Monthly Archives: May 2020

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.   … Continue reading →

VMware – 15.5.5 Released – Compiles with 5.6, not 5.7. – Patch Now Available

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VMware have just released Workstation Pro 15.5.5, and release notes are here:   https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-Workstation-Pro/15.5/rn/VMware-Workstation-1555-Pro-Release-Notes.html  This release introduces enhancements for Windows 10 hosts, but also some unspecified ‘fixes’ for Linux.. Update:   Patch now available, at https://github.com/mkubecek/vmware-host-modules/tree/workstation-15.5.5 Tested with 5.6.15 and 5.7-rc7, and compiles OK.. RG.  May 30th, 2020 Compiles OK (with several warnings…) with Kernel 5.6 , but fails … Continue reading →

VMware – Workstation 16 ‘Tech Preview’ Available, and Patch..

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VMware now have their ‘Tech Preview’ 20H2 available, which will later – presumably – become Workstation 16:  https://blogs.vmware.com/workstation/2020/05/directx-11-now-with-workstation-tp20h2.html If you want to test this, you will need to uninstall any previous version of VMware (or the installer segfaults..) and – thanks to Michal Kubeček – there is already a vmmon/vmnet patch available, at https://github.com/mkubecek/vmware-host-modules/tree/tmp/workstation-16 I have tested … Continue reading →