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Tag Archives: kernel 4.6-rc1

ARM – Rock2 – Finally an Ethernet Fix that Works..

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on April 1, 2016 by RGApril 1, 2016

After a lot of searching – and more testing (mostly unsuccessful..) I finally have a set of two patches that fix the Ethernet driver problem with the Rock2 in 4.6-rc1..     The problem is that the stmmac driver is common to several SOC setups, and each maintainer seems to have produced their own version of a fix.. The … Continue reading →

Posted in armv7, Hacks, Linux / ARM, Performance, radxa, Rock2, success | Tagged ethernet driver, kernel 4.6-rc1, patches, radxa, rock2, stmmac, success | Leave a reply

ARM – Rock2 to 4.6-rc1 – and Ethernet Fix Fails..

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on March 27, 2016 by RGMarch 27, 2016

Updated the Rock2 to Kernel 4.6-rc1: ……… Fedora 23 (Twenty Three) Kernel 4.6.0-rc1 on an armv7l (ttyS2) ……………….. # uname -a Linux rgrock2 4.6.0-rc1 #1 SMP Sun Mar 27 03:47:06 EDT 2016 armv7l armv7l armv7l GNU/Linux The stmmac Ethernet driver bug from 4.5 Final has still not been fixed, and the driver code has changed in 4.6-rc1, … Continue reading →

Posted in armv7, fix, Hacks, kernel, Linux / ARM, radxa, Rock2, success | Tagged arm, armv7, ethernet patch, kernel 4.6-rc1, linux, radxa, rock2, success, update | Leave a reply

KERNEL – 4.6-rc1 Released – OK with Latest VMware, Breaks NVIDIA – and a Possible Fix..

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on March 27, 2016 by RGMarch 27, 2016

Just  installed Kernel 4.6-rc1 on the test system. Depending on your configuration, you may encounter a compilation error: CC drivers/thermal/mtk_thermal.o drivers/thermal/mtk_thermal.c: In function ‘mtk_thermal_probe’: drivers/thermal/mtk_thermal.c:560:8: error: implicit declaration of function ‘device_reset’ [-Werror=implicit-function-declaration] ret = device_reset(&pdev->dev); ^ cc1: some warnings being treated as errors ……………………………. This is due to a Mediatek thermal driver being ‘selected’ by default (and … Continue reading →

Posted in compilation, fix, kernel, Linux, NVIDIA, VMware | Tagged compile ok, kernel 4.6-rc1, nvidia compile fails, quick fix, vmware 12.1.0 ok | 5 Replies
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