Kernel: 6.15-rc1 is Out – Compile Fail, but Patch Available..

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Kernel 6.15-rc1 has been released, and brief details are here:   https://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/2504.0/07395.html Unusually, the compile actually failed: ………………………. CC [M] drivers/iio/imu/st_lsm6dsx/st_lsm6dsx_i2c.o CC [M] drivers/iio/imu/st_lsm6dsx/st_lsm6dsx_spi.o LD [M] drivers/iio/imu/inv_mpu6050/inv-mpu6050.o LD [M] drivers/iio/imu/inv_icm42600/inv-icm42600-spi.o LD [M] drivers/iio/imu/st_lsm6dsx/st_lsm6dsx.o LD [M] drivers/iio/imu/inv_mpu6050/inv-mpu6050-i2c.o AR built-in.a AR vmlinux.a LD vmlinux.o OBJCOPY modules.builtin.modinfo GEN modules.builtin MODPOST Module.symvers ERROR: modpost: “iwl_mld_no_wowlan_suspend” [drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mld/iwlmld.ko] undefined! make[2]: *** [scripts/Makefile.modpost:147: Module.symvers] Error … Continue reading →

Kernel – 6.14 – a Bit Late, but OK with Latest NVIDIA and VMware..

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Kernel 6.14 has been released – a bit later than usual – and brief details are here:  https://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/2503.3/00718.html As expected after -rc testing, this release works OK with the latest NVIDIA 570.133.07 and VMware 17.6.3.. Robert Gadsdon.    March 24th 2025.

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NVIDIA – GCC15 on Fedora 42 Wrecks Compilation – and a Workaround..

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Recently updated the test system to Fedora 42, and everything seemed OK (including the latest VMware Workstation) – except the NVIDIA driver install.. The latest driver 570.124.04 compiles and installs OK with GCC14 and Fedora 41, on 6.13.x and also 6.14-rc kernels, but the NVIDIA source install scripts/tests etc. seem to be completely useless when compiling under … Continue reading →

NVIDIA – New Driver 570.124.04 – OK with Kernel 6.14, and Now Installs Consistently?

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NVIDIA driver 570.124.04 is out, and details are here:  https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/drivers/details/241089/ This now works OK with Kernel 6.14 (tested with 6.14-rc5) and also seems (so far…) to have fixed the annoying ‘install fail, but compile OK’ problem which appeared – seemingly at random – with recent drivers.. Robert Gadsdon.   March 3rd 2025..

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NVIDIA – Inconsistent Install Problems with Latest Drivers..

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Systems are Intel Dual-Xeon with Fedora 41 and GCC 14.2.1..  Kernel compiled from kernel.org source.. Starting with driver 550.144.03, and now with the latest driver 570.86.16 I have been experiencing odd and inconsistent problems with the usual install process.. Running ./NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-570.86.16.run fails with “ERROR: Unable to load the kernel module ‘nvidia-drm.ko’.” and later “-> Kernel module load … Continue reading →

Kernel – 6.14-rc1 is out – OK with latest VMware, and Fix for NVIDIA

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Kernel 6.14-rc1 has been released, and details are here:  https://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/2502.0/00674.html After the pre-testing last week, the only change needed is a small fix for NVIDIA, as documented here: https://rglinuxtech.com/?p=3285    Thanks to Joan Bruguera, there is a patch available, which can easily be modified for application to the latest driver:  https://gist.github.com/joanbm/d0cb8790ca610fbd2c2e43f30707ce18 The latest VMware 17.6.2 patchset at … Continue reading →

Kernel – Pre-6.14rc testing – VMware OK, and Simple Fix for NVIDIA..

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Kernel 6.14-rc1 will be released soon, and I have been testing the code changes submitted so far (February 26th) with the following results: VMware 17.6.2 – including ‘clean up’ patchset from https://github.com/64kramsystem/vmware-host-modules-fork/tree/workstation-17.6.2-sav – compiles OK, but with the usual host of ‘warnings’, which seem to be accepted as good-enough these days.. NVIDIA 550.144.03 compile fails with: ………………….. … Continue reading →

Kernel – 6.13 Released, OK with Latest Patched VMware, and NVIDIA

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Kernel 6.13 is out, and the announcement is here:   https://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/2501.2/03405.html This compiles/runs OK with the latest (?) VMware 17.6.2 patchset (from https://github.com/64kramsystem/vmware-host-modules-fork/tree/workstation-17.6.2-sav ), and is OK with NVIDIA driver 550.142, and – sometimes – with the very latest 550.144.03, but there seem to be issues with this version (see separate article, coming soon) Robert Gadsdon.    January 22nd, … Continue reading →

NVIDIA – New Driver 550.142 – Finally Fixes Kernel 6.13 Softlink Error..

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NVIDIA have released driver 550.142, and brief details are here:  https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/drivers/details/237853/  The ‘Release Highlights’ section is especially frugal on specifics.. The ‘softlink  / file not found’ error when compiling with Kernel 6.13 has finally been fixed (tested with 6.13-rc2): …………………… ld -r -o nvidia-modeset/nv-modeset-interface.o nvidia-modeset/nvidia-modeset-linux.o nvidia-modeset/nv-kthread-q.o MODPOST Module.symvers CC [M]  nvidia.mod.o CC [M]  .module-common.o LD [M]  nvidia.ko … Continue reading →

Kernel – 6.13-rc1 Released, VMware OK, NVIDIA Fails – and Fix..

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Kernel 6.13-rc1 is out, and brief details are here:   https://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/2412.0/00203.html VMware 17.6.1 compiles OK, with patches from here: https://aur.archlinux.org/cgit/aur.git/tree/?h=vmware-workstation  There are now multiple patchsets available… NVIDIA 550.35 throws an odd error, and compile/load fails: ….. SYMLINK nvidia/nv-kernel.o LD [M] nvidia.o ld: cannot find ./nvidia/nv-kernel.o: No such file or directory make[4]: *** [/usr/src/linux-6.13-rc1/scripts/Makefile.build:387: nvidia.o] Error 1 make[3]: *** … Continue reading →