I had a (rare) need to test the latest NVIDIA driver 575.64.03 with the Fedora 42 kernel (6.15.4-200.fc42.x86_64) and found that I was getting unexpected SSL errors, and ‘device not found’ when trying to load the modules.. After some more research. I found that Fedora had already included the new open-source NovaCore drivers as standard, and these … Continue reading →
Kernel 6.16-rc4 is out, and brief details are here: https://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/2506.3/09013.html The latest NVIDIA driver 575.64 compiles and loads/runs OK but may fail when installed using the NV…..run file, but will be OK is installed manually, for some reason.. UPDATE: NVIDIA 575.64.03 is out, which seems to fix the need for manual compile etc… https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/drivers/details/249044/ VMware 17.6.3 with … Continue reading →
Kernel 6.11 is out, and brief details of the latest changes since -rc7 are here: https://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/2409.1/09915.html The latsest NVIDIA driver 560.35.03 compiles and runs OK, and the VMware patchset from https://github.com/64kramsystem/vmware-host-modules-fork compiles OK, and loads and runs correctly. (see separate article on the multiple forking of the original mkubecek patchset, since the Broadcom takeover..) Note that all … Continue reading →
Kernel 6.11-rc1 has been released, and brief details are here: https://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/2407.3/04272.html As confirmed by pre-tests (see previous post) NVIDIA 560.28.03 and 550.100 drivers compile OK. There have been issues reported with 555.xx and 560.xx drivers, which I have found to fail with GTX10xxTi series cards, but 550.100 should work for all supported hardware.. The situation regarding patched … Continue reading →
Tested the latest (July 21st) git version of pre-release Kernel 6.11, and this was OK with NVIDIA 555.58 and (patched) VMware 17.5.2.. (from https://github.com/nan0desu/vmware-host-modules/tree/tmp/workstation-17.5.2-k6.9-sharishth ) Obviously, there will be more potential for ‘breakages’ before -rc1 is released in a weeks time.. Robert Gadsdon July 22nd 2024. … Continue reading →
Kernel 6.0-rc1 is due soon, and I tested with the latest (August 11) GIT version.. Of course, more changes will be incorporated before -rc1 is out, but this gives some idea how things may go… With the latest patchset, VMware 16.2.4 is OK.. (https://github.com/mkubecek/vmware-host-modules/tree/workstation-16.2.4) NVIDIA 515.65.01 compile fails: ………………… CC [M] /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-515.65.01/kernel/nvidia-drm/nvidia-drm-prime-fence.o CC [M] /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-515.65.01/kernel/nvidia-drm/nvidia-drm-linux.o CC [M] … Continue reading →
A little earlier in the day than usual, Kernel 5.17-rc1 has been released, and (very) brief details are here: http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/2201.2/06983.html After my pre-testing last week, there were no surprises, and the 5.17-compatible version of the VMware patchset is now part of the standard 16.2.1 download, at https://github.com/mkubecek/vmware-host-modules/tree/workstation-16.2.1 – and the latest NVIDIA driver – 510.39.01 – compiles … Continue reading →
Kernel 5.14 has been released, and the release notes include a subtle hint about the 30th anniversary of Linux – which I must confess I had forgotten… I have only been using it since 1997.. Read it here: http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/2108.3/05438.html As expected, this is OK with the latest NVIDIA driver 470.63.01, and with the latest (July 2021) patched … Continue reading →
I have been carrying out some preliminary tests to see how feasible it is to compile the Linux Kernel, and NVIDIA drivers, and VMware, using the ‘alternative’ to GCC – CLANG.. The kernel compile is relatively easy, and well documented: # make CC=clang HOSTCC=clang -j8 (for a 4-core system) The compile seems to be slower than GCC, … Continue reading →
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 →