Kernel – 4.11 released, Patched VMware OK, NVIDIA Still Not OK..
Kernel 4.11 Final is out, a week later than planned, and brief details of changes from -rc8 are here: http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1704.3/04608.html
As expected, VMware 12.5.5 with the 4.11 patches is still OK (see https://rglinuxtech.com/?p=1932 ), but there is still no ‘legal’ solution for the latest NVIDIA driver – 381.09 (see https://devtalk.nvidia.com/default/topic/1002820/linux/-patch-381-09-kernel-4-11-rc5/ ):
................. Building modules, stage 2. MODPOST 4 modules FATAL: modpost: GPL-incompatible module nvidia-drm.ko uses GPL-only symbol 'refcount_inc' /usr/src/linux-4.11/scripts/Makefile.modpost:91: recipe for target '__modpost' failed make[3]: *** [__modpost] Error 1 /usr/src/linux-4.11/Makefile:1495: recipe for target 'modules' failed .........................
See previous article for more background on this: https://rglinuxtech.com/?p=1935
The NVIDIA ftp site has been down for the last 48 hours or so, and I cannot find any mention of any more recent driver version, so far..
If this goes on much longer, I may be tempted to try nouveau on my main system again..
Robert Gadsdon. April 30, 2017.
“The NVIDIA ftp site has been down for the last 48 hours or so, and I cannot find any mention of any more recent driver version, so far..”
See here:
– https://devtalk.nvidia.com/default/topic/1005867/unix-graphics-announcements-and-news/discontinuing-ftp-access-to-download-nvidia-com/
– http://http.download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86_64/
The Nvidia FTP site has been closed:
https://devtalk.nvidia.com/default/topic/1005867/unix-graphics-announcements-and-news/discontinuing-ftp-access-to-download-nvidia-com/
Yes – this follows on from kernel.org closing their ftp site… Seems ftp is out-of-date now! Shame – as http(s) access is so slow, in comparison, when downloading the latest kernel.
RG.
Hello
(sorry bad english)
This link work
http://http.download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86_64/
Thanks for listening.