Just installed 3.9-rc6, and the latest VMware (9.02) and NVIDIA (‘stable’ 310.44 and ‘beta’ 313.30) drivers all compile OK.. There will probably be one more -rc (7) before 3.9 Final is released.. # uname -a Linux rg6830l 3.9.0-rc6 #1 SMP Mon Apr 8 12:19:21 BST 2013 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux Robert Gadsdon. April 8, 2013.
Continue reading →Just updated to kernel 3.8.6, and used the incremental patch at https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.0/incr/patch-3.8.5-6.bz2 to update the Raspberry Pi.. Fedora release 18 (Spherical Cow) Kernel 3.8.6-pi on an armv6l (ttyAMA0) …………… # uname -a Linux rgpi 3.8.6-pi #1 PREEMPT Fri Apr 5 23:10:23 BST 2013 armv6l armv6l armv6l GNU/Linux Everything works OK, and the x86_64 system compiles the latest … Continue reading →
Just updated the test system to 3.9-rc5, and VMware (9.0.2) and NVIDIA (310.40 and 313.26) all (still) compile OK.. # uname -a Linux rg6830l 3.9.0-rc5 #1 SMP Tue Apr 2 08:54:24 BST 2013 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux Apparently, the released version of 3.9 will be in ”..a few weeks..” (and that is about as specific as these … Continue reading →
Updated the main system (x86_64) to kernel 3.8.4, and (incrementally..) updated the Raspberry Pi (armv6), as well.. Latest VMware (9.02) and NVIDIA (313.26 and 310.40) drivers all compile without any patches.. Precise details here: https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.8.4 # uname -a Linux rglinux 3.8.4 #1 SMP Thu Mar 21 02:03:44 GMT 2013 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux ‘Incremental’ patch from 3.8.3 … Continue reading →
Installed Kernel 3.9-rc3 on the test system.. VMware 9.0.2, and NVIDIA 310.40 (main) and 313.26 (beta) all compile OK.. # uname -a Linux rg6830l 3.9.0-rc3 #1 SMP Mon Mar 18 12:21:27 GMT 2013 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux Robert Gadsdon. March 19th, 2013.
Continue reading →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 installed VMware Workstation 9.0.2 – released yesterday – and it compiles and installs cleanly on kernel 3.8.2, without the need for the 9.0.1 patch, or the ‘softlink’, as it now finds version.h correctly. I have tested with kernel 3.9-rc1, and can confirm that this works, as well.. Robert Gadsdon. March 8th, 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 →