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3.12-rc5 Released – Still OK with VMware and NVIDIA (Patched)

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Just installed kernel 3.12-rc5 on the test system, and – as expected – VMware 10.0 compiles and runs OK, and NVIDIA drivers 319.60 and 331.13 – both with the 3.12 patch – compile OK. Changes, here: http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/1578296 $ uname -a Linux rg6830l 3.12.0-rc5 #1 SMP PREEMPT Mon Oct 14 11:09:39 BST 2013 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux Sadly, … Continue reading →

NVIDIA and Kernel 3.12 – Solution, at Last..

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It seemed there was no ‘legal’ way to fix the problem with NVIDIA driver compilation on Kernel 3.12-rc, but now – unusually – there is a kernel patch to fix this: https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/drivers/acpi/scan.c?id=6585925b62fa4dd2f4aecf634b0f8956577aa981 Thanks to conky_vs_julian (on the NVIDIA Devtalk forum) for this info. More details – including a link to a 3.12 patch for NVIDIA drivers – … Continue reading →