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3.8-rc4 – VMware problem, but ‘old’ NVIDIA still OK..

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Just installed kernel 3.8-rc4 on my test system This time, VMware (9.01) compile fails, even with the ‘softlink’ workaround for version.h.. make: Entering directory `/tmp/modconfig-rBMV5O/vmci-only’ /usr/bin/make -C /lib/modules/3.8.0-rc4/build/include/.. SUBDIRS=$PWD SRCROOT=$PWD/.   MODULEBUILDDIR= modules make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-3.8-rc4′   CC [M]  /tmp/modconfig-rBMV5O/vmci-only/linux/driver.o   CC [M]  /tmp/modconfig-rBMV5O/vmci-only/linux/vmciKernelIf.o /tmp/modconfig-rBMV5O/vmci-only/linux/driver.c:127:4: error: implicit declaration of function ‘__devexit_p’ [-Werror=implicit-function-declaration] /tmp/modconfig-rBMV5O/vmci-only/linux/driver.c:127:4: error: initializer element … Continue reading →

3.8-rc2 – NVIDIA and VMware…

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Just compiled 3.8-rc2 on my test system, and the situation regarding NVIDIA and VMware is similar to -rc1.. For NVIDIA, the two ‘latest’ driver versions – 310.19 and 313.09 – fail to compile, but the earlier version – 310.14 – compiles OK..    Version 310.14 does not compile with kernel 3.7, so it would appear that the changes … Continue reading →

3.8-rc1 and NVIDIA… Earlier Driver Version Compiles OK!

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After more testing, I discovered that – unusually – the very latest driver (313.09) fails to compile with kernel 3.8-rc1, but an earlier driver – 310.14 – does compile OK! I won’t do too much more testing, as 3.8-rc1 breaks some KDE apps (see Linus’ angry rant on the LKML!).   Hopefully 3.8-rc2 will be out soon.. Robert Gadsdon.   … Continue reading →

Dreamplug to 3.8-rc1

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Just updated the Dreamplug to 3.8-rc1, without any problems..   Used the .config from 3.7.. Fedora release 18 (Spherical Cow) Kernel 3.8.0-rc1 on an armv5tel (ttyS0) ………………. # uname -a Linux rgdreamplug 3.8.0-rc1 #1 Wed Dec 26 22:00:22 GMT 2012 armv5tel armv5tel armv5tel GNU/Linux Robert Gadsdon.   December 26th 2012.

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3.8-rc1 – Breaks NVIDIA, but VMware OK..

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Just installed kernel 3.8-rc1 on my test system.. VMware 9.0.1 compiles and installs OK, with the 3.7 ‘softlink’ workaround: # ln -s /usr/src/linux-3.8-rc1/include/generated/uapi/linux/version.h /usr/src/linux-3.8-rc1/include/linux/version.h But…  NVIDIA (313.09) compile fails, with a lot of errors: ………………../home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-313.09/kernel/conftest.h:10:2: error: #error remap_page_range() conftest failed! /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-313.09/kernel/conftest.h:12:2: error: #error vmap() conftest failed! /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-313.09/kernel/conftest.h:28:2: error: #error kmem_cache_create() conftest failed! /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-313.09/kernel/conftest.h:30:2: error: #error on_each_cpu() conftest … Continue reading →

End of an Era – Linus Removes .386 CPU Support

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Linux was first developed by Linus on an old .386 system, way back in 1991, and now that cord has been cut, and .386 CPUs are no longer supported: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git;a=commit;h=743aa456c1834f76982af44e8b71d1a0b2a82e21 From the comments: Pull “Nuke 386-DX/SX support” from Ingo Molnar:  “This tree removes ancient-386-CPUs support and thus zaps quite a bit   of complexity:     24 files changed, 56 insertions(+), 425 deletions(-)   … which complexity has plagued us with extra work whenever we wanted   to change SMP primitives, for years.   Unfortunately there’s a nostalgic cost: your old original 386 DX33   system from early 1991 won’t be able to boot modern Linux kernels   anymore.  Sniff.” I’m not sentimental.  Good riddance. My first ‘home’ Linux system – in 1997 – was an HP Vectra 486 … Continue reading →

Dreamplug to 3.7 – and an Obsolete Patch..

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Just updated the Dreamplug kernel to 3.7, and – although I don’t use it – decided to see if the Marvell-supplied 8688_UAP (Access Point) patch still worked.. Not surprisingly, the patch worked, but the compilation failed: CC [M]  drivers/net/wireless/libertas_uap/uap_main.o drivers/net/wireless/libertas_uap/uap_main.c: In function ‘uap_init_sw’: drivers/net/wireless/libertas_uap/uap_main.c:446:44: warning: passing argument 3 of ‘netlink_kernel_create’ makes pointer from integer without a cast … Continue reading →

Finally – 3.7 is out..

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Finally, kernel 3.7 is released… I updated my main x86_64 system, and all seems to be OK, as expected.    The latest NVIDIA driver – 310.19 – compiles and runs OK, and VMware 9.0.1 compiles after the usual workaround for version.h: # ln -s /usr/src/linux-3.7/include/generated/uapi/linux/version.h /usr/src/linux-3.7/include/linux/version.h Note that this example is for the official source from kernel.org.    You … Continue reading →

Raspberry Pi – Kernel to 3.6.9..

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The 3.6.y branch of the kernel on GitHub has now been updated to 3.6.9, in step with the ‘mainline’ kernel.. To get the source, you may need to explicitly reference the rpi-3.6.y.tar.gz download, instead of the (default) rpi-3.2.7.tar.gz https://github.com/raspberrypi/linux/archive/rpi-3.6.y.tar.gz Compilation was as described in earlier posts.. Fedora release 17 (Beefy Miracle) Kernel 3.6.9-pi on an armv6l (ttyAMA0) … Continue reading →

APC – Kernel Source – Signs of Life?

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After a gap of over three months, there seems to be some activity with the APC kernel and uboot source on GitHub.. https://github.com/apc-io/apc-8750 Changes were made on December 2nd, but would appear to have been in error, for some reason, and the latest ‘commit’ is marked ‘Revert’..     The kernel version seems to have been the same, but … Continue reading →