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NVIDIA – New Drivers – OK with Kernel 5.7. Existing Patch Works for 5.8.

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NVIDIA have released new drivers 440.100 and (beta) 450.51, and details are here:  https://www.nvidia.com/Download/driverResults.aspx/160175/en-us and https://www.nvidia.com/Download/driverResults.aspx/160555/en-us Both compile OK with Kernel  5.7 (tested with 5.7.5) and the existing Kernel 5.8 patch for 440.82 still works with both versions – with some offsets.  (compile tested with Kernel 5.8-rc2). Robert Gadsdon.   June 24th 2020.

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Kernel – 5.8-rc1 Released – Problem with VMware Runtime..

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Kernel 5.8-rc1 has been released, and details are here:   http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/2006.1/07293.html NVIDIA 440.82 with the 5.7 and 5.8 patches seems to be OK, but I have encountered a serious problem with VMware, and have now confirmed the same fault on two different systems (both Fedora 32 x86_64) The VMware 15.5.6 vmmon/vmnet modules compile/run OK with the kernel 5.7 … Continue reading →

Kernel – 5.8 Pre-testing.. Fix for NVIDIA. Problems with VMware Runtime.

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There is now an interim patch available, for NVIDIA 440.82 and Kernel 5.8, at https://gitlab.com/snippets/1986228 This should be applied as well as the 5.7 patch, and I have tested this with pre-release Kernel 5.8-git version from June 12th, and it works OK.    Note that this is an interim patch, and may be updated once 5.8-rc1 is released.. … Continue reading →

Kernel – 5.8 Pre Testing.. Patched VMware OK, NVIDIA Not..

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Kernel 5.8-rc1 is due out soon, and I created the latest (git) version for testing, to see what might break.   Bear in mind, that there will be changes from this version to the ‘released’ RC1.. VMware: VMware 15.5.6 – with the latest patches for vmmon and vmnet – compiles OK. NVIDIA: NVIDIA driver 440.82 with the Kernel … Continue reading →

Kernel – 5.7 Is Out. OK with Patched VMware and NVIDIA..

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Kernel 5.7 has been released, and brief details of changes since -rc7 are here:  http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/2005.3/09342.html The patched versions of VMware 15.5.5 and NVIDIA 440.82 both compile OK, as expected, and the patched pre-Beta VMware 16 20H2 is also OK. VMware patch:  https://github.com/mkubecek/vmware-host-modules/tree/workstation-15.5.5 NVIDIA patch: https://gitlab.com/snippets/1965550 Robert Gadsdon.   May 31st 2020.  

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Kernel – 5.7-rc1 is Out. Patched VMware OK, and Patch Available for NVIDIA..

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Kernel 5.7-rc1 has been released, and brief details are here:  http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/2004.1/04252.html There have been some reports of kernel crash on boot, so test with care..   My system (HP Z220) booted without any issues.. 5.6-patched VMware 15.5.2 compiled and ran OK, although the latest NVIDIA – 440.82 – failed to compile, but thanks to Isaak I. Aleksandrov, there … Continue reading →

Kernel – 5.7-rc1 Pre-release Testing – OK so far..

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Just installed kernel 5.7-rc1 pre-release (April 8th) from git: $ uname -a Linux rgz220 5.7.0-rc1pre2 #1 SMP Wed Apr 8 12:45:43 PDT 2020 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux Tested with latest NVIDIA driver  – 440.82 and latest 5.6-patched VMware – 15.5.2 – at both compile and load/run OK: $ lsmod |grep nv nvidia_drm      53248     4 nvidia_modeset  1105920   10 … Continue reading →

NVIDIA – New Driver – Finally, Supports Kernel 5.6..

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NVIDIA have released driver 440.82, and details are here:  https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/linux-solaris-and-freebsd-driver-440-82-long-lived-branch-release/118864 Tested with latest Kernel 5.6, and compiles/runs OK: ……………… ld -r -o /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-440.82/kernel/nvidia-modeset/nv-modeset-interface.o /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-440.82/kernel/nvidia-modeset/nvidia-modeset-linux.o /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-440.82/kernel/nvidia-modeset/nv-kthread-q.o MODPOST 4 modules CC [M] /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-440.82/kernel/nvidia-drm.mod.o LD [M] /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-440.82/kernel/nvidia-drm.ko CC [M] /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-440.82/kernel/nvidia-modeset.mod.o LD [M] /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-440.82/kernel/nvidia-modeset.ko CC [M] /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-440.82/kernel/nvidia-uvm.mod.o LD [M] /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-440.82/kernel/nvidia-uvm.ko CC [M] /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-440.82/kernel/nvidia.mod.o LD [M] /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-440.82/kernel/nvidia.ko make[1]: Leaving directory ‘/usr/src/linux-5.6.3-rc2’ Robert … Continue reading →

Kernel – 5.6 Released. Still OK with latest patched VMware and NVIDIA.

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Kernel 5.6 is out, and brief details are here: http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/2003.3/06474.html Compiles OK, but I am getting a spurious ‘cat: /sys/power/resume: No such file or directory‘ message after #make install.   Everything seems to be working as expected, despite this. For those who need it (digital photography/video etc..) ‘exFAT fs support’ is now available, and can be found under … Continue reading →

Kernel – 5.6-rc7 Released, No Surprises..

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Kernel 5.6-rc7 has been released, and brief details are here:  http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/2003.2/08254.html As is mentioned, there may be a 5.6 ‘Final’ in a weeks time.. The latest NVIDIA  (440.64) and VMware (15.5.2) still work OK, with the appropriate ‘kernel 5.6’ patches. NVIDIA: https://gitlab.com/snippets/1945940 VMware: https://github.com/mkubecek/vmware-host-modules/tree/workstation-15.5.2 Robert Gadsdon.   March 23rd, 2020.

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