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Monthly Archives: March 2017

VMware – 12.5.5. released – Another ‘Security Fix’..

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on March 29, 2017 by RGMarch 29, 2017

VMware 12.5.5 is out, and the release notes are here:  http://pubs.vmware.com/Release_Notes/en/workstation/12pro/workstation-1255-release-notes.html As with 12.5.4, this is another security/fix release, and still supports Kernels 4.10 and earlier.    (see http://rglinuxtech.com/?p=1937 ) 12.5.5 runs OK on Kernel 4.10.6, and the 4.11 vmmon and vmnet patches still apply (tested on 4.11-rc4)…. Robert Gadsdon.   March 29, 2017. … Continue reading →

Posted in kernel, Linux, VMware | Tagged 12.5.5, 4.11 patches ok, ok with 4.10.6, security fixes only, vmware | Leave a reply

VMware – 12.5.4 Released – Security Fix Only..

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on March 16, 2017 by RGMarch 16, 2017

Hot on the heel of VMware 12.5.3 comes 12.5.4, and the release notes are here: http://pubs.vmware.com/Release_Notes/en/workstation/12pro/workstation-1254-release-notes.html As can be seen from these notes, this is an urgent-security-fix release only, and the compatibility with Linux kernel versions, and patch applicability, is the same as for 12.5.3 (see http://rglinuxtech.com/?p=1937 ) .      I can confirm that 12.5.4 runs OK on Kernel … Continue reading →

Posted in kernel, Linux, VMware | Tagged same kernel compatibility as 12.5.3, security fix only, vmware 12.5.4 | Leave a reply

Kernel – 4.11-rc1 and BTRFS – a Warning..?

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on March 14, 2017 by RGMarch 14, 2017

I encountered a catastrophic problem with btrfs formatted system disk partition corruption, shortly after updating a test system to Kernel 4.11-rc1. To put this in context, this may be an isolated incident, and I have not seen problems – so far – mentioned elsewhere..    But.. there a quite a lot of BTRFS changes on 4.11, and – … Continue reading →

Posted in boot, BTRFS, Crash and Burn.., Hacks, kernel, Linux, Opinion, Performance | Tagged bad block, btrfs errors, kernel 4.11-rc1, open_ctree failed, recovery failure | 1 Reply

VMware – Not Working with Fedora 26 – GCC 7, and Workarounds..

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on March 12, 2017 by RGJuly 16, 2017

UPDATE:  The vmware runtime fix shown here has not worked since version 12.5.6, and the solution is in a later article:  http://rglinuxtech.com/?p=1992 I have recently updated one crash-and-burn system to Fedora 26 (alpha/testing) and have encountered two problems with VMware and the ‘bleeding edge’ version of GCC included.. The first problem sounded very familiar, and it is a … Continue reading →

Posted in alpha release, compilation, Crash and Burn.., Fedora, fix, Hacks, kernel, Linux, VMware | Tagged fedora 26, fix, gcc 7, gcc 7.0.1, manual compile, vmmon, vmnet, vmware 12.5.3 runtime fails, workarounds | 21 Replies

VMware – 12.5.3 released – OK with Kernel 4.10. 4.11 Patch Still Works..

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on March 11, 2017 by RGMarch 11, 2017

VMware 12.5.3 has been released, and release notes are here:  http://pubs.vmware.com/Release_Notes/en/workstation/12pro/workstation-1253-release-notes.html Although these notes only mention Kernel 4.9.0, I can confirm that it also supports 4.10.x Kernels (tested on 4.10.1). I applied the vmmon and vmnet patches for Kernel 4.11, mentioned in a previous article, and these still worked, and VMware compiled OK, and ran, on 4.11-rc1.. … Continue reading →

Posted in compilation, kernel, Linux, VMware | Tagged 4.11 patch ok, kernel, linux, ok with kernel 4.10, vmware 12.5.3 released | 4 Replies

NVIDIA – Kernel 4.11 Fix Available, but not ‘Legal’..

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on March 8, 2017 by RGMarch 8, 2017

There is a fix/patch available now, for NVIDIA driver 378.13 on Kernel 4.11, but it involves modifying the licence on NVIDIA code, and so is not legal.. Details – and links to discussions – here:  https://devtalk.nvidia.com/default/topic/995636/?comment=5101210 Some previous changes to Kernel code enforcing GPL-only licensing had been reverted, but looking at the correspondence on the Linux Kernel … Continue reading →

Posted in compilation, fix, Hacks, kernel, Linux, NVIDIA | Tagged fix available, gpl-only, kernel, kernel 4.11, licence modification, linux, not legal, nvidia 378.13 | Leave a reply

VMware – Patch for Kernel 4.11 Support..

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on March 7, 2017 by RGMarch 7, 2017

Thanks to Virgo, there are now patches for vmnet and vmmon with Kernel 4.11 (see his comments under the earlier article).    These are incremental patches, for application to VMware 12.5.2 code already patched for Kernel 4.9/4.10 support.. Links are here:   http://pastebin.com/McqmUf0u     and    http://pastebin.com/yjbDHiSX I have modified these (adding appropriate #if LINUX_VERSION_CODE…… #endif statements) to be backward-compatible with … Continue reading →

Posted in compilation, Crash and Burn.., fix, Hacks, kernel, Linux, patches, Performance, VMware | Tagged incremental patches, kernel 4.11-rc1, vmmon, vmnet, vmware 12.5.2 | 7 Replies

Kernel – 4.11-rc1 Released – Breaks (Patched) VMware and NVIDIA..

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on March 6, 2017 by RGMarch 6, 2017

Kernel 4.11-rc1 has been released, and brief details are here: http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1703.0/03031.html Updated the test system, and 4.10-patched versions of VMware 12.5.2 and NVIDIA 378.13 fail to compile.. VMware (12.5.2 – patched for 4.9/4.10): …………. /tmp/modconfig-rRcJiJ/vmmon-only/linux/hostif.c: In function ‘HostIFFastClockThread’: /tmp/modconfig-rRcJiJ/vmmon-only/linux/hostif.c:3267:4: error: implicit declaration of function ‘allow_signal’ [-Werror=implicit-function-declaration] allow_signal(SIGKILL); ^~~~~~~~~~~~ /tmp/modconfig-rRcJiJ/vmmon-only/linux/hostif.c: In function ‘HostIF_SetFastClockRate’: /tmp/modconfig-rRcJiJ/vmmon-only/linux/hostif.c:3421:10: error: implicit declaration of … Continue reading →

Posted in compilation, Crash and Burn.., kernel, Linux, NVIDIA, Opinion, VMware | Tagged compile fails, kernel 4.11-rc1, nvidia 378.13 patched, vmware 12.5.2 patched | 7 Replies
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