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Monthly Archives: February 2021

Kernel – 5.12-rc1 is Out. OK with Patched VMware, NVIDIA fails..

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on February 28, 2021 by RGFebruary 28, 2021

Kernel 5.12-rc1 has been released, and brief details are here:   http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/2102.3/03831.html Patched VMware 16.1.0 compiles and loads OK, but latest NVIDIA (460.56) compile fails: ………………………. /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-460.56/kernel/nvidia-drm/nvidia-drm-drv.c: In function ‘nv_drm_update_drm_driver_features’: /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-460.56/kernel/nvidia-drm/nvidia-drm-drv.c:822:38: error: ‘drm_gem_dumb_destroy’ undeclared (first use in this function); did you mean ‘drm_mode_destroy’? 822 | nv_drm_driver.dumb_destroy = drm_gem_dumb_destroy;                                 | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | drm_mode_destroy /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-460.56/kernel/nvidia-drm/nvidia-drm-drv.c:822:38: note: each undeclared identifier … Continue reading →

Posted in compilation, kernel, Linux, NVIDIA, Opinion, VMware | Tagged drm_gem_dumb_destroy, kernel 5.12-rc1, nvidia 460.56 compile fail, patched vmware 16.1.0 ok, released | 2 Replies

Kernel – 5.11 Released. OK with latest NVIDIA, and Patched VMware..

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on February 14, 2021 by RGFebruary 14, 2021

Kernel 5.11 is out, and brief details are here:   http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/2102.1/08310.html As expected, the latest NVIDIA driver – 460.39 – compiles and loads/runs OK, and (patched) VMware 16.1.0 is also OK. Robert Gadsdon.   February 14th, 2021. … Continue reading →

Posted in kernel, Linux, NVIDIA, Opinion, VMware | Tagged Kernel 5.11 released, nvidia 460.39 ok, patched vmware 16.1.0 ok | Leave a reply
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