Kernel 4.19-rc2 is out, and details of changes from -rc1 are here: http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1809.0/00713.html As with -rc1, the latest VMware (14.1.3) compiles/loads OK, and the latest NVIDIA (396.54 and 390.87) with the patch mentioned in a previous article ( http://rglinuxtech.com/?p=2391 ) … Continue reading
Kernel 4.17-rc1 has been released, and brief details are here: http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1804.1/06654.html With the latest code-on-git milestone reached, there is speculation that a version bump to 5.x might be a possibility – but not just yet! The latest NVIDIA driver (396.18) … Continue reading
Kernel 4.14-rc8 is out, and brief details of changes since -rc7 are here: http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1711.0/03395.html This might have been 4.14 ‘final’ but there were still too many changes to warrant that.. Th 4.14 ‘final’ release may be slightly delayed, as it … Continue reading
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 … Continue reading
Kernel 4.6-rc6 has been released, and details of changes since -rc5 are here: http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1605.0/00190.html It seems that there will be (at least..) an rc7, before ‘Final’.. Tested with patched VMware 12.1.0 (vmnet and vmmon) and patched NVIDIA (364.19) and both … Continue reading
Just installed Kernel 4.5-rc1 on the test system, and NVIDIA 358.16 (and ‘beta’ 361.18) and VMware 12.1.0 all compile and load/run OK.. Details are here: http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1601.3/00205.html $ uname -a Linux rglinux 4.5.0-rc1 #1 SMP Sun Jan 24 15:39:14 PST 2016 … Continue reading
Updated to Kernel 4.4 ‘Final’ on the test system, and the latest VMware (12.1.0) and NVIDIA (358.16) compile and run OK.. The ‘beta’ driver 361.16 should be OK, but has multiple userland issues on my systems. – see previous post.).. … Continue reading
The latest (beta) NVIDIA driver – 358.09 – compiles and install/runs OK with Kernel 4.3 (tested with 4.3-rc5). Release notes, and download, at http://www.geforce.com/drivers/results/92712 Robert Gadsdon. October 12, 2015. … Continue reading
Updated the test system to Kernel 3.19-rc4, and the same comments apply as for -rc3.. Still no fixes for NVIDIA and VMware, yet.. I tried the CuBox-i4 Pro with a ‘standard’ kernel from kernel.org, rather than the ‘patched’ version used … Continue reading
The recent kernel 3.10.6 includes a – potential – performance improvement, by reverting some old (circa 3.8) patches, after research and testing by kernel contributors at Intel, and RedHat.. More details in the changelog, at: https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.10.6 3.11-rc5 is also out, … Continue reading