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NVIDIA – Possible Fix for Kernel 4.16..

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on March 6, 2018 by RGMarch 6, 2018

Thanks to the efforts of mlau on the NVIDIA Devtalk Forum, there is a possible fix for the swiotlb issue with Kernel 4.16..     See https://devtalk.nvidia.com/default/topic/1030082/linux/kernel-4-16-rc1-breaks-latest-drivers-unknown-symbol-swiotlb_map_sg_attrs-/ for details.. For NVIDIA driver 384.111, I had to increment all the nv–linux.h patch line number references by 100 (so ‘…@@ –1209,6 +1209,7 @@… becomes …@@ –1309,6 +1309,7 @@..’ and ‘..@@ -1251,7 … Continue reading →

Posted in fix, Hacks, kernel, Linux, NVIDIA, Opinion, patches | Tagged 384.111 patched, kernel 4.16, nv-linux.h, nvidia, possible fix, swiotlb | Leave a reply

Kernel 3.14-rc7 – Getting Better, Now..

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on March 17, 2014 by RGMarch 17, 2014

After all the ‘noise’ around recent 3.14-rc releases, things appear to have calmed down with 3.14-rc7.. Details are here:   http://lkml.iu.edu//hypermail/linux/kernel/1403.2/00164.html As before, VMware 10.0.1 – with the usual patch – compiles and runs OK, and the latest NVIDIA driver 334.21 – with the nv-linux.h patch mentioned in an earlier article – compiles and loads and runs OK..   … Continue reading →

Posted in compilation, Crash and Burn.., kernel, Linux, NVIDIA, Performance, VMware | Tagged kernel 3.14-rc7, nv-linux.h, nvidia 334.21 patched, run time ok, success, vmware 10.0.1 patched | Leave a reply

NVIDIA – New Driver, Still Needs 3.14 Patch..

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on March 4, 2014 by RGMarch 4, 2014

NVIDIA driver 334.21 is out, but still needs the nv-linux.h patch for kernel 3.14 (tested with 3.14-rc5).    See previous article at http://rglinuxtech.com/?p=1035 for details of the patch.. Robert Gadsdon.   March 4, 2014. … Continue reading →

Posted in compilation, kernel, Linux, NVIDIA | Tagged kernel 3.13 ok, kernel 3.14 patch, nv-linux.h, nvidia 334.21, success | Leave a reply
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