Kernel 6.17-rc1 is due out in a weeks time, but I tried the latest GIT version from https://github.com/torvalds/linux to see if there will be any ‘surprises’.. Of course, there are many changes still to come.. VMware 17.6.4 with all the kernel 6.15 and 6.16 patches compiles and runs OK, but the latest NVIDIA fails to compile ( … Continue reading →
Kernel 6.16 is out, and brief details are here: https://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/2507.3/03799.html As expected, the latest NVIDIA driver 575.64.05 compiles/installs OK, but VMware 17.6.4 still needs the 6.15 plus 6.16 patches, the same as 17.6.3.. Only (minor) issue so far is the font resize after boot (needed for 4k screens) is not working, for some reason.. Robert Gadsdon. July … Continue reading →
I had a (rare) need to test the latest NVIDIA driver 575.64.03 with the Fedora 42 kernel (6.15.4-200.fc42.x86_64) and found that I was getting unexpected SSL errors, and ‘device not found’ when trying to load the modules.. After some more research. I found that Fedora had already included the new open-source NovaCore drivers as standard, and these … Continue reading →
Kernel 6.16-rc4 is out, and brief details are here: https://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/2506.3/09013.html The latest NVIDIA driver 575.64 compiles and loads/runs OK but may fail when installed using the NV…..run file, but will be OK is installed manually, for some reason.. UPDATE: NVIDIA 575.64.03 is out, which seems to fix the need for manual compile etc… https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/drivers/details/249044/ VMware 17.6.3 with … Continue reading →
Kernel 6.15 is out, and brief details of the latest changes are here: https://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/2505.3/00645.html The latest NVIDIA driver 570.153.02 is OK with this kernel, and with GCC 15 (Fedora 42 etc..) and can be found here: https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/drivers/details/245669/ A VMware vmmon/vmnet fix for 17.6.3 was already documented in a previous article: https://rglinuxtech.com/?p=3321 Robert Gadsdon. May 25th 2025.
Continue reading →NVIDIA driver 570.153.02 is out, and brief details etc are here: https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/drivers/details/245669/ Not mentioned in the summary, this version compiles/loads/runs successfully on Fedora 42 with GCC 15, and also with the latest Kernel 6.15 – tested with 6.15-rc7 and an RTX3050 Robert Gadsdon. May 19th 2025.
Continue reading →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 →
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 →
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 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.
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