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NVIDIA – New Driver – Still Broken with Kernel 4.7 – Patch Fix OK..

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Just tested the latest NVIDIA driver – 367.27 – and it fails to compile with Kernel 4.7-rc3.     To fix this, the patch for 367.18 still works ( details at https://rglinuxtech.com/?p=1750 ). ……………….. Building modules, stage 2. MODPOST 4 modules CC /home/rgadsdon/Desktop/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-367.27.patched/kernel/nvidia-drm.mod.o LD [M] /home/rgadsdon/Desktop/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-367.27.patched/kernel/nvidia-drm.ko CC /home/rgadsdon/Desktop/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-367.27.patched/kernel/nvidia-modeset.mod.o LD [M] /home/rgadsdon/Desktop/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-367.27.patched/kernel/nvidia-modeset.ko CC /home/rgadsdon/Desktop/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-367.27.patched/kernel/nvidia-uvm.mod.o LD [M] /home/rgadsdon/Desktop/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-367.27.patched/kernel/nvidia-uvm.ko CC /home/rgadsdon/Desktop/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-367.27.patched/kernel/nvidia.mod.o LD … Continue reading →

Kernel – 4.7-rc2 Released – rc1 Patches Still Work.

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Kernel 4.7-rc2 is out and brief details of changes from -rc1 are here:  http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1606.0/03592.html After all the later-rc breakage with 4.6, I tested the latest patched NVIDIA drivers, and VMware, with this version, and all the previous 4.6/4.7 patches for VMware 12.1.1, and the 4.7 patches for NVIDIA 367.18 and 361.45.11 still work.   See https://rglinuxtech.com/?p=1748 and https://rglinuxtech.com/?p=1750 … Continue reading →

Hardware – Replacing the System Disk..

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My ‘system disk’ (/dev/sda) started to show bad sectors, recently, and so I decided to replace it.    The disk was around 8 years old, and had been in almost-continuous use.. I have not had to do this for some considerable time, and I think the last time was in the late-90s, and using LILO!  (No convoluted grub2 … Continue reading →

NVIDIA – Possible Kernel 4.7 Fix for 361.45.11 and 367.18..

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Thanks to juston_li on the NVIDIA Devtalk forum, there is specific detail of the changes needed for Kernel 4.7 compatibility.. Details are at   https://devtalk.nvidia.com/default/topic/938665/linux/linux-4-7-rc1-367-18-build-errors/ The first issue is interesting, as it is due to a Kernel Dev. deciding to introduce a new variable – radix_tree_empty – in Kernel 4.7-rc1, that happens to have the same name as … Continue reading →

VMware – Possible Kernel 4.7 Fix for 12.1.1..

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Thanks to g, from their comment on my previous article ( https://rglinuxtech.com/?p=1746 ), there may be a more correct vmnet fix than simply ‘commenting out the code’..    Replace dev->trans_start = jiffies with  netif_trans_update(dev) in netif.c I have made this change, and VMware 12.1.1 is – so far – loading and running OK, as usual.. Robert Gadsdon.   May 30, … Continue reading →

Kernel – 4.7-rc1 Breaks NVIDIA and VMware..

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Kernel 4.7-rc1 is out, and brief details are here:  https://lkml.org/lkml/2016/5/29/77 The update breaks the latest NVIDIA drivers – 367.18 and 361.45.11: ………. /home/rgadsdon/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-367.18/kernel/nvidia-uvm/uvm_linux.h:557:13: error: redefinition of ‘radix_tree_empty’ static bool radix_tree_empty(struct radix_tree_root *tree) ……………………………. /home/rgadsdon/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-367.18/kernel/nvidia-drm/nvidia-drm-gem.c: In function ‘nvidia_drm_dumb_map_offset’: /home/rgadsdon/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-367.18/kernel/nvidia-drm/nvidia-drm-gem.c:411:33: error: passing argument 1 of ‘drm_gem_object_lookup’ from incompatible pointer type [-Werror=incompatible-pointer-types] gem = drm_gem_object_lookup(dev, file, handle); …………………… ..and, breaks … Continue reading →

NVIDIA – Driver 367.18 – OK with Kernel 4.6..

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Tested the latest NVIDIA ‘Beta’ driver – 367.18 – and it compiles OK with Kernel 4.6.. …………… Building modules, stage 2. MODPOST 4 modules CC /home/rgadsdon/Desktop/Downloads/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-367.18/kernel/nvidia-drm.mod.o LD [M] /home/rgadsdon/Desktop/Downloads/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-367.18/kernel/nvidia-drm.ko CC /home/rgadsdon/Desktop/Downloads/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-367.18/kernel/nvidia-modeset.mod.o LD [M] /home/rgadsdon/Desktop/Downloads/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-367.18/kernel/nvidia-modeset.ko CC /home/rgadsdon/Desktop/Downloads/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-367.18/kernel/nvidia-uvm.mod.o LD [M] /home/rgadsdon/Desktop/Downloads/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-367.18/kernel/nvidia-uvm.ko CC /home/rgadsdon/Desktop/Downloads/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-367.18/kernel/nvidia.mod.o LD [M] /home/rgadsdon/Desktop/Downloads/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-367.18/kernel/nvidia.ko …………………… Release notes etc. are here: http://www.geforce.com/drivers/results/102879 Robert Gadsdon.   May 19, 2016.

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VMware – 12.1.1 – Not Very Impressed..

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VMware Workstation 12.1.1 is out, but still needs the same patches (vmmon and vmnet) for Kernel 4.6 as 12.1.0, and the update also (still..!.) breaks the front-end gui (/usr/bin/vmware) on Fedora 23.. Release Notes for 12.1.1 are here:  https://pubs.vmware.com/Release_Notes/en/workstation/12pro/workstation-1211-release-notes.html Kernel 4.6 patch details are here:  https://rglinuxtech.com/?p=1706 The fix for /usr/bin/vmware on Fedora 23 is almost the same … Continue reading →

Kernel – 4.6 Final – OK with Patched VMware and NVIDIA..

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Installed Kernel 4.6 Final on the test system, and the patched versions of VMware 12.1.0 (vmnet and vmmon patched) and NVIDIA driver 364.19 all compile OK..     Details of changes since -rc7 are here:  http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1605.1/05030.html , and VMware / NVIDIA patch details are in a previous article – https://rglinuxtech.com/?p=1709 $ uname -a Linux rgtest 4.6.0 #1 SMP Mon … Continue reading →

Kernel – 4.6-rc7 Out – ‘Final’ Should be Next..

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Updated to kernel 4.6-rc7 on the test system, and this is still OK with the ‘patched’ versions of VMware 12.1.0 and NVIDIA 364.19.. Brief details of changes since -rc6 are here:   http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1605.1/00123.html Barring unforeseen problems, the next release should be 4.6 Final.. Robert Gadsdon.    May 8, 2016.  

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