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Kernel – 6.10-rc1 is out.. OK with Patched VMware, NVIDIA Compile Fails.

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Kernel 6.10-rc1 has been released, and brief details are here:  https://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/2405.3/01595.html VMware 17.5.2 with the interim kernel-6.9 patchset compiles OK, but the latest NVIDIA 555.42.02  fails: …………………………… /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-555.42.02/kernel/common/inc/nv-linux.h: In function ■nv_ioremap_wc■: /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-555.42.02/kernel/common/inc/nv-linux.h:544:33: warning: suggest braces around empty body in an ■if■ statement [-Wempty-body] 544 | NV_MEMDBG_ADD(ptr, size); | ^ /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-555.42.02/kernel/common/inc/nv-linux.h: In functionnv_vmap■: /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-555.42.02/kernel/common/inc/nv-linux.h:670:51: warning: suggest braces around … Continue reading →

Kernel – 5.9-rc – Preliminary Testing – Breaks VMware and NVIDIA, and VirtualBox..

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After all the excitement around the release of Kernel 5.8, I ran some tests on the work-in-progress git version (August 9th) of Kernel 5.9-rc1.   Obviously, there are more changes to come before RC1 is actually released.. NVIDIA 450.57 compile fails: ……………………. CC [M] /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-450.57/kernel/nvidia-uvm/nv-kthread-q.o CC [M] /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-450.57/kernel/nvidia-uvm/nv-kthread-q-selftest.o CC [M] /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-450.57/kernel/nvidia-uvm/uvm8.o In file included from /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-450.57/kernel/nvidia-uvm/uvm8.c:31: /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-450.57/kernel/nvidia-uvm/uvm8_va_range.h: In … Continue reading →