Just compiled 3.8-rc2 on my test system, and the situation regarding NVIDIA and VMware is similar to -rc1.. For NVIDIA, the two ‘latest’ driver versions – 310.19 and 313.09 – fail to compile, but the earlier version – 310.14 – compiles OK.. Version 310.14 does not compile with kernel 3.7, so it would appear that the changes … Continue reading →
3.8-rc1 has several ‘issues’ – especially with breakage of Userspace… I’m going to wait for -rc2, which will – hopefully – be a bit less ‘dangerous’! Robert Gadsdon. January 2nd, 2013
Continue reading →After more testing, I discovered that – unusually – the very latest driver (313.09) fails to compile with kernel 3.8-rc1, but an earlier driver – 310.14 – does compile OK! I won’t do too much more testing, as 3.8-rc1 breaks some KDE apps (see Linus’ angry rant on the LKML!). Hopefully 3.8-rc2 will be out soon.. Robert Gadsdon. … Continue reading →
Just installed kernel 3.8-rc1 on my test system.. VMware 9.0.1 compiles and installs OK, with the 3.7 ‘softlink’ workaround: # ln -s /usr/src/linux-3.8-rc1/include/generated/uapi/linux/version.h /usr/src/linux-3.8-rc1/include/linux/version.h But… NVIDIA (313.09) compile fails, with a lot of errors: ………………../home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-313.09/kernel/conftest.h:10:2: error: #error remap_page_range() conftest failed! /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-313.09/kernel/conftest.h:12:2: error: #error vmap() conftest failed! /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-313.09/kernel/conftest.h:28:2: error: #error kmem_cache_create() conftest failed! /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-313.09/kernel/conftest.h:30:2: error: #error on_each_cpu() conftest … Continue reading →
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, 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 →
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 →
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 →
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.
Continue reading →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 →