Updated to the latest VMware Workstation Pro version – 12.5.0, and it compiles OK with kernel.org kernel 4.7 (4.7.3) and also with 4.8 (4.8-rc6). Release notes here: http://pubs.vmware.com/Release_Notes/en/workstation/12pro/workstation-125-release-notes.html Nice to see that they have actually fixed quite a lot of Linux-related ‘issues’, this time.. Robert Gadsdon. September 14, 2016 … Continue reading →
I tried the latest ‘Linux-Next’ version, from https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/next/linux-next.git/log/?id=refs/tags/next-20160913 and the C2 booted OK, but the Ethernet problem still persists.. ……… eth0: device MAC address 00:1e:06:33:13:6e meson6-dwmac c9410000.ethernet eth0: Link is Up – 1Gbps/Full – flow control rx/tx Fedora 24 (Workstation Edition) Kernel 4.8.0-rc6-next-20160913 on an aarch64 (ttyAML0) ………………… # uname -a Linux rgc2 4.8.0-rc6-next-20160913 #2 SMP PREEMPT … Continue reading →
NVIDIA have release driver version 370.28, and it compiles OK with Kernel 4.8, without any patches.. Tested with 4.8-rc5: ………………….. Building modules, stage 2. MODPOST 4 modules CC /home/rgadsdon/kernel/rgtest_kernel-sept2016/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-370.28/kernel/nvidia-drm.mod.o LD [M] /home/rgadsdon/kernel/rgtest_kernel-sept2016/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-370.28/kernel/nvidia-drm.ko CC /home/rgadsdon/kernel/rgtest_kernel-sept2016/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-370.28/kernel/nvidia-modeset.mod.o LD [M] /home/rgadsdon/kernel/rgtest_kernel-sept2016/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-370.28/kernel/nvidia-modeset.ko CC /home/rgadsdon/kernel/rgtest_kernel-sept2016/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-370.28/kernel/nvidia-uvm.mod.o LD [M] /home/rgadsdon/kernel/rgtest_kernel-sept2016/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-370.28/kernel/nvidia-uvm.ko CC /home/rgadsdon/kernel/rgtest_kernel-sept2016/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-370.28/kernel/nvidia.mod.o LD [M] /home/rgadsdon/kernel/rgtest_kernel-sept2016/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-370.28/kernel/nvidia.ko make[2]: Leaving directory ‘/usr/src/linux-4.8-rc5’ make[1]: Leaving directory ‘/usr/src/linux-4.8-rc5’ [rgadsdon@rglinux kernel]$ … Continue reading →
Decided to try the Odroid C2 with the latest Kernel, and recently-released patches for MMC support.. Used the (patched) version of 4.8-rc4 from here: https://github.com/ioft/linux/tree/c2 Thanks to umiddelb for producing this, which incorporates the (e)MMC support patches, and also includes patches providing the latest version of the dwmac_meson8b Ethernet driver, and associated mods to the device tree … Continue reading →