The latest (beta) NVIDIA driver – 358.09 – compiles and install/runs OK with Kernel 4.3 (tested with 4.3-rc5). Release notes, and download, at http://www.geforce.com/drivers/results/92712 Robert Gadsdon. October 12, 2015.
Continue reading →Just updated to Kernel 4.2.2, and the long-standing NVIDIA GPL-only issue is finally fixed.. From the changelog: commit 4f7760e963db10618dd3617bcf6254d896094e37 Author: Tim Gardner <tim.gardner@canonical.com> Date: Tue Aug 4 11:26:04 2015 -0600 workqueue: Make flush_workqueue() available again to non GPL modules And I can confirm that NVIDIA 355.11 compiles OK, without any patches.. The complete changelog is here: https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.2.2 … Continue reading →
Tried the ‘release candidate’ version of Kernel 4.2.1 (via patch, at https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/stable-review), and the GPL_only issue with NVIDIA drivers is still there… Exactly why we have to wait for Kernel 4.3 for this to be fixed is a mystery, as the simple one-line patch was proposed weeks ago, for 4.2-rc5.. Robert Gadsdon. September 19, 2015.
Continue reading →I had been running Kernel 4.2 on my main system since it was released, but have been experiencing vague and inconsistent problems with sluggish applications, which sometimes hung for about half-a-second.. Nothing specific, and no apparent errors reported.. I reverted to Kernel 4.1.7, and everything seems to be back to normal.. I will try 4.2.1 as soon … Continue reading →
Thanks to juston_li on the NVIDIA forums, there is now a patch to fix the compile error with Kernel 4.3-rc1. Details – and the patch – can be found here: https://devtalk.nvidia.com/default/topic/877365/linux/355-11-linux-4-3-rc1-build-error/ I have applied this, and the NVIDIA driver now compiles and installs OK (as the GPL_Only error was fixed in 4.3-rc1). Now to attempt to use … Continue reading →
Updated the test system to Kernel 4.3-rc1.. $ uname -a Linux rg6830l 4.3.0-rc1 #1 SMP Sat Sep 12 19:15:35 PDT 2015 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux Brief details of changes are here: http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1509.1/03200.html The NVIDIA gpl_only issue has been fixed in linux/kernel/workqueue.c, but the compile now fails even before that is reached: /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-355.11/kernel/nvidia/nv-procfs.c: In function ‘nv_procfs_read_registry’: /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-355.11/kernel/nvidia/nv-procfs.c:363:12: error: … Continue reading →
Updated the CuBox-i4Pro to Kernel 4.2 (from kernel.org) and everything went smoothly – eventually.. I had tried using the kernel config saved from 4.1, but after booting successfully, the network suddenly stopped working after a few minutes of traffic, even though eth0 etc. was still present.. I was planning to revert to 4.1.6, but then tried creating … Continue reading →
Tested the 4.2 Final kernel, and the later NVIDIA drivers still fail to install, with the same GPL-only error.. A simple patch to fix this was proposed for 4.2-rc5, some time ago, but – for some reason – has failed to make it into the ‘final’ release..’ Details of the patch are here: http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1508.0/02260.html Maybe this will … Continue reading →
Just upgraded to VMware Workstation Pro 12.0.0 on the test system, and it compiles and loads/runs OK – with no patches needed – on Kernel 4.2-rc8.. More details are here: http://pubs.vmware.com/Release_Notes/en/workstation/12pro/workstation-12-release-notes.html Robert Gadsdon. August 25, 2015.
Continue reading →Kernel 4.2-rc8 has been released, but does not include the ‘GPL-only’ patch for NVIDIA: http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1508.3/00008.html FATAL: modpost: GPL-incompatible module nvidia.ko uses GPL-only symbol ‘flush_workqueue’ A patch was proposed (for -rc5..) but has still not been incorporated: http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1508.2/02297.html Details of the patch are here: http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1508.0/02260.html Hopefully this patch will be included with 4.2 Final, but there is a … Continue reading →