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VMware – Workstation Update 15.5.2 – Compiles with Warnings, with Kernel 5.5 and 5.6-rc.

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VMware have released Workstation 15.5.2, and details are here: https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-Workstation-Pro/15.5/rn/VMware-Workstation-1552-Pro-Release-Notes.html This compiles with Kernels 5.5.9 and 5.6-rc6, but with many ‘warnings’… Kernel 5.5.9 (GCC 9) examples: vmmon: ………………………. /tmp/modconfig-rt8PSu/vmmon-only/common/memtrack.o: warning: objtool: .text.__x86_indirect_thunk_rbx+0x0: unsupported intra-function call /tmp/modconfig-rt8PSu/vmmon-only/common/memtrack.o: warning: objtool: If this is a retpoline, please patch it in with alternatives and annotate it with ANNOTATE_NOSPEC_ALTERNATIVE. /tmp/modconfig-rt8PSu/vmmon-only/common/phystrack.o: warning: objtool: … Continue reading →

ARM64 – Odroid C2 – Working U-Boot..

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Thanks to Heiner Kallweit, there is now a functional version of U-Boot for the Odroid C2, at https://github.com/hkallweit/u-boot .. I have installed it on my C2 (eMMC) and it works fine..    Nice to have a functioning > saveenv command, at last.. U-Boot 2017.01-rc3 (Jan 14 2017 – 02:22:15 -0800) odroid-c2 DRAM: 2 GiB MMC: meson_mmc: 0, meson_mmc: … Continue reading →