Just updated the main system to Kernel 3.8.3, and everything works, as before. VMware 9.0.2 and NVIDIA 313.26 both compile and install/run without any problems.. This update contains several more ‘improvements’ for USB3 – amongst other things.. Details of all the changes, are here: https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.8.3 $ uname -a Linux rglinux 3.8.3 #1 SMP Fri Mar 15 01:20:29 … Continue reading →
Installed kernel 3.9-rc2 on the test system – and VMware 9.0.2, and both the latest ‘stable’ (310.40), and ‘beta’ (313.26) NVIDIA drivers, all compile successfully.. $ uname -a Linux rg6830l 3.9.0-rc2 #1 SMP Mon Mar 11 17:36:47 GMT 2013 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux Robert Gadsdon. March 11th, 2013.
Continue reading →Just updated the test system to 3.9-rc1, and with the usual softlink*, and (3.8-patched) VMware 9.01, and NVIDIA 310.32, everything compiled OK. * # ln -s /usr/src/linux-3.9-rc1/include/generated/uapi/linux/version.h /usr/src/linux-3.9-rc1/include/linux/version.h $ uname -a Linux rg6830l 3.9.0-rc1 #1 SMP Mon Mar 4 11:13:53 GMT 2013 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux Robert Gadsdon. March 4th, 2013.
Continue reading →Recently updated my main system to 3.8.1, without any fuss.. As before, the (patched) VMware 9.01 works fine, and the latest NVIDIA ‘stable’ driver 310.32 compiles OK, too.. Don’t forget to include the obligatory softlink, before compiling VMware! ln -s /usr/src/linux-3.8.1/include/generated/uapi/linux/version.h /usr/src/linux-3.8.1/include/linux/version.h There is a later version of the 3.7 branch available – 3.7.10, but this is … Continue reading →
Just updated my main system to kernel 3.8, which has just been released.. For VMware (9.0.1) apply the patch already described in a previous article for the 3.8-rc series, plus the version.h softlink: # ln -s /usr/src/linux-3.8/include/generated/uapi/linux/version.h /usr/src/linux-3.8/include/linux/version.h The latest ‘stable’ NVIDIA driver – 310.32 – compiles OK, with this kernel version.. $ uname -a Linux rglinux … Continue reading →
Just updated to 3.7.9, but forgot to do the usual ‘softlink’ for correct compilation of VMware.. # ln -s /usr/src/linux-3.7.9/include/generated/uapi/linux/version.h /usr/src/linux-3.7.9/include/linux/version.h I ran the compilation for the the latest ‘stable’ NVIDIA driver (310.32), but discovered that – with 3.7.9 – this failed, as well! To save time, I had been creating the softlink after compiling the latest … Continue reading →
Just installed 3.8-rc6 on my test system, and – as for the previous -rc version – the softlink + vmci patch works for VMware 9.0.1. The good news is that the latest ‘stable’ NVIDIA driver – 310.32 – now compiles OK with this kernel version.. $ uname -a Linux rg6830l 3.8.0-rc6 #1 SMP Fri Feb 1 11:39:56 … Continue reading →
Just installed kernel 3.8-rc5 – recently released.. This release has the same dependencies as -rc4, for VMware and NVIDIA.. For VMware, apply Tim’s vmci patch (see previous article for -rc4) and use the softlink: $ ln -s /usr/src/linux-3.8-rc5/include/generated/uapi/linux/version.h /usr/src/linux-3.8-rc5/include/linux/version.h For NVIDIA, use the ‘old’ driver 310.14, as the newer 3.7-compatible drivers still won’t compile with 3.8.. $ … Continue reading →
Just installed kernel 3.8-rc4 on my test system This time, VMware (9.01) compile fails, even with the ‘softlink’ workaround for version.h.. make: Entering directory `/tmp/modconfig-rBMV5O/vmci-only’ /usr/bin/make -C /lib/modules/3.8.0-rc4/build/include/.. SUBDIRS=$PWD SRCROOT=$PWD/. MODULEBUILDDIR= modules make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-3.8-rc4′ CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-rBMV5O/vmci-only/linux/driver.o CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-rBMV5O/vmci-only/linux/vmciKernelIf.o /tmp/modconfig-rBMV5O/vmci-only/linux/driver.c:127:4: error: implicit declaration of function ‘__devexit_p’ [-Werror=implicit-function-declaration] /tmp/modconfig-rBMV5O/vmci-only/linux/driver.c:127:4: error: initializer element … Continue reading →
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 →