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NVIDIA – New Driver 384.130 – Still Fails with 4.16..

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NVIDIA have released driver 384.130, and details are here:  http://www.nvidia.com/download/driverResults.aspx/132524/en-us The ‘Release Highlights’ clearly specify ”Improved compatibility with recent Linux kernels.”, and yet it still fails with Kernel 4.16 (tested with 4.16-rc7): ……………… ld -r -o /home/rgadsdon/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-384.130/kernel/nvidia-modeset/nv-modeset-interface.o /home/rgadsdon/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-384.130/kernel/nvidia-modeset/nvidia-modeset-linux.o Building modules, stage 2. MODPOST 4 modules WARNING: “swiotlb_map_sg_attrs” [/home/rgadsdon/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-384.130/kernel/nvidia.ko] undefined! CC /home/rgadsdon/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-384.130/kernel/nvidia-drm.mod.o LD [M] /home/rgadsdon/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-384.130/kernel/nvidia-drm.ko CC /home/rgadsdon/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-384.130/kernel/nvidia-modeset.mod.o LD … Continue reading →

NVIDIA – New Driver 384.130 – Still Fails with 4.16..

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NVIDIA have released driver 384.130, and details are here:  http://www.nvidia.com/download/driverResults.aspx/132524/en-us The ‘Release Highlights’ clearly specify ”Improved compatibility with recent Linux kernels.”, and yet it still fails with Kernel 4.16 (tested with 4.16-rc7): ……………… ld -r -o /home/rgadsdon/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-384.130/kernel/nvidia-modeset/nv-modeset-interface.o /home/rgadsdon/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-384.130/kernel/nvidia-modeset/nvidia-modeset-linux.o Building modules, stage 2. MODPOST 4 modules WARNING: “swiotlb_map_sg_attrs” [/home/rgadsdon/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-384.130/kernel/nvidia.ko] undefined! CC /home/rgadsdon/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-384.130/kernel/nvidia-drm.mod.o LD [M] /home/rgadsdon/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-384.130/kernel/nvidia-drm.ko CC /home/rgadsdon/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-384.130/kernel/nvidia-modeset.mod.o LD … Continue reading →

NVIDIA – New Driver – Still Broken With 4.16..

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NVIDIA have released a new driver – 390.42 – and brief details are here:  http://www.nvidia.com/Download/driverResults.aspx/131853/en-us This still fails with Kernel 4.16 (tested with 4.16-rc5): ………………… ld -r -o /home/rgadsdon/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-390.42/kernel/nvidia-modeset/nv-modeset-interface.o /home/rgadsdon/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-390.42/kernel/nvidia-modeset/nvidia-modeset-linux.o Building modules, stage 2. MODPOST 4 modules WARNING: “swiotlb_map_sg_attrs” [/home/rgadsdon/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-390.42/kernel/nvidia.ko] undefined! I have had various VMware problems with the 390.xx series of drivers, and so will be … Continue reading →

NVIDIA – Kernel 4.16 Issues – Update..

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An update on the ”Unknown symbol swiotlb_map_sg_attrs” issue with Kernel 4.16-rc and the latest NVIDIA drivers (384.111 and 390.25).. From more testing done after I posted brief details on the NVIDIA Forum, it would appear that – as is sometimes the case – this one issue may have been masking further problems..   See https://devtalk.nvidia.com/default/topic/1030082/linux/kernel-4-16-rc1-breaks-latest-drivers-unknown-symbol-swiotlb_map_sg_attrs-/ for more info.. … Continue reading →

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

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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 a week ago.. Robert Gadsdon.   February 26, 2018. … Continue reading →

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

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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 parameter (see dmesg) dmesg: [ 2142.352238] nvidia: Unknown symbol swiotlb_map_sg_attrs (err 0) Comparing kernel 4.15.x compiled source … Continue reading →