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Monthly Archives: July 2021

NVIDIA – Patch for Kernel 5.14-rc. Support..

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on July 13, 2021 by RGJuly 13, 2021

Thanks (again) to Joan Bruguera, there is a patch available for NVIDIA driver 465.31, at https://gist.github.com/joanbm/144a965c36fc1dc0d1f1b9be3438a368 I have tested this with the latest beta driver – 470.42.01 – and kernel 5.14-rc1, and it does apply OK (with some offsets): …… patching file a/kernel/common/inc/nv-time.h Hunk #2 succeeded at 215 (offset 9 lines). patching file a/kernel/nvidia-drm/nvidia-drm-drv.c Hunk #2 succeeded … Continue reading →

Posted in compilation, fix, kernel, Linux, NVIDIA, Opinion | Tagged kernel 5.14, ndidia, patch for 465.31, tested with 470.42.01 | 5 Replies

Kernel – 5.14-rc1 – OK with Patched VMware, Breaks NVIDIA..

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on July 11, 2021 by RGJuly 11, 2021

Kernel 5.14-rc1 has been released, and brief details are here:   http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/2107.1/02943.html The latest VMware 16.1.2 patch includes a fix for 5.14-rc, and compiles and runs OK (tested with 5.14-rc1).   Find it at:  https://github.com/mkubecek/vmware-host-modules/tree/workstation-16.1.2 NVIDIA 470.42.01 compile failed: …………. /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-470.42.01/kernel/common/inc/nv-time.h: In function ‘nv_sleep_ms’: /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-470.42.01/kernel/common/inc/nv-time.h:217:18: error: ‘struct task_struct’ has no member named ‘state’; did you mean ‘__state’? 217 | … Continue reading →

Posted in compilation, Hacks, kernel, Linux, NVIDIA, Opinion, VMware | Tagged 16.1.2, 470.42.01, kernel 5.14-rc1 released, nvidia compile fails, vmware patched ok | 4 Replies
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