continue reading →

Posted in DisplayLink, Hacks, kernel, Linux, NVIDIA, Opinion, VMware | Tagged 4.19-rc1, displaylink 4.2 compile fail, drm_mode_connector_attach_encoder, kernel, nvidia 396.54 compile fail, possible fix, released, vmware 14.1.3 ok | 6 Replies

Kernel – 4.18-rc2 is Out – Includes fix for VMware Runtime, OK with Latest Patched VMware and NVIDIA.

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on June 24, 2018 by RGJune 24, 2018

Kernel 4.18-rc2 has been released, and brief details of changes from -rc1 are here:  http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1806.3/00112.html This includes the cmdline fix, which enables the VMware runtimes to execute correctly.   The VMware 14.1.2 vmmon patch is still required (see http://rglinuxtech.com/?p=2322 ) NVIDIA 390.67 compiles OK, with the nvidia-drm-drv.c patch (see http://rglinuxtech.com/?p=2315 ) Robert Gadsdon.  June 24, 2018. … Continue reading →

Posted in compilation, fix, Hacks, kernel, Linux, NVIDIA, Opinion, patches, Performance, quirks, VMware | Tagged 390.67, 4.18-rc2 out, includes cmdline fix, kernel, nvidia-drm-drv.c patch, vmmon patch, vmware runtime | Leave a reply

Kernel – GCC8 / ‘Objtool Warnings’ Patches..

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on May 14, 2018 by RGMay 14, 2018

There are now patches available to deal with the host of ‘objtool‘ warnings when compiling the kernel with GCC8: …………………………….. drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbmem.o: warning: objtool: fb_set_var()+0x209: sibling call from callable instruction with modified stack frame drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbmem.o: warning: objtool: do_remove_conflicting_framebuffers()+0xa6: sibling call from callable instruction with modified stack frame drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbmem.o: warning: objtool: register_framebuffer()+0x14b: sibling call from callable instruction with modified … Continue reading →

Posted in compilation, gcc, kernel, Linux, patches, Performance | Tagged 4.16 syscall warnings, 4.17 clean, gcc8, kernel, objtool warnings, patches available | Leave a reply

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

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