ADMIN – Normal Service Will Be Resumed…?
Apologies for the non-availability of the site, due to unsubtle hack attempts.. Hopefully all is now OK, (until the next time…) RG. January 20, 2019
Continue reading →VMware – Patches Available, for Kernel 5.0-rc1.
Thanks – again – to Michal Kubeček, there are now patches available for VMware with Kernel 5.0-rc1, here: https://github.com/mkubecek/vmware-host-modules . There are patched vmmon and vmnet versions available for the latest 12.x, 14.x and 15.x releases, so for 15.0.2, do: # git clone -b workstation-15.0.2 https://github.com/mkubecek/vmware-host-modules.git I have applied these, and can confirm that VMware 15.0.2 now … Continue reading →
Kernel – 5.0-rc1 Released – Breaks NVIDIA and VMware..
Kernel 5.0-rc1 is out, and brief details are here: http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1901.0/02536.html Compiling NVIDIA 410.93 fails: …………………….. CC [M] /home/rgadsdon/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-410.93/kernel/nvidia/os-interface.o /home/rgadsdon/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-410.93/kernel/nvidia/os-interface.c: In function ‘os_get_current_time’: /home/rgadsdon/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-410.93/kernel/nvidia/os-interface.c:434:5: error: implicit declaration of function ‘do_gettimeofday’; did you mean ‘efi_gettimeofday’? [-Werror=implicit-function-declaration] do_gettimeofday(&tm); ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ efi_gettimeofday cc1: some warnings being treated as errors make[3]: *** [/usr/src/linux-5.0-rc1/scripts/Makefile.build:277: /home/rgadsdon/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-410.93/kernel/nvidia/os-interface.o] Error 1 make[2]: *** [/usr/src/linux-5.0-rc1/Makefile:1553: _module_/home/rgadsdon/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-410.93/kernel] Error 2 make[2]: … Continue reading →
Kernel – 5.0 For the New Year?
Speculation, but there are some signs in submissions for the next major Kernel release.. Kernel 4.21 may actually be Kernel 5.0? Robert Gadsdon. January 7, 2019.
Continue reading →Kernel – 4.20 released – In Time for the Festivities..
Kernel 4.20 has just been released, in time for the Festive Season, and brief details are here: http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1812.2/06158.html . As expected, the latest NVIDIA (415.25) and VMware (15.0.2) both compile and load/run OK. Robert Gadsdon. December 23, 2018.
Continue reading →NVIDIA – Driver 415.23 – Finally, Works with Kernel 4.20..
After the embarrassment of driver 415.22 not actually compiling with Kernel 4.20, NVIDIA have now released 415.23. Very brief details are here: https://www.nvidia.com/Download/driverResults.aspx/141300/en-us This version does compile with Kernel 4.20 (tested with 4.20-rc6) but shows repeated warnings: ………………………………. In file included from /home/rgadsdon/Downloads/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-415.23/kernel/nvidia-uvm/uvm8_gpu.h:31, from /home/rgadsdon/Downloads/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-415.23/kernel/nvidia-uvm/uvm8_mmu_test.c:24: /home/rgadsdon/Downloads/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-415.23/kernel/nvidia-uvm/uvm_linux.h:263:2: warning: #warning “atomic64_t unavailable, demoting to atomic_t!” [-Wcpp] #warning “atomic64_t unavailable, … Continue reading →
NVIDIA – New Driver, Supposed to Fix Kernel 4.20 Issues – but Doesn’t?
NVIDIA have released driver 415.22, which is supposed to fix compile problems with Kernel 4.20. Details are here: https://www.nvidia.com/Download/driverResults.aspx/141072/en-us Unfortunately, this still fails to compile (tested with 4.20-rc5): ………………………….. CC [M] /home/rgadsdon/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-415.22/kernel/nvidia/linux_nvswitch.o /home/rgadsdon/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-415.22/kernel/nvidia/linux_nvswitch.c: In function ‘nvswitch_os_snprintf_time’: /home/rgadsdon/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-415.22/kernel/nvidia/linux_nvswitch.c:1585:5: error: implicit declaration of function ‘time_to_tm’; did you mean ‘time64_to_tm’? [-Werror=implicit-function-declaration] time_to_tm(time_nsec / NVSWITCH_NSEC_PER_SEC, 0, &t); ^~~~~~~~~~ time64_to_tm cc1: some … Continue reading →
NVIDIA – Patch Available for 415.18 – Works OK with Kernel 4.20.
Thanks to loqs, there is now a viable patch for NVIDIA and Kernel 4.20. I applied the patch to driver 415.18, and tested with Kernel 4.20-rc3, and the driver compiles cleanly, now: ……………………… ld -r -o /home/rgadsdon/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-415.18-420/kernel/nvidia-modeset/nv-modeset-interface.o /home/rgadsdon/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-415.18-420/kernel/nvidia-modeset/nvidia-modeset-linux.o Building modules, stage 2. MODPOST 4 modules CC /home/rgadsdon/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-415.18-420/kernel/nvidia-drm.mod.o LD [M] /home/rgadsdon/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-415.18-420/kernel/nvidia-drm.ko CC /home/rgadsdon/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-415.18-420/kernel/nvidia-modeset.mod.o LD [M] /home/rgadsdon/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-415.18-420/kernel/nvidia-modeset.ko CC /home/rgadsdon/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-415.18-420/kernel/nvidia-uvm.mod.o … Continue reading →
NVIDIA – 415.18 Released – Fixes PM Problem, but Still Fails with Kernel 4.20
NVIDIA driver 415.18 is out, and details are here: https://www.nvidia.com/Download/driverResults.aspx/140282/en-us The good news, is that it fixes the problem with kernel power-management (PM), which is no longer required for the driver to compile/load.: ……………….. ld -r -o /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-415.18/kernel/nvidia-modeset/nv-modeset-interface.o /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-415.18/kernel/nvidia-modeset/nvidia-modeset-linux.o Building modules, stage 2. MODPOST 4 modules CC /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-415.18/kernel/nvidia-drm.mod.o LD [M] /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-415.18/kernel/nvidia-drm.ko CC /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-415.18/kernel/nvidia-modeset.mod.o LD [M] /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-415.18/kernel/nvidia-modeset.ko CC … Continue reading →
Kernel – 4.20-rc3 Released, OK with latest VMware, Still no NVIDIA Fix..
Kernel 4.20-rc3 is out, and brief details are here: http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1811.2/01363.html VMware 15.0.1 is still OK, but there is still no solution for NVIDIA. I posted details of my testing to the NVIDIA Forum over a week ago, but there has been no response, so far.. Robert Gadsdon. November 18, 2018.
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