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

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on November 26, 2017 by RGNovember 26, 2017

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; ^ /tmp/modconfig-hOVOTM/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:256:12: error: ‘struct timer_list’ has no member named ‘data’ tscTimer.data = 0; ^ /tmp/modconfig-hOVOTM/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c: In function … Continue reading →

Posted in kernel, Linux, NVIDIA, Opinion, VMware | Tagged compile fails, kernel 4.15-rc1, nvidia 387.34, released, vmware 14 | 2 Replies

VMware – Potential Fix for W/S 14 Performance/Memory Issues..

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on October 23, 2017 by RGOctober 23, 2017

I had found that although VMware 14.0.0 installed OK with Kernel 4.13, the runtime performance was rather ‘sluggish’, and others have reported more serious memory issues… There is a patch that may help with this – and thanks to Roke for reporting this, and to mkubecek for the actual patch.. Details are in this posting, on the … Continue reading →

Posted in fix, Hacks, kernel, Linux, Opinion, patches, Performance, VMware | Tagged improvement, kernel 4.13, performance and memory issues, vmmon patch, vmware 14 | 6 Replies

VMware – Potential Fix for W/S 14 Performance/Memory Issues..

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on October 23, 2017 by RGOctober 23, 2017

I had found that although VMware 14.0.0 installed OK with Kernel 4.13, the runtime performance was rather ‘sluggish’, and others have reported more serious memory issues… There is a patch that may help with this – and thanks to Roke for reporting this, and to mkubecek for the actual patch.. Details are in this posting, on the … Continue reading →

Posted in fix, Hacks, kernel, Linux, Opinion, patches, Performance, VMware | Tagged improvement, kernel 4.13, performance and memory issues, vmmon patch, vmware 14 | Leave a reply
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