Category Archives: NVIDIA

NVIDIA – Simple Workaround for GCC15 in Fedora 42..

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Now that Fedora 42 is out, including GCC 15 (currently GCC 15.1.1-1) there is a simple workaround for compilation, thanks to Rudi Heitbaum.    The change is documented at https://github.com/NVIDIA/open-gpu-kernel-modules/pull/841/commits/448b236d893170edc8fc4dff029044948516352b, and must be seen as a workaround, not a fix, as it effectively removes some of the warnings/errors flagged by the latest GCC version.. For NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-570.144/kernel/Kbuild, add the … Continue reading →

NVIDIA – Finally, a Fix for Kernel 6.15-rc..

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Thanks to efforts by Willy Frissen and Joan Bruguera Micó, I have managed to cobble together a patch for NVIDIA driver 575.51.02 and Kernel 6.15 – tested with 6.15-rc2.. The compilation failed with Kernel 6.15 due principally to changes removing obsolete EXTRA_CFLAGS and replacing it by ccflags-y, and del_timer_sync replacement by timer_delete_sync: …………………… nvidia/nv.c:31:10: fatal error: nv-firmware.h: … Continue reading →

Kernel – 6.15-rc1 Breaks NVIDIA and VMware.. Missing ‘Includes’..

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Just tested Kernel 6.15-rc1 with the latest NVIDIA 570.133.07, and the compile fails completely: ………………….. CONFTEST: drm_atomic_available CONFTEST: is_export_symbol_gpl_refcount_inc CONFTEST: is_export_symbol_gpl_refcount_dec_and_test CONFTEST: drm_alpha_blending_available CONFTEST: is_export_symbol_present_drm_gem_prime_fd_to_handle CONFTEST: is_export_symbol_present_drm_gem_prime_handle_to_fd CONFTEST: ib_peer_memory_symbols CC [M] nvidia/nv.o nvidia/nv.c:30:10: fatal error: nv-firmware.h: No such file or directory 30 | #include “nv-firmware.h” | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ compilation terminated. make[4]: *** [/usr/src/linux-6.15-rc1/scripts/Makefile.build:203: nvidia/nv.o] Error 1 make[3]: *** … Continue reading →

Kernel – 6.14 – a Bit Late, but OK with Latest NVIDIA and VMware..

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Kernel 6.14 has been released – a bit later than usual – and brief details are here:  https://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/2503.3/00718.html As expected after -rc testing, this release works OK with the latest NVIDIA 570.133.07 and VMware 17.6.3.. Robert Gadsdon.    March 24th 2025. … Continue reading →

NVIDIA – GCC15 on Fedora 42 Wrecks Compilation – and a Workaround..

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Recently updated the test system to Fedora 42, and everything seemed OK (including the latest VMware Workstation) – except the NVIDIA driver install.. The latest driver 570.124.04 compiles and installs OK with GCC14 and Fedora 41, on 6.13.x and also 6.14-rc kernels, but the NVIDIA source install scripts/tests etc. seem to be completely useless when compiling under … Continue reading →

NVIDIA – Inconsistent Install Problems with Latest Drivers..

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Systems are Intel Dual-Xeon with Fedora 41 and GCC 14.2.1..  Kernel compiled from kernel.org source.. Starting with driver 550.144.03, and now with the latest driver 570.86.16 I have been experiencing odd and inconsistent problems with the usual install process.. Running ./NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-570.86.16.run fails with “ERROR: Unable to load the kernel module ‘nvidia-drm.ko’.” and later “-> Kernel module load … Continue reading →

Kernel – 6.14-rc1 is out – OK with latest VMware, and Fix for NVIDIA

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Kernel 6.14-rc1 has been released, and details are here:  https://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/2502.0/00674.html After the pre-testing last week, the only change needed is a small fix for NVIDIA, as documented here: http://rglinuxtech.com/?p=3285    Thanks to Joan Bruguera, there is a patch available, which can easily be modified for application to the latest driver:  https://gist.github.com/joanbm/d0cb8790ca610fbd2c2e43f30707ce18 The latest VMware 17.6.2 patchset at … Continue reading →

Kernel – Pre-6.14rc testing – VMware OK, and Simple Fix for NVIDIA..

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Kernel 6.14-rc1 will be released soon, and I have been testing the code changes submitted so far (February 26th) with the following results: VMware 17.6.2 – including ‘clean up’ patchset from https://github.com/64kramsystem/vmware-host-modules-fork/tree/workstation-17.6.2-sav – compiles OK, but with the usual host of ‘warnings’, which seem to be accepted as good-enough these days.. NVIDIA 550.144.03 compile fails with: ………………….. … Continue reading →

Kernel – 6.13 Released, OK with Latest Patched VMware, and NVIDIA

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Kernel 6.13 is out, and the announcement is here:   https://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/2501.2/03405.html This compiles/runs OK with the latest (?) VMware 17.6.2 patchset (from https://github.com/64kramsystem/vmware-host-modules-fork/tree/workstation-17.6.2-sav ), and is OK with NVIDIA driver 550.142, and – sometimes – with the very latest 550.144.03, but there seem to be issues with this version (see separate article, coming soon) Robert Gadsdon.    January 22nd, … Continue reading →

NVIDIA – New Driver 550.142 – Finally Fixes Kernel 6.13 Softlink Error..

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NVIDIA have released driver 550.142, and brief details are here:  https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/drivers/details/237853/  The ‘Release Highlights’ section is especially frugal on specifics.. The ‘softlink  / file not found’ error when compiling with Kernel 6.13 has finally been fixed (tested with 6.13-rc2): …………………… ld -r -o nvidia-modeset/nv-modeset-interface.o nvidia-modeset/nvidia-modeset-linux.o nvidia-modeset/nv-kthread-q.o MODPOST Module.symvers CC [M]  nvidia.mod.o CC [M]  .module-common.o LD [M]  nvidia.ko … Continue reading →