Kernel 6.17-rc1 is due out in a weeks time, but I tried the latest GIT version from https://github.com/torvalds/linux to see if there will be any ‘surprises’.. Of course, there are many changes still to come.. VMware 17.6.4 with all the kernel 6.15 and 6.16 patches compiles and runs OK, but the latest NVIDIA fails to compile ( … Continue reading →
Kernel 6.14-rc1 will be released soon, and I have been testing the code changes submitted so far (February 26th) with the following results: VMware 17.6.2 – including ‘clean up’ patchset from https://github.com/64kramsystem/vmware-host-modules-fork/tree/workstation-17.6.2-sav – compiles OK, but with the usual host of ‘warnings’, which seem to be accepted as good-enough these days.. NVIDIA 550.144.03 compile fails with: ………………….. … Continue reading →
Kernel 5.13 has been released, and brief details are here: http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/2106.3/02627.html As expected, the latest NVIDIA (470.42.01) and VMware 16.1.2 (patched) compile and load/run OK.. The latest VMware patches (vmmon/vmnet) can be found here: https://github.com/mkubecek/vmware-host-modules/tree/workstation-16.1.2 ‘New’ releases of VMware sometimes compile OK with the latest kernel, without these, but the patched code typically compiles more cleanly… Robert … Continue reading →
Kernel 5.13-rc1 is out and brief details are here: http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/2105.1/00457.html VMware 16.1.1 (patched..) compiles and loads OK, but NVIDIA 465.27 compile fails: ……………………………. /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-465.27/kernel/nvidia-drm/nvidia-drm-crtc.c: At top level: /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-465.27/kernel/nvidia-drm/nvidia-drm-crtc.c:454:23: error: initialization of ‘int (*)(struct drm_plane *, struct drm_atomic_state *)’ from incompatible pointer type ‘int (*)(struct drm_plane *, struct drm_plane_state *)’ [-Werror=incompatible-pointer-types] 454 | .atomic_check = nv_drm_plane_atomic_check, | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ … Continue reading →
Testing the changes submitted to date for Kernel 4.17-rc1, which is – of course – not due out just yet.. Kernel version obtained from https://github.com/torvalds/linux today – April 8. Latest VMware – 14.1.1 – vmnet/vmmon compile OK, and so does the latest NVIDIA – 390.48, with the 4.16 patch.. More changes to come, but all is good … Continue reading →
Just installed the newly-released kernel 3.11-rc1 on the test system… VMware Workstation 9.02 – with the 3.10 patches for vmnet and vmblock – compiles OK, but – for some reason – the modules don’t install using the usual command (# vmware-modconfig –console –install-all).. But, the ‘user’ command does work, (# vmware-modconfig –icon=vmware-workstation –appname=VMware, or just type # … Continue reading →
Just installed kernel 3.8-rc1 on my test system.. VMware 9.0.1 compiles and installs OK, with the 3.7 ‘softlink’ workaround: # ln -s /usr/src/linux-3.8-rc1/include/generated/uapi/linux/version.h /usr/src/linux-3.8-rc1/include/linux/version.h But… NVIDIA (313.09) compile fails, with a lot of errors: ………………../home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-313.09/kernel/conftest.h:10:2: error: #error remap_page_range() conftest failed! /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-313.09/kernel/conftest.h:12:2: error: #error vmap() conftest failed! /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-313.09/kernel/conftest.h:28:2: error: #error kmem_cache_create() conftest failed! /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-313.09/kernel/conftest.h:30:2: error: #error on_each_cpu() conftest … Continue reading →