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Kernel – 4.18 Finally Released – OK with latest NVIDIA, and Patched VMware

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Kernel 4.18 has finally arrived, and details of changes since -rc8 are here:  http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1808.1/02806.html As expected, after changes in -rc7, the latest NVIDIA and (patched) VMware all compile/load OK..    Tested with VMware 14.1.2 with the vmmon patch, and NVIDIA 390.77 and 396.51. Coincidentally, I can also confirm that 4.18 boots OK on HP PA-RISC (HP9000/785-C3700) – but … Continue reading →

Kernel – 4.1-rc3 – Now OK with NVIDIA..

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Just updated the test system to Kernel 4.1-rc3, and confirmed that this is now OK with the latest NVIDIA drivers, and includes the change to linux/arch/x86/kernel/process.c as detailed in a previous article.    Patched VMware 11.x is OK, as before.. # uname -a Linux rg6830l 4.1.0-rc3 #1 SMP Mon May 11 07:10:01 PDT 2015 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux … Continue reading →