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Kernel – 5.17-rc1 is Out, and No Surprises..

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A little earlier in the day than usual, Kernel 5.17-rc1 has been released, and (very) brief details are here:  http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/2201.2/06983.html After my pre-testing last week, there were no surprises, and the 5.17-compatible version of the VMware patchset is now part of the standard 16.2.1 download, at https://github.com/mkubecek/vmware-host-modules/tree/workstation-16.2.1 – and the latest NVIDIA driver – 510.39.01 – compiles … Continue reading →

VMware – Convoluted Guest Freeze Fix…

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I had been struggling for some considerable time with guest (Win10) performance issues with VMware – including application (Photoshop CS6) ‘freezing’ for a time, and overall very sluggish responses.. I had found several articles that suggested cause/effect/fix for this, but none really worked.. I made changes to control khugepaged: …………………….. [root@rglinux820 ~]$ echo never | tee /sys/kernel/mm/transparent_hugepage/defrag … Continue reading →

Kernel – 5.17 Pre-release Tests..

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Kernel 5.17-rc1 is due out soon, and so I tested the latest (Jan 16th) Github version, to see if there were any surprises.. The latest NVIDIA driver – 510.39.01 – compiled and loaded/ran OK: …………. ld -r -o /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-510.39.01/kernel/nvidia-modeset/nv-modeset-interface.o /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-510.39.01/kernel/nvidia-modeset/nvidia-modeset-linux.o /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-510.39.01/kernel/nvidia-modeset/nv-kthread-q.o MODPOST /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-510.39.01/kernel/Module.symvers CC [M] /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-510.39.01/kernel/nvidia-drm.mod.o LD [M] /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-510.39.01/kernel/nvidia-drm.ko CC [M] /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-510.39.01/kernel/nvidia-modeset.mod.o LD [M] /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-510.39.01/kernel/nvidia-modeset.ko CC [M] … Continue reading →

Kernel – 5.16 – Later Than Usual..

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Kernel 5.16 has – finally – been released, after deliberate delay (with an -rc8) due to the ‘holiday season’..    Details are here:   http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/2201.1/00613.html As expected, the latest version of NVIDIA (495.46) and the latest patched VMware 16.2.1 all compile and load/run OK.. NVIDIA: ld -r -o /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-495.46/kernel/nvidia-modeset/nv-modeset-interface.o /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-495.46/kernel/nvidia-modeset/nvidia-modeset-linux.o /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-495.46/kernel/nvidia-modeset/nv-kthread-q.o  MODPOST /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-495.46/kernel/Module.symvers  CC [M]  /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-495.46/kernel/nvidia-drm.mod.o  LD [M]  /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-495.46/kernel/nvidia-drm.ko … Continue reading →

NVIDIA – Patch for 495.44, Kernel 5.16-rc1 Support..

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Thanks to Gerd, there is now a patch for NVIDIA driver 495.44 and Kernel 5.16-rc1, which can be found under the comments on my previous article:  https://rglinuxtech.com/?p=2974 Of course, take care to cut/paste in text mode, as html will ruin the formatting etc.. I have applied this, and 495.44 now appears to compile/load/run OK, with kernel 5.16-rc1.. … Continue reading →

Kernel – 5.16 Pre-RC Tests.. OK, so far..

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Just compiled/installed the November 10 git version of 5.16-pre, and the latest NVIDIA driver 495.44 compiles/loads OK. There is already a pre-release patchset for Kernel 5.16 and VMware 16.2.1, at https://github.com/mkubecek/vmware-host-modules/tree/tmp/workstation-16.2.1-k5.16 With these, preliminary tests with NVIDIA and VMware have been successful.. ]# uname -a Linux rg400g4 5.16.0-rc0 #1 SMP PREEMPT Wed Nov 10 16:53:28 PST 2021 … Continue reading →

Kernel – 5.15 is Out – With Built-in NTFS..

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Kernel 5.15 has been released, and brief details are here:   http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/2110.3/07730.html As expected, this is OK with the latest NVIDIA (495.44) and VMware 6.2.0 – with the patchset from https://github.com/mkubecek/vmware-host-modules/tree/workstation-16.2.0 The kernel now includes fully-functional drivers for NTFS, as mentioned in a previous (pre-release) article:  https://rglinuxtech.com/?p=2951 My fstab entry for this (for user id 1000, and mountpoint … Continue reading →

VMware – 16.2.0 Released – Compiles with Kernel 5.15-rc..

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VMware have released Workstation Pro 16.2.0, and details are here: https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-Workstation-Pro/16.2.0/rn/VMware-Workstation-1620-Pro-Release-Notes.html Compiles – with multiple warnings – with Kernel 5.15-rc5: # vmware-modconfig –console –install-all [AppLoader] GLib does not have GSettings support. Stopping vmware (via systemctl):                           [  OK  ] make: Entering directory ‘/tmp/modconfig-sAzCOh/vmmon-only’ Using kernel build system. /usr/bin/make -C /lib/modules/5.15.0-rc5/build/include/.. M=$PWD SRCROOT=$PWD/. \ MODULEBUILDDIR= modules make[1]: Entering directory … Continue reading →

Kernel – 5.15-rc1 is released – OK with latest NVIDIA, and Latest Patched VMware 16.1.2..

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Kernel 5.15-rc1 is out, and a brief summary is here:  http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/2109.1/05136.html As mentioned in a previous article ( https://rglinuxtech.com/?p=2951 ) this now includes in-kernel read/write NTFS support.. Briefly tested with the  latest NVIDIA (470.63.01) and latest patched VMware 16.1.2, which compile and load/run successfully.. Robert Gadsdon.  September 12th 2021.

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Kernel – 5.15. Early Test for New NTFS Support..

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As usual, the next release of Linux includes new features, but this time – with 5.15 – it now includes new NTFS read/write support in the kernel.      The code for this is from Paragon, and is already in the 5.15 codebase on git, so I decided to test it.. As this was pre-RC code, it also flagged … Continue reading →