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Monthly Archives: November 2021

NVIDIA – Patch for 495.44, Kernel 5.16-rc1 Support..

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on November 18, 2021 by RGNovember 18, 2021

Thanks to Gerd, there is now a patch for NVIDIA driver 495.44 and Kernel 5.16-rc1, which can be found under the comments on my previous article:  https://rglinuxtech.com/?p=2974 Of course, take care to cut/paste in text mode, as html will ruin the formatting etc.. I have applied this, and 495.44 now appears to compile/load/run OK, with kernel 5.16-rc1.. … Continue reading →

Posted in fix, kernel, Linux, NVIDIA, patches, success | Tagged kernel 5.16-rc1, nvidia 495.44, patch available, success | 1 Reply

Kernel – 5.16-rc1 Released. OK with Patched VMware 16.2.1, and NVIDIA 470.86

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on November 14, 2021 by RGNovember 14, 2021

Kernel 5.16-rc1 is out, and brief details are here:  http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/2111.1/06814.html The patched version of VMware 16.2.1 is OK, but NVIDIA 495.44 compile fails: ………….. /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-495.44/kernel/nvidia-uvm/uvm_migrate_pageable.c:409:55: error: ‘MIGRATE_PFN_LOCKED’ undeclared (first use in this function); did you mean ‘MIGRATE_PFN_VALID’? 409 | dst[i] = migrate_pfn(page_to_pfn(dst_page)) | MIGRATE_PFN_LOCKED; | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | MIGRATE_PFN_VALID /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-495.44/kernel/nvidia-uvm/uvm_migrate_pageable.c:409:55: note: each undeclared identifier is reported only once … Continue reading →

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Kernel – 5.16 Pre-RC Tests.. OK, so far..

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on November 10, 2021 by RGNovember 10, 2021

Just compiled/installed the November 10 git version of 5.16-pre, and the latest NVIDIA driver 495.44 compiles/loads OK. There is already a pre-release patchset for Kernel 5.16 and VMware 16.2.1, at https://github.com/mkubecek/vmware-host-modules/tree/tmp/workstation-16.2.1-k5.16 With these, preliminary tests with NVIDIA and VMware have been successful.. ]# uname -a Linux rg400g4 5.16.0-rc0 #1 SMP PREEMPT Wed Nov 10 16:53:28 PST 2021 … Continue reading →

Posted in Hacks, kernel, Linux, new install, NVIDIA, Opinion, VMware | Tagged git version, kernel 5.16-pre, nov 10, nvidia 495.44 ok, vmware 16.2.1 patches | Leave a reply
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