Monthly Archives: January 2024

Kernel – 6.8-rc1 Released – OK with Latest NVIDIA, and Patched VMware..

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Kernel 6.8-rc1 is out, and brief details are here:   https://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/2401.2/05218.html The latest NVIDIA driver 535.154.05 compiles OK – with several warnings: ………. ld -r -o /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-535.154.05/kernel/nvidia-modeset/nv-modeset-interface.o /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-535.1 54.05/kernel/nvidia-modeset/nvidia-modeset-linux.o /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-535.154.05/kernel/nvidia-modeset/nv-kthread-q.o MODPOST /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-535.154.05/kernel/Module.symvers CC [M]  /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-535.154.05/kernel/nvidia.mod.o LD [M]  /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-535.154.05/kernel/nvidia.ko CC [M]  /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-535.154.05/kernel/nvidia-uvm.mod.o LD [M]  /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-535.154.05/kernel/nvidia-uvm.ko CC [M]  /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-535.154.05/kernel/nvidia-modeset.mod.o LD [M]  /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-535.154.05/kernel/nvidia-modeset.ko CC [M]  /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-535.154.05/kernel/nvidia-drm.mod.o LD [M]  /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-535.154.05/kernel/nvidia-drm.ko CC [M] … Continue reading →

Kernel – 6.8 Pre-testing – Breaks NVIDIA and VMware – VMware fix available..

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As kernel 6.8-rc1 is due in about a weeks time, I tested the Jan 14th version from Git, and both the latest NVIDIA 545.29.06 and VMware 17.5.0 failed.. NVIDIA: Multiple occurrences of ‘warning: no previous prototype‘ and then: ……………. In file included from /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-545.29.06/kernel/nvidia-drm/nvidia-drm-drv.c:64: /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-545.29.06/kernel/nvidia-drm/nvidia-drm-drv.c:1489:40: error: ‘DRM_UNLOCKED’ undeclared here (not in a function); did you mean ‘VM_LOCKED’? … Continue reading →

Kernel – At Last, 6.7 is Out..

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After some delay, Kernel 6.7 has been released, and brief details of changes since -rc8 are here:  https://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/2401.0/05149.html Once again, The latest NVIDIA 545.29.06 and (patched) VMware 17.5.0 both compile/run OK.. Robert Gadsdon.  January 8th 2024. … Continue reading →