Updated the test system to Kernel 4.0-rc6, and VMware 11.1.0 (patched) and the latest NVIDIA driver – 349.12 – compile and load OK.. $ uname -a Linux rg6830l 4.0.0-rc6 #1 SMP Sun Mar 29 22:23:37 PDT 2015 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux Brief details of changes since -rc5 are here: http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1503.3/04437.html The VMware patch info is in a … Continue reading →
Just (quickly) tested the latest NVIDIA driver – 349.12 – and it compiles cleanly with Kernel 4.0-rc5.. No patches needed.. Robert Gadsdon. March 25, 2015
Continue reading →I had been using the armv7hl-mandriva-linux-gnueabi- cross-compiler, but that gcc version is a bit out-of-date now (version 4.6.1). I found a more recent version, for Fedora, here: http://rpmfind.net//linux/RPM/fedora/updates/testing/21/x86_64/g/gcc-arm-linux-gnu-4.9.2-3.fc21.x86_64.html Using yum, this will also install binutils-arm-linux-gnu-2.25-3.fc21.x86_64 and cross-gcc-common-4.9.2-3.fc21.noarch and cross-binutils-common-2.25-3.fc21.noarch, to prvide the rest of the cross-compile environment. It should be noted that this is only suitable for … Continue reading →
Installed Kernel 4.0-rc3, and the problem with the Radeon R600 driver is now fixed. Brief details of changes since -rc2 are here: http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1503.1/00218.html As with the previous -rc versions, the patched NVIDIA (346.47) and VMware (11.1) drivers compile and load/run OK.. # uname -a Linux rg6830l 4.0.0-rc3 #1 SMP Mon Mar 9 10:57:55 PDT 2015 x86_64 x86_64 … Continue reading →
Installed Kernel 4.0-rc2 on the test system, and details of changes from -rc1 are here: http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1503.0/01963.html Radeon on the HP6830 laptop is still broken: [drm r600_ring_test [radeon]] *ERROR* radeon: ring 0 test failed (scratch(0x8504)=0xFFFFFFFF) radeon 0000:01:00.0: disabling GPU acceleration << HANG >> Same comments apply as for -rc1 – the patched NVIDIA 346.47 driver and VMware 11.1 … Continue reading →
Tested the new NVIIDIA driver 346.47, and it still needs the patch for Kernel 4.0-rc1.. https://rglinuxtech.com/?p=1332 More details here: http://www.nvidia.com/Download/driverResults.aspx/82252/en-us Robert Gadsdon.. February 25, 2015.
Continue reading →I have hacked together a kernel-version-friendly fix for the latest NVIDIA driver (346.35) which works with Kernel 4.0-rc1 (and later) and also for previous kernel versions.. Thanks are due to juston_li for producing the actual code changes needed.. https://devtalk.nvidia.com/default/topic/813458/linux/linux-4-0-rc1-346-35-build-error-_cr4-functions-fix/ Unpack the NVIDIA driver: ./NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-346.35.run -x Edit NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-346.35/kernel/nv-pat.c Around line 34, change { unsigned long cr0 = read_cr0(); … Continue reading →
Just tested Kernel 4.0-rc1 – announced here: http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1502.2/04059.html As you will see – not much actual detail on what has changed, and I have already run into a couple of ‘issues’… The Radeon drm driver on my laptop refuses to load, and the boot hangs immediately with drm r600_ring_test [radeon] *ERROR* radeon: ring 0 test failed (scratch(0x8504)=0xFFFFFFFF) … Continue reading →
Just updated the test system to VMware Workstation 11.1, and – unfortunately – this is still incompatible with Kernel 3.19.. The only good news is.. The vmnet patch for 11.0 still applies, and fixes the problem.. https://rglinuxtech.com/?p=1281 The release notes (for what it’s worth!) are here: https://www.vmware.com/support/ws/doc/workstation-111-release-notes.html As you can see – quite a lot of ‘known … Continue reading →
Updated the Odroid U3 to the latest version of odroid-3.19.y (# git clone -b odroid-3.19.y –single-branch https://github.com/tobiasjakobi/linux-odroid ). After checking that all the pwm-fan and temperature options were selected in the kernel config, I set ‘Default Thermal governor‘ to ‘step-wise‘. After compiling/installing, I tried some more tests: Using ‘stress’ to raise the temperature: # stress –cpu 4 … Continue reading →