Sadly – as has already been reported – the latest NVIDIA 331.13 driver still won’t compile with 3.11 kernels.. I did manage to get it to work, by applying the 3.11-only patch originally created for 325.15.. It would appear that a ‘legal’ patch for 3.12 kernels would be a non-trivial task, but the 3.11 patch is so … Continue reading →
After some time, NVIDIA have just released their latest driver – 319.60. Unfortunately, it fails to compile with the latest kernel – 3.11.3: /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-319.60/kernel/os-interface.c: In function ‘os_get_system_memory_size’: /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-319.60/kernel/os-interface.c:255:21: error: ‘num_physpages’ undeclared (first use in this function) return (((NvU64)NV_NUM_PHYSPAGES * PAGE_SIZE) / RM_PAGE_SIZE); ^ /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-319.60/kernel/os-interface.c:255:21: note: each undeclared identifier is reported only once for each function it appears … Continue reading →
Updated the Dreamplug to 3.11.3, and – although # make uImage… still works, decided to try the ‘new/improved’ Device Tree option, as this is the way of the future – apparently.. I found that the obvious config option of ‘Marvell Dreamplug…..’ etc didn’t work, and I would assume this is due to this being an earlier Dreamplug, … Continue reading →
I had been experiencing occasional problems with X and KDE with the previous 3.11 kernel versions, and had reverted to 3.10.12, but have just updated to 3.11.2, and it seems to be better – so far…. VMware 10 compiles and runs OK, and NVIDIA 319.49 – with the 3.11 patch – works OK. I have seen reports … Continue reading →
Thanks to information received from Mace Moneta, I can confirm that the ‘missing files’ problem I experienced with Raspberry Pi GIT downloads was due to the fact that I was using the ‘Download ZIP‘ option, which – it seems – is defective! The solution is to use the # git clone……. command, as follows: # git clone … Continue reading →
Updated the Raspberry Pi to kernel 3.11.1, using the code from GitHub: https://github.com/raspberrypi/linux/tree/rpi-3.11.y For some odd reason, then same files are still missing, as for 3.11 – ~/linux/drivers/net/ethernet/Kconfig and ~/linux/net/mac80211/chan.c, so just copy these across from the 3.10 tree.. # uname -a Linux rgpi 3.11.1-pi #1 PREEMPT Sat Sep 21 11:13:01 BST 2013 armv6l armv6l armv6l GNU/Linux … Continue reading →
Just installed kernel 3.12-rc1 on the test system, and VMware 10.0 compiles OK.. NVIDIA 325.15 (with the 3.11 patch) fails: /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-325.15/kernel/nv-drm.c: At top level: /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-325.15/kernel/nv-drm.c:109:15: error: ‘drm_fasync’ undeclared here (not in a function) .fasync = drm_fasync, ^ /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-325.15/kernel/nv-drm.c: In function ‘nv_alloc_os_descriptor_handle’: /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-325.15/kernel/nv-drm.c:205:9: error: void value not ignored as it ought to be ret = drm_gem_private_object_init(nvl->drm, &nv_obj->base, size); … Continue reading →
Kernel 3.11.1 has been released, and VMware 10.0 and (patched) NVIDIA 325.15 compile and run OK.. Details are here: https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.11.1 In fact, there is a NVIDIA driver that compiles with 3.11 kernels unpatched, but it is the ‘legacy’ driver 173.14.38.. There is still no ‘current’ driver available, fully compatible with 3.11 kernels. The latest ‘long term’ kernel … Continue reading →
I encountered some (relatively) minor issues with USB3 connectivity on my main x86_64 system (flash drives not always being recognised on connection), so have reverted to 3.10.11 for the time being.. Unlike recent kernel versions, which have been EOL (End Of Life) after the next major version was released, the 3.10.x series is due to be supported … Continue reading →
Just updated the Raspberry Pi to kernel 3.11, using the source code available (linux-rpi-3.11.y) on GitHub, with a couple of minor hacks.. As seems to often be the case, there were a couple of source/config files missing: drivers/net/ethernet/Kconfig is missing, so.. just copy one from the older 3.10.x tree.. make[2]: *** No rule to make target `net/mac80211/chan.o’, … Continue reading →