Firstly – my apologies for late response to some messages – this (12-year-old) website has been experiencing some issues, and really needs to be updated/rehosted… I am travelling, away from my main systems, and only have a laptop to test with.. I have been testing the latest VMware Workstation releases from Broadcom – 17.6 and 17.6.1 – … Continue reading →
I would like to start by thanking Michal Kubeček for his many years of expert support of the VMware vmmon/vmnet modules for later kernel versions.. Since the Broadcom takeover of VMware, his patches have been forked multiple times, for 17.5.2 and now 17.6 support, with varying degrees of success.. I have tested most of these and – … Continue reading →
Kernel 6.11 is out, and brief details of the latest changes since -rc7 are here: https://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/2409.1/09915.html The latsest NVIDIA driver 560.35.03 compiles and runs OK, and the VMware patchset from https://github.com/64kramsystem/vmware-host-modules-fork compiles OK, and loads and runs correctly. (see separate article on the multiple forking of the original mkubecek patchset, since the Broadcom takeover..) Note that all … Continue reading →
VMware Workstation Pro version 17.6 has been released, and release notes are here: https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-Workstation-Pro/17.6/rn/vmware-workstation-176-pro-release-notes/index.html The ‘fixes’ mentioned are a bit late, as they include Fedora 40 support, and Kernel 6.8 support.. The ‘latest’ 6.9+ patchset is required to support more recent kernels, from https://github.com/nan0desu/vmware-host-modules/tree/tmp/workstation-17.5.2-k6.9-sharishth but these will throw a vmmon version-mismatch error at runtime.. The simple fix … Continue reading →
Kernel 6.11-rc1 has been released, and brief details are here: https://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/2407.3/04272.html As confirmed by pre-tests (see previous post) NVIDIA 560.28.03 and 550.100 drivers compile OK. There have been issues reported with 555.xx and 560.xx drivers, which I have found to fail with GTX10xxTi series cards, but 550.100 should work for all supported hardware.. The situation regarding patched … Continue reading →
Tested the latest (July 21st) git version of pre-release Kernel 6.11, and this was OK with NVIDIA 555.58 and (patched) VMware 17.5.2.. (from https://github.com/nan0desu/vmware-host-modules/tree/tmp/workstation-17.5.2-k6.9-sharishth ) Obviously, there will be more potential for ‘breakages’ before -rc1 is released in a weeks time.. Robert Gadsdon July 22nd 2024. … Continue reading →
Kernel 6.10 is out, and brief details are here: https://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/2407.1/08151.html It should be noted that some build errors etc. have been flagged against this release.. NVIDIA: The latest 555.xx series of drivers compile OK, but have problems with some cards – especially the GTX1050/1070ti (not kernel-related), as mentioned in a previous article.. The latest 550.100 driver … Continue reading →
Kernel 6.10-rc1 has been released, and brief details are here: https://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/2405.3/01595.html VMware 17.5.2 with the interim kernel-6.9 patchset compiles OK, but the latest NVIDIA 555.42.02 fails: …………………………… /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-555.42.02/kernel/common/inc/nv-linux.h: In function ■nv_ioremap_wc■: /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-555.42.02/kernel/common/inc/nv-linux.h:544:33: warning: suggest braces around empty body in an ■if■ statement [-Wempty-body] 544 | NV_MEMDBG_ADD(ptr, size); | ^ /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-555.42.02/kernel/common/inc/nv-linux.h: In functionnv_vmap■: /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-555.42.02/kernel/common/inc/nv-linux.h:670:51: warning: suggest braces around … Continue reading →
After the Broadcom takeover, the ‘Player’ versions of VMware are discontinued, and Workstation Pro is now ‘free for personal use’… It has been updated to version 17.5.2, but the changes are all for security patches, and overall functionality is unchanged. There has been some discussion as to whether this product is now ‘functionally stabilised’, with some commenting … Continue reading →
Kernel 6.9-rc1 has been released, and brief details are here: https://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/2403.3/00300.html As discovered in pre-rc testing last week, the latest NVIDIA driver – now 550.67 – is OK, and this now compiles successfully with GCC14.. VMware 17.5.1 (patched) vmmon compiles OK, but vmnet fails: ……………… CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-a8Fcf5/vmnet-only/smac.o CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-a8Fcf5/vmnet-only/vnetEvent.o CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-a8Fcf5/vmnet-only/vnetUserListener.o In file included … Continue reading →