Kernel 6.17 has been released, and brief details are here: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/CAHk-=wiX38oG6=xFBNLO0pnjqHfxzjd6-1kZ5Nv9HfqNC2PoFA@mail.gmail.com/T/#u This is a different mailing list link, as the usual one had not been updated yet, for some reason.. The latest NVIDIA driver 580.82.09 compiles OK, but I did find that running the NVxxx.run installer failed, and the driver had to be manually extracted, compiled and … Continue reading →
Kernel 6.16 is out, and brief details are here: https://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/2507.3/03799.html As expected, the latest NVIDIA driver 575.64.05 compiles/installs OK, but VMware 17.6.4 still needs the 6.15 plus 6.16 patches, the same as 17.6.3.. Only (minor) issue so far is the font resize after boot (needed for 4k screens) is not working, for some reason.. Robert Gadsdon. July … Continue reading →
Kernel 6.16-rc4 is out, and brief details are here: https://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/2506.3/09013.html The latest NVIDIA driver 575.64 compiles and loads/runs OK but may fail when installed using the NV…..run file, but will be OK is installed manually, for some reason.. UPDATE: NVIDIA 575.64.03 is out, which seems to fix the need for manual compile etc… https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/drivers/details/249044/ VMware 17.6.3 with … Continue reading →
Kernel 6.15 is out, and brief details of the latest changes are here: https://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/2505.3/00645.html The latest NVIDIA driver 570.153.02 is OK with this kernel, and with GCC 15 (Fedora 42 etc..) and can be found here: https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/drivers/details/245669/ A VMware vmmon/vmnet fix for 17.6.3 was already documented in a previous article: http://rglinuxtech.com/?p=3321 Robert Gadsdon. May 25th 2025. … Continue reading →
Kernel 6.11 is out, and brief details of the latest changes since -rc7 are here: https://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/2409.1/09915.html The latsest NVIDIA driver 560.35.03 compiles and runs OK, and the VMware patchset from https://github.com/64kramsystem/vmware-host-modules-fork compiles OK, and loads and runs correctly. (see separate article on the multiple forking of the original mkubecek patchset, since the Broadcom takeover..) Note that all … Continue reading →
Kernel 6.8 is out, and brief details are here: https://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/2403.1/01820.html As expected, the latest NVIDIA driver 550.54.14 and VMware 17.5.1 (patched) compile and load/run OK. The VMware patchset is at https://github.com/mkubecek/vmware-host-modules/tree/workstation-17.5.1 If you are running GCC 14 the NVIDIA source needs to be patched – see https://rglinuxtech.com/?p=3213 Robert Gadsdon. March 10th 2024. … Continue reading →
Kernel 6.8-rc1 is out, and brief details are here: https://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/2401.2/05218.html The latest NVIDIA driver 535.154.05 compiles OK – with several warnings: ………. ld -r -o /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-535.154.05/kernel/nvidia-modeset/nv-modeset-interface.o /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-535.1 54.05/kernel/nvidia-modeset/nvidia-modeset-linux.o /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-535.154.05/kernel/nvidia-modeset/nv-kthread-q.o MODPOST /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-535.154.05/kernel/Module.symvers CC [M] /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-535.154.05/kernel/nvidia.mod.o LD [M] /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-535.154.05/kernel/nvidia.ko CC [M] /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-535.154.05/kernel/nvidia-uvm.mod.o LD [M] /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-535.154.05/kernel/nvidia-uvm.ko CC [M] /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-535.154.05/kernel/nvidia-modeset.mod.o LD [M] /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-535.154.05/kernel/nvidia-modeset.ko CC [M] /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-535.154.05/kernel/nvidia-drm.mod.o LD [M] /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-535.154.05/kernel/nvidia-drm.ko CC [M] … Continue reading →
After some delay, Kernel 6.7 has been released, and brief details of changes since -rc8 are here: https://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/2401.0/05149.html Once again, The latest NVIDIA 545.29.06 and (patched) VMware 17.5.0 both compile/run OK.. Robert Gadsdon. January 8th 2024. … Continue reading →
Kernel 6.7-rc1 has been released, and brief details are here: https://lkml.org/lkml/2023/11/12/352 After some pre-testing last week, the latest NVIDIA 545.29.02 and VMware 17.5.0 with the latest patchset ( https://github.com/mkubecek/vmware-host-modules/tree/workstation-17.5.0 ) still compile/load OK.. Robert Gadsdon. November 13th 2023. … Continue reading →
Kernel 6.6 has been released, and brief details are here: https://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/2310.3/06370.html As expected, the latest NVIDIA 545.23.06 and VMware compile OK, but VMware 17.5.0 needs the latest patchset, to avoid reported issues.. The patchset can be found here: https://github.com/mkubecek/vmware-host-modules/tree/workstation-17.5.0 Robert Gadsdon. October 30th 2023. … Continue reading →