Just install Kernel 3.15-rc1 on the test system, and VMware 10.0.1 (with the vmnet patch, if you need it) and the latest NVIDIA driver – 337.12 – compile and load and run OK… $ uname -a Linux rg6830l 3.15.0-rc1 #1 SMP PREEMPT Mon Apr 14 09:20:22 BST 2014 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux One slight quirk that I … Continue reading →
Just tested Kernel 3.14-rc8, and the same comments apply as for -rc7.. Vmnet-patched VMware 10.0.1 and nv-linux.h-patched NVIDIA 334.21 all compile and load/run OK.. If all goes well, the next release should be 3.14 final.. # uname -a Linux rglinux 3.14.0-rc8 #1 SMP PREEMPT Tue Mar 25 12:59:16 GMT 2014 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux Details of changes … Continue reading →
After all the ‘noise’ around recent 3.14-rc releases, things appear to have calmed down with 3.14-rc7.. Details are here: http://lkml.iu.edu//hypermail/linux/kernel/1403.2/00164.html As before, VMware 10.0.1 – with the usual patch – compiles and runs OK, and the latest NVIDIA driver 334.21 – with the nv-linux.h patch mentioned in an earlier article – compiles and loads and runs OK.. … Continue reading →
Updated the test (x86_64) system and the DreamPlug (armv5) to kernel 3.14-rc5, and the same comments apply as for 3.14-rc4.. http://rglinuxtech.com/?p=1070 Fedora release 18 (Spherical Cow) Kernel 3.14.0-rc5 on an armv5tel (ttyS0) ……….. # uname -a Linux rgdreamplug 3.14.0-rc5 #1 PREEMPT Mon Mar 3 22:07:22 GMT 2014 armv5tel armv5tel armv5tel GNU/Linux Latest – patched – NVIDIA and … Continue reading →
Updated the test system to Kernel 3.14-rc4, and the VMware 10.0.1 (patched) and NVIDIA 331.49 (patched) compile and load OK.. Details of changes are here: https://lkml.org/lkml/2014/2/23/234 Updated the Dreamplug to 3.14-rc4 as well: Fedora release 18 (Spherical Cow) Kernel 3.14.0-rc4 on an armv5tel (ttyS0) The Odroid is not (yet) supported by the standard kernel-org tree, but hopefully … Continue reading →
Updated to Kernel 3.13.4, and the latest NVIDIA driver 331.49 and (patched) VMware 10.0.1 compile and load/run OK.. Details of changes are here: https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.13.4 I had still been having problems with the uvcvideo driver (with a Logitech C525 webcam), since updating from kernel 3.12 to kernel 3.13 – and the problems is also in 3.14-rc3.. I … Continue reading →