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VMware – New Driver 12.5.0 – OK with Kernel 4.7, and 4.8..

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Updated to the latest VMware Workstation Pro version – 12.5.0, and it compiles OK with kernel.org kernel 4.7 (4.7.3) and also with 4.8 (4.8-rc6). Release notes here:   http://pubs.vmware.com/Release_Notes/en/workstation/12pro/workstation-125-release-notes.html Nice to see that they have actually fixed quite a lot of Linux-related ‘issues’, this time.. Robert Gadsdon.  September 14, 2016 … Continue reading →

KERNEL – 4.7 Released – OK with Patched VMware and NVIDIA..

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Kernel 4.7 has been released – slightly later than usual – and brief details are here:  http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1607.3/00150.html $ uname -a Linux rglinux-i7 4.7.0 #1 SMP Sun Jul 24 14:34:37 PDT 2016 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux Neither VMware nor NVIDIA have drivers that work with this kernel version, but the 4.7-rc patched versions of VMware 12.1.1 and NVIDIA … Continue reading →