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KERNEL – 4.10-rc1 Out – OK with VMware, Breaks NVIDIA..

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Kernel 4.10-rc1 is out, and brief details are here: http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1612.3/00220.html Installed it on the test system, and (4.9-patched) VMware 12.5.2 is OK, but the latest NVIDIA driver (375.26) fails to compile: ……………….. /home/rgadsdon/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-375.26/kernel/common/inc/nv-mm.h: In function ‘NV_GET_USER_PAGES_REMOTE’: /home/rgadsdon/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-375.26/kernel/common/inc/nv-mm.h:86:20: error: too few arguments to function ‘get_user_pages_remote’ return get_user_pages_remote(tsk, mm, start, nr_pages, flags, pages, vmas); ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ……………….. There was already … Continue reading →

Kernel – 4.9 Released – OK With Latest NVIDIA, and Patched VMware..

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Kernel 4.9 has been released, and (brief!) details of changes are here:  http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1612.1/01831.html The latest NVIDIA (375.20) driver works OK, and VMware 12.5.2 with the vmnet and vmmon hack/patches, also works OK.     Hack/patch details are at https://rglinuxtech.com/?p=1838 On my Intel I-7 system (Gigabyte motherboard) I did get some odd ACPI messages at boot time, and it seemed … Continue reading →

VMware – 12.5.2 Released – Still Broken With Kernel 4.9..

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Just updated the test system to VMware Workstation Pro 12.5.2, and it still fails to compile with Kernel 4.9-rc5 I have – so far – been unable to find any other patches for this issue, but fortunately the nasty hack I documented in the article for 4.9-rc4 still works.. https://rglinuxtech.com/?p=1838 The release notes for 12.5.2 are here:  … Continue reading →

Kernel – 4.9-rc3 – NVIDIA Patch still works, and Fix for VMware 12.5.1?

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Updated the test system to Kernel 4.9-rc3, and the patch for NVIDIA mentioned in my article for -rc2 still works OK..     I Compiled 370.28 and 375.10 successfully.. As I could not find any patches for VMware – and the latest version 12.5.1 still fails to compile, I created a nasty hack myself.. Warning – This is not … Continue reading →

Kernel – 4.9-rc2 Breaks VMware and NVIDIA – Patch for NVIDIA..

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Updated the test system to Kernel 4.9-rc2, and both VMware (12.5.0) and NVIDIA (370.28 and 375.10) failed to compile.. Fedora 25 (Workstation Edition) Kernel 4.9.0-rc2 on an x86_64 (ttyS0) ………….. # uname -a Linux rgtest 4.9.0-rc2 #1 SMP Sun Oct 23 20:33:10 PDT 2016 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux NVIDIA compile fail: ………….. /home/rgadsdon/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-370.28/kernel/nvidia/os-mlock.c:120:55: error: passing argument 5 … Continue reading →

Kernel – 4.9-rc1 released – OK with Latest VMware, and NVIDIA 370.28/367.57

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Kernel 4.9-rc1 has been released, and brief details are here: http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1610.1/03881.html Fedora 25 (Workstation Edition) Kernel 4.9.0-rc1 on an x86_64 (ttyS0) ………….. # uname -a Linux rgtest 4.9.0-rc1 #1 SMP Sat Oct 15 13:42:12 PDT 2016 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux Latest VMware (12.5.0) compiled and ran OK.. NVIDIA drivers 367.57 and  370.28 compiled OK.. …. Building modules, … Continue reading →

Kernel – 4.8 Final – OK with Latest VMware and NVIDIA..

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Kernel 4.8 is out, and is – unusually – OK with the latest versions of VMware (12.5.0) and NVIDIA (370.28), without any patches.. Robert Gadsdon.   October 2, 2016. PS..  Apologies for the delay in responding to comments – I should get an email alert for each (non-spam) one, and for some reason this is not happening..  RG

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VMware – New Driver 12.5.0 – OK with Kernel 4.7, and 4.8..

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Updated to the latest VMware Workstation Pro version – 12.5.0, and it compiles OK with kernel.org kernel 4.7 (4.7.3) and also with 4.8 (4.8-rc6). Release notes here:   http://pubs.vmware.com/Release_Notes/en/workstation/12pro/workstation-125-release-notes.html Nice to see that they have actually fixed quite a lot of Linux-related ‘issues’, this time.. Robert Gadsdon.  September 14, 2016

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KERNEL – 4.8-rc1 Out – Breaks VMware and NVIDIA – and Fixes..

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Kernel 4.8-rc1 is out, and brief details are here:   http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1608.0/04804.html VMware 12.1.1 – with the previous 4.6/4.7 patches, fails to compile vmmon: /tmp/modconfig-gfkQLR/vmmon-only/linux/hostif.c: In function ‘HostIF_EstimateLockedPageLimit’: /tmp/modconfig-gfkQLR/vmmon-only/linux/hostif.c:1597:47: error: ‘NR_ANON_PAGES’ undeclared (first use in this function) Further research revealed that NR_ANON_PAGES has been changed to NR_ANON_MAPPED in 4.8, and so the fix is quite simple.. In ~/vmmon-only/linux/hostif.c, around … Continue reading →

KERNEL – 4.7 Released – OK with Patched VMware and NVIDIA..

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Kernel 4.7 has been released – slightly later than usual – and brief details are here:  http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1607.3/00150.html $ uname -a Linux rglinux-i7 4.7.0 #1 SMP Sun Jul 24 14:34:37 PDT 2016 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux Neither VMware nor NVIDIA have drivers that work with this kernel version, but the 4.7-rc patched versions of VMware 12.1.1 and NVIDIA … Continue reading →