Kernel 4.20 has just been released, in time for the Festive Season, and brief details are here: http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1812.2/06158.html . As expected, the latest NVIDIA (415.25) and VMware (15.0.2) both compile and load/run OK. Robert Gadsdon. December 23, 2018.
Continue reading →Kernel 4.20-rc3 is out, and brief details are here: http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1811.2/01363.html VMware 15.0.1 is still OK, but there is still no solution for NVIDIA. I posted details of my testing to the NVIDIA Forum over a week ago, but there has been no response, so far.. Robert Gadsdon. November 18, 2018.
Continue reading →Kernel 4.20-rc1 is out, and brief details are here: http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1811.0/02531.html VMware 15.0 installs OK, but the latest NVIDIA fails.. (410.73 with the pm patch, if needed): …………………… /home/rgadsdon/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-410.73-custom/kernel/nvidia/linux_nvswitch.c:1582:5: error: implicit declaration of function ‘time_to_tm’; did you mean ‘time64_to_tm’? [-Werror=implicit-function-declaration] time_to_tm(time_nsec / NVSWITCH_NSEC_PER_SEC, 0, &t); ^~~~~~~~~~ time64_to_tm ………………… I made the change to linux_nvswitch.c, and then: ………………………. /home/rgadsdon/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-410.73-custom/kernel/nvidia-drm/nvidia-drm-gem-nvkms-memory.c:348:11: … Continue reading →
Apologies for the late arrival of this article, due to extended trip overseas, and hardware failure on return! RG. Kernel 4.19 is out, and brief details are here: http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1810.2/05220.html The info here is worth reading, as it includes more on the Linus kernel handover – and ‘hand-back’.. It is worth mentioning that some issues have already been … Continue reading →
VMware Workstation Pro 15.0.0 has been released, and details are here: https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-Workstation-Pro/15/rn/workstation-15-release-notes.html As expected, this compiles/loads/runs OK with Kernel 4.19 (tested with 4.19-rc5). The UI seems – IMHO – to have a slightly retro look, but this is probably supposed to look more ‘Windows10’-like.. Robert Gadsdon. September 27, 2018.
Continue reading →Kernel 4.19-rc2 is out, and details of changes from -rc1 are here: http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1809.0/00713.html As with -rc1, the latest VMware (14.1.3) compiles/loads OK, and the latest NVIDIA (396.54 and 390.87) with the patch mentioned in a previous article ( https://rglinuxtech.com/?p=2391 ) compiles and loads OK. The patch is applicable to both versions.. Robert Gadsdon. September 2, 2018.
Continue reading →Kernel 4.19-rc1 has been released, and very brief details of changes are here: http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1808.3/01014.html VMware 14.1.3 compiles/loads OK, but NVIDIA (396.54) compile failed: …………………. /home/rgadsdon/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-396.54/kernel/nvidia-drm/nvidia-drm-encoder.c:219:11: error: implicit declaration of function ‘drm_mode_connector_attach_encoder’; did you mean ‘drm_connector_attach_encoder’? [-Werror=implicit-function-declaration] ret = drm_mode_connector_attach_encoder(connector, encoder); ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ drm_connector_attach_encoder cc1: some warnings being treated as errors ……………….. – and a similar error with nvidia-drm-connector.c … Continue reading →
VMware 14.1.3 has been released, and details (not very informative..) are here: https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-Workstation-Pro/14/rn/workstation-1413-release-notes.html Although it is not mentioned, this version does work OK with Kernel 4.18 without any patches (tested with 4.18.3) Robert Gadsdon. August 19, 2018
Continue reading →VMware 14.1.3 has been released, and details (not very informative..) are here: https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-Workstation-Pro/14/rn/workstation-1413-release-notes.html Although it is not mentioned, this version does work OK with Kernel 4.18 without any patches (tested with 4.18.3) Robert Gadsdon. August 19, 2018
Continue reading →Kernel 4.18 has finally arrived, and details of changes since -rc8 are here: http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1808.1/02806.html As expected, after changes in -rc7, the latest NVIDIA and (patched) VMware all compile/load OK.. Tested with VMware 14.1.2 with the vmmon patch, and NVIDIA 390.77 and 396.51. Coincidentally, I can also confirm that 4.18 boots OK on HP PA-RISC (HP9000/785-C3700) – but … Continue reading →