I had been running Kernel 4.2 on my main system since it was released, but have been experiencing vague and inconsistent problems with sluggish applications, which sometimes hung for about half-a-second.. Nothing specific, and no apparent errors reported.. I reverted to Kernel 4.1.7, and everything seems to be back to normal.. I will try 4.2.1 as soon … Continue reading →
Just updated the Qualcomm DragonBoard 410c to Linaro/Qcom patched Kernel 4.2, from here: https://git.linaro.org/landing-teams/working/qualcomm/kernel.git/tree/refs/heads/integration-linux-qcomlt Using the saved kernel config from 4.2-rc5, the system booted OK (headless)..: Fedora release 23 (Twenty Three) Kernel 4.2.0 on an aarch64 (ttyMSM0) ……………. # uname -a Linux rg410c 4.2.0 #1 SMP PREEMPT Sun Sep 13 20:13:35 PDT 2015 aarch64 aarch64 aarch64 GNU/Linux … Continue reading →
Tested the 4.2 Final kernel, and the later NVIDIA drivers still fail to install, with the same GPL-only error.. A simple patch to fix this was proposed for 4.2-rc5, some time ago, but – for some reason – has failed to make it into the ‘final’ release..’ Details of the patch are here: http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1508.0/02260.html Maybe this will … Continue reading →
Kernel 4.2-rc8 has been released, but does not include the ‘GPL-only’ patch for NVIDIA: http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1508.3/00008.html FATAL: modpost: GPL-incompatible module nvidia.ko uses GPL-only symbol ‘flush_workqueue’ A patch was proposed (for -rc5..) but has still not been incorporated: http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1508.2/02297.html Details of the patch are here: http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1508.0/02260.html Hopefully this patch will be included with 4.2 Final, but there is a … Continue reading →
A simple patch for the GPL-only issue with NVIDIA drivers was submitted on August 4, 2015, but has still not been included with 4.2-rc7.. http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1508.0/02260.html The patch has been put forward for 4.3, but there has been a request for it to be included with the upcoming 4.2 release.. http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1508.0/02703.html Robert Gadsdon. August 16, 2015.
Continue reading →Updated the test system to Kernel 4.2-rc6, and the NVIDIA ‘GPL-Only’ problem still persists: Building modules, stage 2. MODPOST 2 modules FATAL: modpost: GPL-incompatible module nvidia.ko uses GPL-only symbol ‘flush_workqueue’ /usr/src/linux-4.2-rc6/scripts/Makefile.modpost:90: recipe for target ‘__modpost’ failed make[3]: *** [__modpost] Error 1 /usr/src/linux-4.2-rc6/Makefile:1389: recipe for target ‘modules’ failed make[2]: *** [modules] Error 2 make[2]: Leaving directory ‘/usr/src/linux-4.2-rc6’ Makefile:146: … Continue reading →
Managed to update the DragonBoard 410c to Linaro Kernel 4.1.0+, from here: git clone https://git.linaro.org/landing-teams/working/qualcomm/kernel.git -b integration-linux-qcomlt So far, I have made the kernel ‘monolithic’ with all necessary modules built-in (‘y” instead of ‘m’), as this was how the original Linaro/Qualcomm kernel was built.. As the 410c uses the android fastboot, it would seem that the kernel/boot … Continue reading →
Updated the Odroid U3 to Kernel 4.1-rc8, from https://github.com/tobiasjakobi/linux-odroid/tree/odroid-4.1.y Fedora release 22 (Twenty Two) Kernel 4.1.0-rc8 on an armv7l (ttySAC1) …………… ]# uname -a Linux rgodroid 4.1.0-rc8 #1 SMP Wed Jun 17 16:20:50 PDT 2015 armv7l armv7l armv7l GNU/Linux As it has been some time since I (unsuccessfully) tried a ‘mainline’ kernel on the U3, I may … Continue reading →
Sad to hear that Mandriva has finally shut up shop… I remember some years ago (1998?) trying one of the original Mandrake distros – which was derived at that time from Red Hat.. Mandrake (France) later merged with Conectiva (Brazil) to become Mandriva.. As they were still using the RPM format for packaging, I was able to … Continue reading →
After updating the Odroid U3 to kernel 4.1-rc2 (see separate post) I encountered more SELinux / Fedora 22 issues.. This time, SELinux tried to enable itself in ‘targeted’ mode on reboot, despite being ‘disabled’ in the config file.. …. [ OK ] Started Tell Plymouth To Write Out Runtime Data. [ OK ] Started Preprocess NFS configuration. … Continue reading →