Updated the test (Intel) system, and the Cubox-i4 Pro to Kernel 3.19-rc2.. NVIDIA and VMware still do not compile (see 3.19-rc1 article for details https://rglinuxtech.com/?p=1258) and – so far – there does not seem to be a patch for either. The NVIDIA GPL code incompatibility issue may be more convoluted to fix ‘legally’.. I tried more code … Continue reading →
Just installed Kernel 3.19-rc1 on the test system, and both VMware and NVIDIA fail to compile.. VMware (11.0) vmnet failed with: /tmp/modconfig-2fqpf2/vmnet-only/driver.c: In function ‘VNetFileOpUnlockedIoctl’: /tmp/modconfig-2fqpf2/vmnet-only/driver.c:1194:20: error: ‘struct file’ has no member named ‘f_dentry’ if (filp && filp->f_dentry) { ^ /tmp/modconfig-2fqpf2/vmnet-only/driver.c:1195:19: error: ‘struct file’ has no member named ‘f_dentry’ inode = filp->f_dentry->d_inode; ^ scripts/Makefile.build:257: recipe for target … Continue reading →
Installed kernel 3.18 Final, and as expected the latest NVIDIA (346.16) and VMware (11.0) drivers compile and load/run OK. The older NVIDIA (340.58) and VMware (10.0.4 + vmnet patch) drivers should also be OK.. $ uname -a Linux rglinux-i7 3.18.0 #4 SMP PREEMPT Sun Dec 7 18:54:19 PST 2014 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux The obscure ‘lockup’ bug … Continue reading →
Just installed Kernel 3.17-rc7, and the usual ‘latest’ drivers – NVIDIA 340.58 and 346.16, and VMware 10.0.4 with the vmnet patch – compile and load OK.. $ uname -a Linux rg6830l 3.18.0-rc7 #1 SMP PREEMPT Mon Dec 1 13:52:29 PST 2014 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux Details of changes etc. are here: http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1411.3/05016.html It seems that – despite … Continue reading →
Just installed Kernel 3.18-rc6, and the latest NVIDIA drivers – 340.58 and 346.16 – compile and load OK… Although VMware have just released version 10.0.4, this still needs the ‘vmnet patch’ to compile OK, with kernels 3.17 and 3.18.. # uname -a Linux rg6830l 3.18.0-rc6 #1 SMP PREEMPT Sun Nov 23 23:41:40 PST 2014 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 … Continue reading →
Just installed Kernel 3.18-rc5 on the test system, and the latest NVIDIA drivers – 340.58 and 346.16 – and VMware 10.0.3 – with the vmnet patch – compile and load OK.. $ uname -a Linux rg6830l 3.18.0-rc5 #1 SMP PREEMPT Sun Nov 16 23:23:41 PST 2014 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux Details can be found here: http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1411.2/00265.html Robert … Continue reading →
Just installed Kernel 3.18-rc4 on the test system, and this time it booted OK, and without any ‘tombstones’… Further details here: http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1411.1/00410.html $ uname -a Linux rg6830l 3.18.0-rc4 #1 SMP PREEMPT Sun Nov 9 21:27:52 PST 2014 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux VMware 10.0.3 – with the vmnet patch, and NVIDIA 340.58 both install and load OK. Robert … Continue reading →
Tested the latest ‘main’ release of the NVIDIA driver – 340.58 – and it compiled/loaded with Kernel 3.18-rc3 without any patches.. Further testing not possible, as 3.18-rc3 is still not stable on my systems.. More info at: http://www.nvidia.com/Download/driverResults.aspx/79413/en-us Robert Gadsdon. November 5, 2014.
Continue reading →Tested Kernel 3.18-rc3 and found that it would not boot with the .config that worked OK with -rc1.. Re-created a new .config from scratch, and now my temporary test system (HP6830 laptop) boots OK, but overall performance still seems rather sluggish.. # uname -a Linux rg6830l 3.18.0-rc3 #1 SMP PREEMPT Mon Nov 3 18:19:06 PST 2014 x86_64 … Continue reading →
Thanks to juston_li, there is a one-line fix to enable the latest NVIDIA drivers to compile with Kernel 3.18-rc1 See: https://devtalk.nvidia.com/default/topic/783364/linux/343-22-driver-incompatible-with-linux-3-18-/ The fix there is for Beta version 343.22, but I applied it to main version 340.46, as follows: In NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-340.46/kernel/nv-drm.c , at line 19, change #if defined(NV_DRM_AVAILABLE) #include <drm/drmP.h> to #if defined(NV_DRM_AVAILABLE) #include <drm/drmP.h> #include <drm/drm_gem.h> … Continue reading →