Kernel 3.13 – What’s New?

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The Kernel 3.13 mailing list announcement is – as usual – not very detailed, and in any case only shows changes since the last ‘release candidate’ (-rc8):    http://www.mail-archive.com/linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org/msg572887.html For a much more detailed look at new features, etc., there is a very useful summary here: http://kernelnewbies.org/Linux_3.13 And..  More specific architecture/driver change information, here: http://kernelnewbies.org/Linux_3.13-DriversArch Robert Gadsdon.   January … Continue reading →

3.13 Final – And a VMware Patch You May Not Need..

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Installed 3.13 Final on my test system, and then on my main system, and encountered an odd problem with VMware (10.0.1).. On my test system, VMware had been compiling and installing/running OK on all the 3.13-rc versions, and 3.13 Final, but on my main system, vmnet failed to compile: … /tmp/modconfig-I1rVjt/vmnet-only/filter.c:206:1: error: conflicting types for ‘VNetFilterHookFn’  VNetFilterHookFn(unsigned … Continue reading →

NVIDIA: New Drivers – Still need Patch for 3.13..

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NVIDIA have released driver 319.82, and now 331.38, and they install OK on kernel 3.12, but – unfortunately – still need the patch for kernel 3.13, despite the fact that 3.13 Final is due in about a week from now.. modprobe: ERROR: could not insert ‘nvidia’: Unknown symbol in module, or unknown parameter (see dmesg) make[1]: *** [package-install] … Continue reading →

3.13-rc8 – Waiting for 3.13 Final..

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3.13-rc8 is out, and 3.13 Final should be out in about a weeks time – or so.. Changes are here:  http://www.mail-archive.com/linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org/msg568052.html Same comments apply for VMware and NVIDIA drivers on x86_64 as for -rc7, and the DreamPlug (armv5tel) still gives the usual batch of mvsdio f1090000.mvsdio: unhandled interrupt status=0x0810 en=0x0100 pio=0 errors on boot, but otherwise runs … Continue reading →

3.12.7 – First ‘Stable’ of the New Year..

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After some time, and ‘the holidays’, Kernel 3.12.7 has been released, and – as usual – the latest NVIDIA and VMware versions compile and run OK.. This time, the changelog is quite long:  https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.12.7 On my main system, I had been running into very infrequent (once every two/three weeks) X ‘freezes’ with NVIDIA driver 331.20, but have … Continue reading →

Opinion: Red Hat with CentOS – Good Tactical Move?

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A recent announcement that Red Hat and CentOS have ”Joined Forces” is interesting, and should lead to an improved development/release cycle for both.. Red Hat: http://www.redhat.com/about/news/press-archive/2014/1/red-hat-and-centos-join-forces CentOS: http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2014-January/020100.html Potentially, this would certainly result in CentOS versions being released earlier, after the corresponding Red Hat Enterprise release date..    It may be that the release of both versions will … Continue reading →

ARM: Fun with Device Trees…

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ARM devices on Linux are rapidly moving to use the ‘device tree‘ format to specify the CPU / SoC characteristics at kernel compile time, for producing the boot image…   For systems such as the DreamPlug, this means that the old # make uImage is no longer applicable.. For the DreamPlug, this is an example of the … Continue reading →

Kernel 3.13-rc7 – First For 2014..

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Updated the test system to Kernel 3.13-rc7, and VMware 10.0.1 and (patched) NVIDIA 319.76 and 331.20 compile and install OK..   Details of the NVIDIA runtime patch were in an earlier article: https://rglinuxtech.com/?p=948 Details of changes are here: http://www.mail-archive.com/linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org/msg563675.html According to the announcement, there may be a 3.13-rc8 release, before 3.13 Final.. Robert Gadsdon.   January 5, 2014.

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DreamPlug to 3.13-rc6..

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Updated the DreamPlug to kernel 3.13-rc6, and – apart from the usual mvsdio … unhandled interrupt ..  messages at boot time, everything seems to run OK.. Fedora release 18 (Spherical Cow) Kernel 3.13.0-rc6 on an armv5tel (ttyS0) …………….. # uname -a Linux rgdreamplug 3.13.0-rc6 #1 PREEMPT Mon Dec 30 15:09:42 GMT 2013 armv5tel armv5tel armv5tel GNU/Linux Now … Continue reading →

Kernel 3.13-rc6 – Not so Many Changes, This Time..

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Just updated the test system to Kernel 3.13-rc6, which has a smaller changelog, due to the ‘holidays’..   Details are here: http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/1621119/ As before, patched NVIDIA drivers 331.20 and 319.76 compile and load OK, as does VMware 10.0.1.. Robert Gadsdon.   December 30, 2013

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