NVIDIA have released driver 460.39, and details are here: https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/linux-solaris-and-freebsd-driver-460-39-long-lived-branch-release/166842 This compiles/installs/runs OK with Kernel 5.11, without any patches.. (tested with 5.11-rc5) Robert Gadsdon. January 26th 2021. … Continue reading →
NVIDIA have released their latest driver – 460.32.03, and details are here: https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/linux-solaris-and-freebsd-driver-460-32-03-long-lived-branch-release/165423 The patch for 460.27.04 is easy to modify to work with this version – just remove the first section (patch to ~/kernel/common/inc/nv-linux.h) as this is no longer necessary. Tested with Kernel 5.11-rc2.. ……….. ld -r -o /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-460.32.03/kernel/nvidia-modeset/nv-modeset-interface.o /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-460.32.03/kernel/nvidia-modeset/nvidia-modeset-linux.o /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-460.32.03/kernel/nvidia-modeset/nv-kthread-q.o MODPOST /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-460.32.03/kernel/Module.symvers CC [M] /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-460.32.03/kernel/nvidia-drm.mod.o … Continue reading →
Thanks to joanbm, and loqs, there is now a patch for NVIDIA 460.27.04 and Kernel 5.11-rc1. I have applied this, and the NVIDIA driver compiles and loads/runs OK. The patch can be found at http://ix.io/2K9F .. Robert Gadsdon. December 29th 2020. … Continue reading →
Thanks to mbod, there is a simple kernel patch to restore the Kernel 5.8 ‘inherited taint’ behaviour to Kernel 5.9, and the detail is in this thread: https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/opencl-not-working-with-kernel-5-9/156941/6 I have applied this to Kernel 5.9.0, and NVIDIA driver 455.28 now installs and loads/runs OK. Until a proper fix is available, this will – of course – need … Continue reading →
NVIDIA have released beta driver 455.23.04, and details are here: https://www.nvidia.com/Download/driverResults.aspx/163518/en-us This compiles OK with Kernel 5.9 – tested with 5.9-rc5 – but still suffers from the ‘tainted’ problem with nvidia-udm: …………………… [356113.979463] nvidia_uvm: module uses symbols from proprietary module nvidia, inheriting taint. [356113.987691] nvidia_uvm: Unknown symbol radix_tree_preloads (err -2) [356113.993562] nvidia_uvm: Unknown symbol set_cpus_allowed_ptr (err -2) … Continue reading →
There is a new driver 450.66 available, and details are here: https://www.nvidia.com/Download/driverResults.aspx/163238/en-us No patch – yet – and there is an issue with the old ‘GPL block’ again.. https://gitlab.com/EULA/snippets/-/commit/9c295c9b9b9453de00941a5c84cb3c9385eafe6e I had just tested the latest version of the 5.9 patch for NVIDIA driver 450.57, and it compiled OK, but loading was problem, and the mouse ‘wobbled’ all … Continue reading →
NVIDIA have released beta driver 450.57, and details are here: https://www.nvidia.com/Download/driverResults.aspx/162107/en-us I have tested this with Kernel 5.8-rc6, and it compiles successfully, and (so far) appears to run OK..: ……………………………… ld -r -o /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-450.57/kernel/nvidia-modeset/nv-modeset-interface.o /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-450.57/kernel/nvidia-modeset/nvidia-modeset-linux.o /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-450.57/kernel/nvidia-modeset/nv-kthread-q.o MODPOST /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-450.57/kernel/Module.symvers CC [M] /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-450.57/kernel/nvidia-drm.mod.o LD [M] /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-450.57/kernel/nvidia-drm.ko CC [M] /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-450.57/kernel/nvidia-modeset.mod.o LD [M] /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-450.57/kernel/nvidia-modeset.ko CC [M] /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-450.57/kernel/nvidia-uvm.mod.o LD [M] /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-450.57/kernel/nvidia-uvm.ko CC … Continue reading →
NVIDIA have released new drivers 440.100 and (beta) 450.51, and details are here: https://www.nvidia.com/Download/driverResults.aspx/160175/en-us and https://www.nvidia.com/Download/driverResults.aspx/160555/en-us Both compile OK with Kernel 5.7 (tested with 5.7.5) and the existing Kernel 5.8 patch for 440.82 still works with both versions – with some offsets. (compile tested with Kernel 5.8-rc2). Robert Gadsdon. June 24th 2020. … Continue reading →
NVIDIA have released driver 440.82, and details are here: https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/linux-solaris-and-freebsd-driver-440-82-long-lived-branch-release/118864 Tested with latest Kernel 5.6, and compiles/runs OK: ……………… ld -r -o /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-440.82/kernel/nvidia-modeset/nv-modeset-interface.o /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-440.82/kernel/nvidia-modeset/nvidia-modeset-linux.o /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-440.82/kernel/nvidia-modeset/nv-kthread-q.o MODPOST 4 modules CC [M] /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-440.82/kernel/nvidia-drm.mod.o LD [M] /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-440.82/kernel/nvidia-drm.ko CC [M] /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-440.82/kernel/nvidia-modeset.mod.o LD [M] /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-440.82/kernel/nvidia-modeset.ko CC [M] /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-440.82/kernel/nvidia-uvm.mod.o LD [M] /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-440.82/kernel/nvidia-uvm.ko CC [M] /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-440.82/kernel/nvidia.mod.o LD [M] /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-440.82/kernel/nvidia.ko make[1]: Leaving directory ‘/usr/src/linux-5.6.3-rc2’ Robert … Continue reading →
NVIDIA have released the latest Vulkan beta driver 440.66.02, and details are here: https://developer.nvidia.com/vulkan-driver The kernel-related code seems to be unchanged from 440.64, and the Kernel 5.6 patch for that version still applies, and can be found here: https://gitlab.com/snippets/1945940 The driver then compiles OK: …………….. ld -r -o /home/rgadsdon/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-440.66.02-custom/kernel/nvidia-modeset/nv-modeset-interface.o /home/rgadsdon/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-440.66.02-custom/kernel/nvidia-modeset/nvidia-modeset-linux.o /home/rgadsdon/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-440.66.02-custom/kernel/nvidia-modeset/nv-kthread-q.o MODPOST 4 modules CC [M] /home/rgadsdon/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-440.66.02-custom/kernel/nvidia-drm.mod.o … Continue reading →