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Kernel – 5.9 Final – NVIDIA Still ‘Tainted’..

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on October 11, 2020 by RGOctober 11, 2020

Kernel 5.9 has finally been released, and brief details are here:  http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/2010.1/02900.html The latest NVIDIA drivers still fail to install completely, with nvidia-uvm ‘tainted’: [ 710.097439] NVRM: loading NVIDIA UNIX x86_64 Kernel Module 455.28 Wed Sep 30 01:05:16 UTC 2020 [ 710.099400] nvidia_uvm: module uses symbols from proprietary module nvidia, inheriting taint. [ 710.099488] nvidia_uvm: Unknown symbol … Continue reading →

Posted in kernel, Linux, NVIDIA, Opinion, VMware | Tagged kernel 5.9 final, nvidia still tainted, released, vmware 16 ok | 5 Replies

Kernel – 5.9-rc6 – Rare Compile Fail!

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on September 20, 2020 by RGSeptember 20, 2020

Kernel 5.9-rc6 has been released, and brief details are here:  http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/2009.2/05870.html In a very rare occurrence, the kernel compile actually fails: …………………………….. CALL scripts/checksyscalls.sh CALL scripts/atomic/check-atomics.sh DESCEND objtool CHK include/generated/compile.h CC drivers/dax/super.o drivers/dax/super.c:325:6: error: redefinition of ‘dax_supported’ 325 | bool dax_supported(struct dax_device *dax_dev, struct block_device *bdev, | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~ In file included from drivers/dax/super.c:16: ./include/linux/dax.h:162:20: note: previous definition … Continue reading →

Posted in compilation, Hacks, kernel, Linux, NVIDIA, Opinion, VMware | Tagged inherited taint, kernel 5.9-rc6, nvidia 450.66 455.23.04, nvidia-uvm, patched, rare compile fail, revert dax patch, vmware 16 ok, workaround | 1 Reply
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