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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 →

NVIDIA – Kernel 4.1 GPL-only Fixed

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The GPL error with NVIDIA drivers and kernel 4.1-rc has been fixed with a patch to linux/arch/x86/kernel/process.c Details are at http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1505.0/03818.html.    EXPORT_PER_CPU_SYMBOL_GPL(cpu_tss); has been replaced by EXPORT_PER_CPU_SYMBOL(cpu_tss); I have applied the patch to Kernel 4.1-rc2, and rebooted, and NVIDIA driver 346.59 now compiles and loads OK.. Robert Gadsdon.   May 6, 2015. … Continue reading →