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Kernel – 4.9 Released – OK With Latest NVIDIA, and Patched VMware..

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Kernel 4.9 has been released, and (brief!) details of changes are here:  http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1612.1/01831.html The latest NVIDIA (375.20) driver works OK, and VMware 12.5.2 with the vmnet and vmmon hack/patches, also works OK.     Hack/patch details are at https://rglinuxtech.com/?p=1838 On my Intel I-7 system (Gigabyte motherboard) I did get some odd ACPI messages at boot time, and it seemed … Continue reading →

ARM64 – Odroid C2 – A Better Ethernet Fix..

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The old meson Ethernet fix/patch/hack no longer applies cleanly to the latest (December 1) linux-next, but – fortunately – there is a ‘better’ patch available for the meson8b-dwmac driver itself.. Details can be found in this thread:  http://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/linux-amlogic/2016-November/001675.html I have applied these patches to the December 1 linux-next tree, on the Odroid C2, and the Ethernet link … Continue reading →

NVIDIA – New Driver – OK with Kernel 4.9..

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Just tested the latest NVIDIA driver – 375.20 – and it compiles cleanly with Kernel 4.9-rc5: ……………………………… Building modules, stage 2. MODPOST 4 modules CC /home/rgadsdon/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-375.20/kernel/nvidia-drm.mod.o LD [M] /home/rgadsdon/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-375.20/kernel/nvidia-drm.ko CC /home/rgadsdon/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-375.20/kernel/nvidia-modeset.mod.o LD [M] /home/rgadsdon/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-375.20/kernel/nvidia-modeset.ko CC /home/rgadsdon/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-375.20/kernel/nvidia-uvm.mod.o LD [M] /home/rgadsdon/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-375.20/kernel/nvidia-uvm.ko CC /home/rgadsdon/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-375.20/kernel/nvidia.mod.o LD [M] /home/rgadsdon/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-375.20/kernel/nvidia.ko make[2]: Leaving directory ‘/usr/src/linux-4.9-rc5’ make[1]: Leaving directory ‘/usr/src/linux-4.9-rc5’ Apart from Kernel 4.9 support, … Continue reading →

ARM64 – Odroid C2 – Boots with Linux-Next..

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The ‘linux-next’ kernel branch has included the meson/gxbb mmc driver for some time, but the boot process hung on root disk access.     I tested with the latest (November 17) version, and this time, the boot process completed successfully: Fedora 25 (Workstation Edition) Kernel 4.9.0-rc5-next-20161117-c2 on an aarch64 (ttyAML0) The only patch I applied was the meson_ethernet_tx one … Continue reading →

VMware – 12.5.2 Released – Still Broken With Kernel 4.9..

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Just updated the test system to VMware Workstation Pro 12.5.2, and it still fails to compile with Kernel 4.9-rc5 I have – so far – been unable to find any other patches for this issue, but fortunately the nasty hack I documented in the article for 4.9-rc4 still works.. https://rglinuxtech.com/?p=1838 The release notes for 12.5.2 are here:  … Continue reading →

ARM64 – Odroid C2 – Ethernet Fix, at Last..

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Thanks to Jerome Brunet, there is now a fix for the long-standing Ethernet hang problem on the C2..   Details are here:   http://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/linux-amlogic/2016-November/001538.html The patch is an attachment – named ‘attachment.bin‘, and so will need to be renamed to something appropriate..     I applied this to the 4.9-rc3-derived version of the C2 patched kernel, from https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/khilman/linux-amlogic.git/log/?h=v4.10/integ..    There is a … Continue reading →

ARM64 – Odroid C2 – Hack to Fix Ethernet Hangs..

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I had been constantly frustrated by the Odroid C2 meson8b-dwmac Ethernet ‘hang’ problem, which has persisted over (at least..) eight different ‘patched kernel’ versions that I have tested..    The network link hung/stopped after a short time at full (1000Mbps) speed, and also – sometimes after a bit longer – at reduced (100Mbps) speed.. The driver does show … Continue reading →

ARM64 – Odroid C2 – New MMC Driver, Ethernet / USB Still Broken..

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After some of the code for the C2 has been removed from various git repositories, there is a new 4.9-rc1-based tree at https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/khilman/linux-amlogic.git/?h=v4.10/integ , which now includes the ‘new’ rewritten MMC driver. To select this, choose ‘Amlogic S905/GX* SD/MMC Host Controller support (MMC_MESON_GX)‘ in the kernel config.. …… Fedora 24 (Workstation Edition) Kernel 4.9.0-rc1-c2 on an aarch64 … Continue reading →

X86_64 – UP Board – Updated to 4.8, With Sound..

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Updated the Intel ‘Cherry Trail’ UP Board to Kernel 4.8.2: Fedora 25 (Workstation Edition) Kernel 4.8.2-up on an x86_64 (ttyS0) …… [root@rgup ~]# uname -a Linux rgup 4.8.2-up #1 SMP Sat Oct 15 13:16:45 PDT 2016 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux ……… [root@rgup ~]# ll /dev/snd total 0 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 60 Oct 15 13:23 by-path crw-rw—- … Continue reading →

Kernel – 4.9-rc1 released – OK with Latest VMware, and NVIDIA 370.28/367.57

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Kernel 4.9-rc1 has been released, and brief details are here: http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1610.1/03881.html Fedora 25 (Workstation Edition) Kernel 4.9.0-rc1 on an x86_64 (ttyS0) ………….. # uname -a Linux rgtest 4.9.0-rc1 #1 SMP Sat Oct 15 13:42:12 PDT 2016 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux Latest VMware (12.5.0) compiled and ran OK.. NVIDIA drivers 367.57 and  370.28 compiled OK.. …. Building modules, … Continue reading →