Just updated the Raspberry Pi from 3.7.5 to 3.7.6, using the incremental patch patch-3.7.5-6.bz2, from ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.0/incr/.. # ln -s linux-3.7.5-pi a # ln -s linux-3.7.5-pi b # bzip2 -cd patch-3.7.5-6.bz2 | patch -p0 # mv linux-3.7.5-pi linux-3.7.6-pi # rm -f a # rm -f b ………………………….. (compile / install) ………………………… $ uname -a Linux rgpi 3.7.6-pi #1 … Continue reading →
Just installed 3.8-rc6 on my test system, and – as for the previous -rc version – the softlink + vmci patch works for VMware 9.0.1. The good news is that the latest ‘stable’ NVIDIA driver – 310.32 – now compiles OK with this kernel version.. $ uname -a Linux rg6830l 3.8.0-rc6 #1 SMP Fri Feb 1 11:39:56 … Continue reading →
Just updated the Raspberry Pi to kernel version 3.7.5, using the 3.7.1 tree created by Olipro: http://www.raspberrypi.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=71&t=26912 I then applied the incremental patches from kernel.org to go from 3.7.1 to 3.7.2, to 3.7.3, to 3.7.4, to 3.7.5.. I ignored the warnings after the compile, as these have occurred with previous kernel versions, and seem to be harmless.. … Continue reading →
Just compiled 3.8-rc2 on my test system, and the situation regarding NVIDIA and VMware is similar to -rc1.. For NVIDIA, the two ‘latest’ driver versions – 310.19 and 313.09 – fail to compile, but the earlier version – 310.14 – compiles OK.. Version 310.14 does not compile with kernel 3.7, so it would appear that the changes … Continue reading →
3.8-rc1 has several ‘issues’ – especially with breakage of Userspace… I’m going to wait for -rc2, which will – hopefully – be a bit less ‘dangerous’! Robert Gadsdon. January 2nd, 2013
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 →
Kernel 3.6.8 is just business as usual, and everything works as expected.. There might not have been a need for another -rc before 3.7 was released, but apparently there was a late rush of changes and bugfixes, so now there is 3.7-rc7.. Same caveats apply as for -rc6.. NVIDIA driver (310.19) compiles OK, and VMware 9.0.1 still … Continue reading →
The 3.6.y tree at GitHub has now been updated to 3.6.7, keeping pace with the ‘mainline’ kernel. Compiling was similar to 3.6.6, and there is still a missing header file: CC [M] drivers/net/wireless/hostap/hostap_80211_rx.o In file included from drivers/net/wireless/hostap/hostap.h:7:0, from drivers/net/wireless/hostap/hostap_80211_rx.c:8: drivers/net/wireless/hostap/hostap_wlan.h:13:27: fatal error: hostap_common.h: No such file or directory compilation terminated. make[4]: *** [drivers/net/wireless/hostap/hostap_80211_rx.o] Error … Continue reading →
Now that I have several Android devices – having just taken delivery of an ‘inexpensive’ 7in tablet – I decided it would be interesting to run the OS in a VMware virtual machine.. You can get a ‘VirtualBox’ Android 4 image at http://androvm.org/blog/download/ and then convert it to a VMware VM, by opening the xxxx.ova file using … Continue reading →
Just updated the kernel on my test system to 3.7-rc6, and discovered – sadly – that the standard VMware (re)compile/install script – vmware-modconfig – still doesn’t find the ‘relocated’ version.h in the 3.7 series kernels. So, although the VMware new-install/update script (VMware-Workstation-Full-9.0.1-894247.x86_64.bundle, in this case), does recognise the 3.7 change, the (re)compilation script doesn’t.. # vmware-modconfig –console … Continue reading →