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End of an Era – Linus Removes .386 CPU Support

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Linux was first developed by Linus on an old .386 system, way back in 1991, and now that cord has been cut, and .386 CPUs are no longer supported: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git;a=commit;h=743aa456c1834f76982af44e8b71d1a0b2a82e21 From the comments: Pull “Nuke 386-DX/SX support” from Ingo Molnar:  “This tree removes ancient-386-CPUs support and thus zaps quite a bit   of complexity:     24 files changed, 56 insertions(+), 425 deletions(-)   … which complexity has plagued us with extra work whenever we wanted   to change SMP primitives, for years.   Unfortunately there’s a nostalgic cost: your old original 386 DX33   system from early 1991 won’t be able to boot modern Linux kernels   anymore.  Sniff.” I’m not sentimental.  Good riddance. My first ‘home’ Linux system – in 1997 – was an HP Vectra 486 … Continue reading →

Finally – 3.7 is out..

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Finally, kernel 3.7 is released… I updated my main x86_64 system, and all seems to be OK, as expected.    The latest NVIDIA driver – 310.19 – compiles and runs OK, and VMware 9.0.1 compiles after the usual workaround for version.h: # ln -s /usr/src/linux-3.7/include/generated/uapi/linux/version.h /usr/src/linux-3.7/include/linux/version.h Note that this example is for the official source from kernel.org.    You … Continue reading →

Latest and Greatest.. 3.6.8 and 3.7-rc7..

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Kernel 3.6.8 is just business as usual, and everything works as expected..   There might not have been a need for another -rc before 3.7 was released, but apparently there was a late rush of changes and bugfixes, so now there is 3.7-rc7..   Same caveats apply as for -rc6..   NVIDIA driver (310.19) compiles OK, and VMware 9.0.1 still … Continue reading →

VMware 9.0.1 – Not so Clever, After all..

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Just updated the kernel on my test system to 3.7-rc6, and discovered – sadly – that the standard VMware (re)compile/install script – vmware-modconfig – still doesn’t find the ‘relocated’ version.h in the 3.7 series kernels. So, although the VMware new-install/update script (VMware-Workstation-Full-9.0.1-894247.x86_64.bundle, in this case), does recognise the 3.7 change, the (re)compilation script doesn’t.. # vmware-modconfig –console … Continue reading →

NVIDIA – Clean Compile on 3.7-rc, with Latest Driver

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The latest NVIDIA driver – 310.19 – compiles cleanly on Kernel 3.7-rc versions, without the need for any patch or workaround. So – the latest versions of VMware (9.0.1) and NVIDIA (310.19) both compile without problems on 3.7-rc kernels. Robert Gadsdon.  November 14, 2012.

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VMware W/S 9.0.1 – and a Pleasant Surprise..

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Previous VMware ‘dot-releases’ have typically still needed patching for the very-latest kernels, but I was pleased to find that VMware Workstation 9.0.1 installed on Kernel 3.6.6 without any need for the ‘3.5 patch’ that was necessary for 9.0.0..    Even more of a surprise, was that 9.0.1 also installs with no problems on Kernel 3.7-rc4!     So… Thanks to … Continue reading →

Rapid Pace of Change – 3.6.6 and 3.7-rc4, Already..

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Kernel updates are coming thick and fast, these days..    Updated my ‘main’ system to 3.6.6, with no problems, and updated the ‘test’ system to 3.7-rc4.. Same comments as before apply regarding NVIDIA and VMware compatibility, and both work fine on 3.6.6 (with the VMware 3.5 patch) and can be made to work on 3.7-rc4 (with the VMware … Continue reading →

Forget 3.6.4, Here is 3.6.5!

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Only recently updated to 3.6.4, and already 3.6.5 is released: $ uname -a Linux rglinux 3.6.5 #1 SMP Thu Nov 1 15:37:56 GMT 2012 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux Runs fine, with VMware Workstation 9.0 (with the 3.5 patch) and the latest NVIDIA driver – 310.14.. See all the things that have been fixed: http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.0/ChangeLog-3.6.5

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SmartDeblur, on Linux!

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SmartDeblur has received some exposure in the mainstream press recently, and as I do a lot of digital restoration of old slides and negatives, I wanted to get it to run on Linux, as well.   Should be no problem, as the app is written in QT4.. So..  Download the source from GitHub: https://github.com/Y-Vladimir/SmartDeblur/downloads Then unpack the tarfile, … Continue reading →

Kernel 3.7-rc2 – Same fixes as for 3.7-rc1..

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Just updated my test system to 3.7-rc2, and the same patches and ‘workarounds’ are needed for NVIDIA (driver 310.14) and VMware (9.0 with 3.5 patch) as mentioned in my earlier post, for -rc1.. # uname -a Linux rg6830l 3.7.0-rc2 #1 SMP Mon Oct 22 01:58:54 BST 2012 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

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