After considerable delays, NVIDIA have finally released up-to-date drivers that support 3.11 and 3.12 kernels, without the need for patches.. I have tested 319.72 and 331.20, and both compile OK, on kernels 3.11 and 3.12.. Hopefully NVIDIA will be able to maintain their Linux driver/kernel compatibility, after this uncharacteristic lapse.. Robert Gadsdon November 6, 2013.
Continue reading →As NVIDIA still seem to be unable to produce an up-to-date driver, there are a bewildering number of ‘patches’ out for various kernel versions and driver combinations.. I have found a good link to a ‘3.11’ patch for NVIDIA driver 331.17 and kernel 3.12 (patching just nv-linux.h) here: http://pastebin.com/gxKDqu9N I would normally credit the author, but it … Continue reading →
Kernel 3.12 is out, and the same comments apply as for the later -rc versions.. VMware 10.0.1 compiles and runs OK, and NVIDIA 331.17 – with the patch mentioned in previous articles – works. Details of changes are here: http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/1589267 As you will see, this post includes some interesting comments on future kernel releases, and a possible … Continue reading →
Opinion: I don’t usually write pure ‘op/ed’ pieces, but this situation – I think – warrants further comment… I am becoming concerned at the apparent inability of NVIDIA to adequately support Linux.. In the past, the company was able to very quickly produce a driver version that supported the latest changes to the Linux kernel, but not … Continue reading →
VMware has just released version 10.0.1, and – as with 10.0 – it compiles and installs OK on the ‘latest’ kernels – 3.11.6 and 3.12-rc6. How times have changed… Previous ‘new’ versions of VMware always seemed to need patching for the latest Linux kernel version, and NVIDIA were always right up-to-date… Now, it seems, the reverse is true.. … Continue reading →
I had assumed that my previous article on ‘auto patching’ was going to be redundant… However, I discovered to my dismay that even the newly-released NVIDIA driver – 331.17 still fails to compile and install on 3.11 and 3.12 kernels.. It appears that nv-drm.c has been fixed, but not nv-linux.h. This means that – for both 3.11 … Continue reading →
As we seem to be stuck for some time with NVIDIA drivers incompatible with the latest kernels, patching seems to be more of a necessity, now. Thanks to a comment from Giordano, I have learned of a way to ‘automatically’ patch any NVIDIAxxxxxx.run file directly, and re-create a corresponding NVIDIAxxxxxx.run file which includes the patch.. The help … Continue reading →
Thanks to dominator008, this is a link to information and patches for VMware 9.0.2 with Kernel 3.12.: http://dominator008.com/constructionyard/2013/10/03/vmware-9-0-2-vmblock-patch-for-linux-kernel-3-12/ As I have already updated to VMware 10.0, I have not been able to test these myself, but as you will see, they have been tested by the author.. Robert Gadsdon. October 17, 2013
Continue reading →There is still no up-to-date NVIDIA driver for kernel 3.11 or 3.12 support, and the many patch references on the DevZone forum are getting somewhat confusing.. I had previously linked to a thread there which included a link to a suitable patch, but this is a direct link, which is actually on the old NVNews NVIDIA forum, … Continue reading →
Probably of more interest to the Android folk, but it has just been announced that the original Kernel 3.0 will be moving to EOL (End Of Life) soon, as version 3.0.100 is released.. From Greg KH, on the Linux Kernel Mailing List: —————————— NOTE! The 3.0.x kernel series will be moving to End-Of-Life soon, within a week. … Continue reading →