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NVIDIA – 5.9-patched 450.57 Crash, New Driver 450.66 Released..

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There is a new driver 450.66 available, and details are here:  https://www.nvidia.com/Download/driverResults.aspx/163238/en-us No patch – yet – and there is an issue with the old ‘GPL block’ again..  https://gitlab.com/EULA/snippets/-/commit/9c295c9b9b9453de00941a5c84cb3c9385eafe6e I had just tested the latest version of the 5.9 patch for NVIDIA driver 450.57, and it compiled OK, but loading was problem, and the mouse ‘wobbled’ all … Continue reading →

NVIDIA – Early Patch for 5.9 Available..

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There is already an early NVIDIA 450.57 patch for Kernel 5.9, and thanks to Pete for the info, and Isaak I. Aleksandrov for the patch ..   This was not shown in the general list I had at https://gitlab.com/users/EULA/snippets, but the direct link is here:  https://gitlab.com/EULA/snippets/-/blob/55de41ae16851dc0fc7973901c1f71007b2a4efb/NVIDIA/450.57/kernel-5.9.patch I have tested this with the August 9th pre-release I used in … Continue reading →

ARM64 – 8GB Pi4 – Fun with Fedora..

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My 8GB Raspbery Pi 4 finally arrived, and I was looking forward to trying Fedora 32 and KDE/Plasma on it, and comparing it to the Odroid N2 from a few months back.. ( https://rglinuxtech.com/?p=2689 ) The Fedora 32 aarch64 install is supposed to support the Pi 4 now, but the resulting sdcard image failed to boot, with … Continue reading →

Kernel – 5.8 Pre Testing.. Patched VMware OK, NVIDIA Not..

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Kernel 5.8-rc1 is due out soon, and I created the latest (git) version for testing, to see what might break.   Bear in mind, that there will be changes from this version to the ‘released’ RC1.. VMware: VMware 15.5.6 – with the latest patches for vmmon and vmnet – compiles OK. NVIDIA: NVIDIA driver 440.82 with the Kernel … Continue reading →

Kernel – 5.7 Is Out. OK with Patched VMware and NVIDIA..

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Kernel 5.7 has been released, and brief details of changes since -rc7 are here:  http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/2005.3/09342.html The patched versions of VMware 15.5.5 and NVIDIA 440.82 both compile OK, as expected, and the patched pre-Beta VMware 16 20H2 is also OK. VMware patch:  https://github.com/mkubecek/vmware-host-modules/tree/workstation-15.5.5 NVIDIA patch: https://gitlab.com/snippets/1965550 Robert Gadsdon.   May 31st 2020.  

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NVIDIA – New Vulkan Driver – Still Needs Patching for Kernel 5.6.

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NVIDIA have released the latest Vulkan beta driver 440.66.02, and details are here:  https://developer.nvidia.com/vulkan-driver The kernel-related code seems to be unchanged from 440.64, and the Kernel 5.6 patch for that version still applies, and can be found here: https://gitlab.com/snippets/1945940 The driver then compiles OK: …………….. ld -r -o /home/rgadsdon/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-440.66.02-custom/kernel/nvidia-modeset/nv-modeset-interface.o /home/rgadsdon/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-440.66.02-custom/kernel/nvidia-modeset/nvidia-modeset-linux.o /home/rgadsdon/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-440.66.02-custom/kernel/nvidia-modeset/nv-kthread-q.o MODPOST 4 modules CC [M] /home/rgadsdon/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-440.66.02-custom/kernel/nvidia-drm.mod.o … Continue reading →

VMware – Updated Patches for 15.5.2.

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There are now updated patches available for VMware Workstation 15.5.2, at https://github.com/mkubecek/vmware-host-modules/tree/workstation-15.5.2 I have applied these, and VMware 15.5.2 vmmon/vmnet now compile cleanly again, with Kernels 5.5.9 and 5.6.0-rc5. Robert Gadsdon.   March 14th 2020.

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VMware – Workstation Update 15.5.2 – Compiles with Warnings, with Kernel 5.5 and 5.6-rc.

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VMware have released Workstation 15.5.2, and details are here: https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-Workstation-Pro/15.5/rn/VMware-Workstation-1552-Pro-Release-Notes.html This compiles with Kernels 5.5.9 and 5.6-rc6, but with many ‘warnings’… Kernel 5.5.9 (GCC 9) examples: vmmon: ………………………. /tmp/modconfig-rt8PSu/vmmon-only/common/memtrack.o: warning: objtool: .text.__x86_indirect_thunk_rbx+0x0: unsupported intra-function call /tmp/modconfig-rt8PSu/vmmon-only/common/memtrack.o: warning: objtool: If this is a retpoline, please patch it in with alternatives and annotate it with ANNOTATE_NOSPEC_ALTERNATIVE. /tmp/modconfig-rt8PSu/vmmon-only/common/phystrack.o: warning: objtool: … Continue reading →

NVIDIA – Updated 440.59 Patch for 5.6-rc3

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There is an updated patch for NVIDIA 440-59 with Kernel 5.3, which includes the Y2038 fixes, at https://gitlab.com/snippets/1937313 This compiles with GCC10 now, and I have briefly tested it on my Fedora32 system, with KDE/Plasma and VMware, and it seems to be working OK. Robert Gadsdon.   February 25th 2020.

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NVIDIA – Extra 440.59 Patch for 5.6-rc3 – With a Gotcha..

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Thanks to Isaak I. Aleksandrov, there is now an additional patch for NVIDIA driver 440.59 to accommodate the Y2038 changes in Kernel 5.6-rc3.   This should be applied after the original 5.6-rc1 patch ( https://gitlab.com/snippets/1937313 ), and can be found here:  https://gitlab.com/snippets/1944237 I have tested this, and it compiles OK with GCC9 (current distros) but fails with GCC10 … Continue reading →