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Kernel – 4.19-rc1 – OK with VMware, breaks NVIDIA – and Possible Fix..

Posted on by August 27, 2018
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Kernel 4.19-rc1 has been released, and very brief details of changes are here: http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1808.3/01014.html VMware 14.1.3 compiles/loads OK, but NVIDIA (396.54) compile failed: …………………. /home/rgadsdon/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-396.54/kernel/nvidia-drm/nvidia-drm-encoder.c:219:11: error: implicit declaration of function ‘drm_mode_connector_attach_encoder’; did you mean ‘drm_connector_attach_encoder’? [-Werror=implicit-function-declaration] ret = drm_mode_connector_attach_encoder(connector, encoder); … Continue reading →

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

Posted on by August 12, 2018
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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 … Continue reading →

Kernel – 4.18-rc1 released – Breaks NVIDIA, Fix Available.. Not OK with VMware

Posted on by June 17, 2018
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Kernel 4.18-rc1 has been released – earlier than expected, but Linus is in Japan, where it was already Sunday.. Brief details are here:  http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1806.2/00125.html Tested with VMware 14.1.2, and vmmon/vmnet compile OK, but NVIDIA fails: …………………………. CC [M] /home/rgadsdon/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-390.67/kernel/nvidia-drm/nvidia-drm-drv.o In … Continue reading →

Kernel – 4.17-rc3 Released – Still OK with Latest NVIDIA and VMware..

Posted on by April 29, 2018
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Kernel 4.17-rc3 is out, and brief details of changes from -rc2 are here:  http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1804.3/05507.html Tested with NVIDIA 396.18 and VMware 14.1.1 (vmmon and vmnet), and all still compile OK.. Robert Gadsdon.   April 29, 2018. … Continue reading →

Kernel – 4.16-rc3 Released, and Still no NVIDIA Fix?

Posted on by February 26, 2018
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Kernel 4.16-rc3 is out, and brief details of post-rc2 changes are here:  http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1802.3/00500.html I still cannot find any solution proposed for the ‘Unknown symbol swiotlb_map_sg_attrs‘ error with the latest NVIDIA drivers, despite posting brief details on the Developers Forum over … Continue reading →

Kernel – 4.16-rc1 – OK with VMware 14.1.1, Breaks NVIDIA?..

Posted on by February 11, 2018
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Kernel 4.16-rc1 is out, and brief details are here:  http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1802.1/02325.html VMware 14.1.1 is OK, and NVIDIA 384.111 and 390.25 both compile OK, but then fail to load/run: ………… modprobe: ERROR: could not insert ‘nvidia’: Unknown symbol in module, or unknown … Continue reading →

Kernel – 4.15-rc1 is Out – Breaks VMware and NVIDIA…

Posted on by November 26, 2017
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Kernel 4.15-rc1 has been released, and brief details are here:  http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1711.3/00971.html With VMware 14.0.0 – plus the 4.14 vmmon patch – vmmon breaks again: ……………………… /tmp/modconfig-hOVOTM/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c: In function ‘LinuxDriverInitTSCkHz’: /tmp/modconfig-hOVOTM/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:254:22: error: assignment from incompatible pointer type [-Werror=incompatible-pointer-types] tscTimer.function = LinuxDriverEstimateTSCkHzDeferred; … Continue reading →

Kernel – 4.14 Released – OK with Latest NVIDIA and – Patched – VMware

Posted on by November 12, 2017
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Kernel 4.14 is now out, and brief details – including updates from -rc8 – are here:  http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1711.1/03305.html As expected, the latest NVIDIA drivers (384.98 and 387.22) are OK with this release, and VMware 14.0.0 – with the vmmon patch ( … Continue reading →

KERNEL – 4.7 Released – OK with Patched VMware and NVIDIA..

Posted on by July 24, 2016
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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 – 4.3 Final released – OK with Latest VMware and NVIDIA…

Posted on by November 2, 2015
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Updated to Kernel 4.3 ‘Final’ and the latest versions of VMware (12.0.1) and NVIDIA (tested with 352.55) install and load/run OK, without the need for any patches.. Brief details of changes from -rc7 are here: http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1511.0/00204.html $ uname -a Linux … Continue reading →