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NVIDIA – New Driver Release – OK with Kernel 5.18..

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NVIDIA have just released driver version 510.68.02, and the (very brief..) details are here:   https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/linux-solaris-and-freebsd-driver-510-68-02-production-branch-release/212651 Although there is no mention in the notes, this version compiles/runs OK with Kernel 5.18 (tested with 5.18-rc4): …………………….. ld -r -o /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-510.68.02/kernel/nvidia-modeset/nv-modeset-interface .o /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-510.68.02/kernel/nvidia-modeset/nvidia-modeset-linux.o /ho me/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-510.68.02/kernel/nvidia-modeset/nv-kthread-q.o  MODPOST /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-510.68.02/kernel/Module.symvers  CC [M]  /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-510.68.02/kernel/nvidia-drm.mod.o  LD [M]  /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-510.68.02/kernel/nvidia-drm.ko  CC [M]  /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-510.68.02/kernel/nvidia-modeset.mod.o  LD [M]  /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-510.68.02/kernel/nvidia-modeset.ko  CC … Continue reading →

NVIDIA – Fix for ‘Legacy’ 390.xx and Kernel 5.17..

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I have an old HP 8760W laptop, which needs the NVIDIA ‘legacy’ 390.xx driver series, and Nouveau is (yet again) not working as it should.. From the patch for kernel 5.17 support and driver 470.94, at https://gist.github.com/joanbm/6c7b027b9436bf31ce979927e544e9d5 it seemed that the changes necessary should be simple.. In fact this patch can be used, with the following change.. … Continue reading →

NVIDIA – New Driver 465.31 – OK with Kernel 5.13..

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NVIDIA have released driver 465.31, and this now compiles OK with Kernel 5.13 (tested with 5.13-rc2)..   Details are here:  https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/linux-solaris-and-freebsd-driver-465-31-new-feature-branch-release/178316 ………………………………… ld -r -o /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-465.31/kernel/nvidia-modeset/nv-modeset-interface.o /home/r gadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-465.31/kernel/nvidia-modeset/nvidia-modeset-linux.o /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-L inux-x86_64-465.31/kernel/nvidia-modeset/nv-kthread-q.o  MODPOST /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-465.31/kernel/Module.symvers  CC [M]  /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-465.31/kernel/nvidia-drm.mod.o  LD [M]  /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-465.31/kernel/nvidia-drm.ko  CC [M]  /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-465.31/kernel/nvidia-ib-peermem-stub.mod.o  LD [M]  /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-465.31/kernel/nvidia-ib-peermem-stub.ko  CC [M]  /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-465.31/kernel/nvidia-modeset.mod.o  LD [M]  /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-465.31/kernel/nvidia-modeset.ko  CC [M]  /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-465.31/kernel/nvidia-peermem.mod.o  LD [M]  /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-465.31/kernel/nvidia-peermem.ko  CC [M] … Continue reading →

Compiler – Fun with CLANG – Kernel, NVIDIA, and VMware…

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I have been carrying out some preliminary tests to see how feasible it is to compile the Linux Kernel, and NVIDIA drivers, and VMware, using the ‘alternative’ to GCC – CLANG.. The kernel compile is relatively easy, and well documented: # make CC=clang HOSTCC=clang -j8 (for a 4-core system) The compile seems to be slower than GCC, … Continue reading →

NVIDIA – New Driver 460.67 – OK with Kernel 5.12..

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NVIDIA have released driver 460.67, and details are here:  https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/linux-solaris-and-freebsd-driver-460-67-long-lived-branch-release/172742 The details mention ‘5.11 release candidates’ but they probably should have said ‘5.12 release candidates’, as the previous driver worked OK with kernel 5.11, and this new one works OK with 5.12 (tested with 5.12-rc3) In other news, I should mention that the KVM/USB crash problems I … Continue reading →

NVIDIA – New Driver 460.39 – OK with 5.11..

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NVIDIA have released driver 460.39, and details are here:  https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/linux-solaris-and-freebsd-driver-460-39-long-lived-branch-release/166842 This compiles/installs/runs OK with Kernel 5.11, without any patches..   (tested with 5.11-rc5) Robert Gadsdon.    January 26th 2021. … Continue reading →

NVIDIA – New Driver 460.32.03 – Patch Mod for 5.11..

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NVIDIA have released their latest driver – 460.32.03, and details are here: https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/linux-solaris-and-freebsd-driver-460-32-03-long-lived-branch-release/165423 The patch for 460.27.04 is easy to modify to work with this version – just remove the first section (patch to ~/kernel/common/inc/nv-linux.h) as this is no longer necessary. Tested with Kernel 5.11-rc2.. ……….. ld -r -o /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-460.32.03/kernel/nvidia-modeset/nv-modeset-interface.o /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-460.32.03/kernel/nvidia-modeset/nvidia-modeset-linux.o /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-460.32.03/kernel/nvidia-modeset/nv-kthread-q.o MODPOST /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-460.32.03/kernel/Module.symvers CC [M] /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-460.32.03/kernel/nvidia-drm.mod.o … Continue reading →

NVIDIA – Patch for Kernel 5.11 Support..

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Thanks to joanbm, and loqs, there is now a patch for NVIDIA 460.27.04 and Kernel 5.11-rc1.     I have applied this, and the NVIDIA driver compiles and loads/runs OK. The patch can be found at http://ix.io/2K9F  .. Robert Gadsdon.   December 29th 2020.   … Continue reading →

NVIDIA – An Acceptable ‘Taint’ Workaround for Kernel 5.9..

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Thanks to mbod, there is a simple kernel patch to restore the Kernel 5.8 ‘inherited taint’ behaviour to Kernel 5.9, and the detail is in this thread:  https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/opencl-not-working-with-kernel-5-9/156941/6 I have applied this to Kernel 5.9.0, and NVIDIA driver 455.28 now installs and loads/runs OK.    Until a proper fix is available, this will – of course – need … Continue reading →

NVIDIA – New Beta Driver – Compiles OK with Kernel 5.9, but Still Has ‘Tainted’ Issue….

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NVIDIA have released beta driver 455.23.04, and details are here:  https://www.nvidia.com/Download/driverResults.aspx/163518/en-us This compiles OK with Kernel 5.9 – tested with 5.9-rc5 – but still suffers from the ‘tainted’ problem with nvidia-udm: …………………… [356113.979463] nvidia_uvm: module uses symbols from proprietary module nvidia, inheriting taint. [356113.987691] nvidia_uvm: Unknown symbol radix_tree_preloads (err -2) [356113.993562] nvidia_uvm: Unknown symbol set_cpus_allowed_ptr (err -2) … Continue reading →