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KERNEL – 4.6-rc1 Released – OK with Latest VMware, Breaks NVIDIA – and a Possible Fix..

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Just  installed Kernel 4.6-rc1 on the test system. Depending on your configuration, you may encounter a compilation error: CC drivers/thermal/mtk_thermal.o drivers/thermal/mtk_thermal.c: In function ‘mtk_thermal_probe’: drivers/thermal/mtk_thermal.c:560:8: error: implicit declaration of function ‘device_reset’ [-Werror=implicit-function-declaration] ret = device_reset(&pdev->dev); ^ cc1: some warnings being treated as errors ……………………………. This is due to a Mediatek thermal driver being ‘selected’ by default (and … Continue reading →

ARM – Rock2 – Fix for SDCard Boot, and Ethernet..

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Kernel 4.5-rc7 had booted successfully on the Radxa Rock2, but 4.5 Final failed, as the SDcard was ‘loaded’ just too late: mmc_host mmc1: Bus speed (slot 0) = 400000Hz (slot req 400000Hz, actual 400000HZ div = 0) dwmmc_rockchip ff0f0000.dwmmc: 1 slots initialized ……………………… VFS: Cannot open root device “mmcblk1p1” or unknown-block(0,0): error -6 ………………………… Kernel panic – … Continue reading →

KERNEL – 4.5 Final – No Need for -RC8..

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Kernel 4.5 Final is out, and – as expected – is OK with the latest NVIDIA (361.28) and VMware (12.1.0).. There was nearly one more -RC, but it seems Final was released, instead.. Brief details here:  http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1603.1/04467.html Robert Gadsdon.  March 14, 2016.

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ARM – Rock2 – Kernel 4.5-rc7 Boot Success

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After a lot of testing, and some more confusion, I have managed to get the Rock2 to boot using the latest (2016.03-rc3) version of U-Boot, and the latest kernel (4.5-rc7) As previously, there was a lot of conflicting information……. I started by booting into the semi-proprietary 3.10-based kernel on the SDcard, and then erasing the eMMC (dd … Continue reading →

ARM – Odroid C2 – 64bit, with Ethernet..

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Just acquired a 64-bit Odroid C2: As usual, I installed Fedora 23 aarch64 on it: Fedora 23 (Twenty Three) Kernel 3.14.29 on an aarch64 (ttyS0) ………………… # uname -a Linux rgc2 3.14.29 #1 SMP PREEMPT Wed Mar 9 11:14:41 PST 2016 aarch64 aarch64 aarch64 GNU/Linux The only kernel source available – so far – is a heavily-patched … Continue reading →

ARM – Configs for Odroid U3 and CuBox-i4Pro..

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I have just posted copies of recent kernel configs for the Odroid U3 and CuBox-i4Pro.. Odroid U3 – Kernel config for 4.4 :   http://pastebin.com/NveRajaZ CuBox-i4Pro – Kernel config for 4.4.1:  http://pastebin.com/Kbexi0A5 These do not include working WiFi, as 2.4GHz is pretty useless at my location… Robert Gadsdon.   February 2, 2016.

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NVIDIA – Latest 352.xx Driver – OK with Kernel 4.5-rc1..

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Just installed the latest NVIDIA driver – 352.79 – on the test system, and it compiles and runs OK with Kernel 4.5-rc1.. Release notes etc. are here:  http://www.nvidia.com/download/driverResults.aspx/97645/en-us I had been running the ‘beta’ driver 361.18, but found that this was using up large amounts of memory (13GB, out of 16GB) when running VMware and Firefox, and … Continue reading →

Kernel – 4.5-rc1 – OK with Latest NVIDIA and VMware..

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Just installed Kernel 4.5-rc1 on the test system, and NVIDIA 358.16 (and ‘beta’ 361.18) and VMware 12.1.0 all compile and load/run OK.. Details are here:  http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1601.3/00205.html $ uname -a Linux rglinux 4.5.0-rc1 #1 SMP Sun Jan 24 15:39:14 PST 2016 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux Robert Gadsdon.   January 24, 2016.

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NVIDIA – New Beta 361.18 – OK with Plasma/KDE5..

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Just installed the latest NVIDIA beta driver – 361.18 – and it is now OK with Plasma and KDE5.. Release notes and download link here:   http://www.nvidia.com/download/driverResults.aspx/97474/en-us Notes include: ”Fixed a bug in the EGL driver where a mutex was unlocked more than once. This triggers undefined behavior, and in particular, if lock elision is enabled in glibc, … Continue reading →

Kernel – 4.4 Released – OK with Latest NVIDIA and VMware..

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Updated to Kernel 4.4 ‘Final’ on the test system, and the latest VMware (12.1.0) and NVIDIA (358.16) compile and run OK..   The ‘beta’ driver 361.16 should be OK, but has multiple userland issues on my systems. – see previous post.).. $ uname -a Linux rglinux 4.4.0 #1 SMP Sun Jan 10 22:00:41 PST 2016 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 … Continue reading →