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KERNEL – 4.8-rc1 Out – Breaks VMware and NVIDIA – and Fixes..

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on August 8, 2016 by RGAugust 8, 2016

Kernel 4.8-rc1 is out, and brief details are here:   http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1608.0/04804.html VMware 12.1.1 – with the previous 4.6/4.7 patches, fails to compile vmmon: /tmp/modconfig-gfkQLR/vmmon-only/linux/hostif.c: In function ‘HostIF_EstimateLockedPageLimit’: /tmp/modconfig-gfkQLR/vmmon-only/linux/hostif.c:1597:47: error: ‘NR_ANON_PAGES’ undeclared (first use in this function) Further research revealed that NR_ANON_PAGES has been changed to NR_ANON_MAPPED in 4.8, and so the fix is quite simple.. In ~/vmmon-only/linux/hostif.c, around … Continue reading →

Posted in fix, Hacks, kernel, Linux, NVIDIA, Performance, VMware | Tagged additional patches, breaks vmware and nvidia, compiles ok, hostif.c, kernel 4.8-rc1, nvidia 367.35, nvidia-drm, patches available, vmmon, vmware 12.1.1 | 8 Replies

Kernel – 4.7-rc2 Released – rc1 Patches Still Work.

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on June 6, 2016 by RGJune 6, 2016

Kernel 4.7-rc2 is out and brief details of changes from -rc1 are here:  http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1606.0/03592.html After all the later-rc breakage with 4.6, I tested the latest patched NVIDIA drivers, and VMware, with this version, and all the previous 4.6/4.7 patches for VMware 12.1.1, and the 4.7 patches for NVIDIA 367.18 and 361.45.11 still work.   See http://rglinuxtech.com/?p=1748 and http://rglinuxtech.com/?p=1750 … Continue reading →

Posted in compilation, Crash and Burn.., fix, Hacks, kernel, Linux, NVIDIA, Opinion, Performance, VMware | Tagged kernel 4.7-rc2, nvidia 367.18 and 361.45.11, nvidia and vmware patches still work, vmware 12.1.1 | Leave a reply

VMware – Possible Kernel 4.7 Fix for 12.1.1..

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on May 31, 2016 by RGMay 31, 2016

Thanks to g, from their comment on my previous article ( http://rglinuxtech.com/?p=1746 ), there may be a more correct vmnet fix than simply ‘commenting out the code’..    Replace dev->trans_start = jiffies with  netif_trans_update(dev) in netif.c I have made this change, and VMware 12.1.1 is – so far – loading and running OK, as usual.. Robert Gadsdon.   May 30, … Continue reading →

Posted in compilation, fix, Hacks, kernel, Linux, VMware | Tagged fix, kernel 4.7-rc1, netif.c, vmnet, vmware 12.1.1 | 7 Replies

Kernel – 4.7-rc1 Breaks NVIDIA and VMware..

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on May 29, 2016 by RGMay 29, 2016

Kernel 4.7-rc1 is out, and brief details are here:  https://lkml.org/lkml/2016/5/29/77 The update breaks the latest NVIDIA drivers – 367.18 and 361.45.11: ………. /home/rgadsdon/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-367.18/kernel/nvidia-uvm/uvm_linux.h:557:13: error: redefinition of ‘radix_tree_empty’ static bool radix_tree_empty(struct radix_tree_root *tree) ……………………………. /home/rgadsdon/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-367.18/kernel/nvidia-drm/nvidia-drm-gem.c: In function ‘nvidia_drm_dumb_map_offset’: /home/rgadsdon/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-367.18/kernel/nvidia-drm/nvidia-drm-gem.c:411:33: error: passing argument 1 of ‘drm_gem_object_lookup’ from incompatible pointer type [-Werror=incompatible-pointer-types] gem = drm_gem_object_lookup(dev, file, handle); …………………… ..and, breaks … Continue reading →

Posted in compilation, Crash and Burn.., Hacks, kernel, Linux, NVIDIA, Opinion, VMware | Tagged 361.45.11, breaks nvidia and vmware, kernel 4.7-rc1, nvidia 367.18, vmnet hack, vmware 12.1.1 | 4 Replies

VMware – 12.1.1 – Not Very Impressed..

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on May 18, 2016 by RGMay 18, 2016

VMware Workstation 12.1.1 is out, but still needs the same patches (vmmon and vmnet) for Kernel 4.6 as 12.1.0, and the update also (still..!.) breaks the front-end gui (/usr/bin/vmware) on Fedora 23.. Release Notes for 12.1.1 are here:  https://pubs.vmware.com/Release_Notes/en/workstation/12pro/workstation-1211-release-notes.html Kernel 4.6 patch details are here:  http://rglinuxtech.com/?p=1706 The fix for /usr/bin/vmware on Fedora 23 is almost the same … Continue reading →

Posted in compilation, Crash and Burn.., Fedora, fix, Hacks, Linux, Opinion, VMware | Tagged fix for gui on fedora, needs patch for kernel 4.6, vmware 12.1.1 | Leave a reply
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