As there is almost always a need to apply the most recent patchset to releases of VMware vmmon/vmnet to support the latest kernels, it might be useful to document a process for making this (relatively..) easy: VMMON and VMNET are picked up during the vmware-modconfig… command, from /usr/lib/vmware/modules/source, and this process expects to find vmmon.tar and vmnet.tar … Continue reading →
Kernel 6.4 is out, and brief details are here: https://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/2306.3/00796.html As expected, the latest NVIDIA – 535.54.03 – Compiles and runs OK. Details/downloads are here: https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/linux-solaris-and-freebsd-driver-535-54-03-production-branch-release/256689 The patched VMware 17.0.2 is OK as well, and the patchset can be found at https://github.com/mkubecek/vmware-host-modules/tree/workstation-17.0.2 Robert Gadsdon.. June 25th 2023. Note: Twitter API change broke the WP to Twitter WordPress … Continue reading →
Kernel 5.15 has been released, and brief details are here: http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/2110.3/07730.html As expected, this is OK with the latest NVIDIA (495.44) and VMware 6.2.0 – with the patchset from https://github.com/mkubecek/vmware-host-modules/tree/workstation-16.2.0 The kernel now includes fully-functional drivers for NTFS, as mentioned in a previous (pre-release) article: https://rglinuxtech.com/?p=2951 My fstab entry for this (for user id 1000, and mountpoint … Continue reading →
Kernel 5.9-rc6 has been released, and brief details are here: http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/2009.2/05870.html In a very rare occurrence, the kernel compile actually fails: …………………………….. CALL scripts/checksyscalls.sh CALL scripts/atomic/check-atomics.sh DESCEND objtool CHK include/generated/compile.h CC drivers/dax/super.o drivers/dax/super.c:325:6: error: redefinition of ‘dax_supported’ 325 | bool dax_supported(struct dax_device *dax_dev, struct block_device *bdev, | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~ In file included from drivers/dax/super.c:16: ./include/linux/dax.h:162:20: note: previous definition … Continue reading →
Kernel 4.19-rc2 is out, and details of changes from -rc1 are here: http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1809.0/00713.html As with -rc1, the latest VMware (14.1.3) compiles/loads OK, and the latest NVIDIA (396.54 and 390.87) with the patch mentioned in a previous article ( http://rglinuxtech.com/?p=2391 ) compiles and loads OK. The patch is applicable to both versions.. Robert Gadsdon. September 2, 2018. … Continue reading →
I have tried the latest 4.7-next patched kernel, from https://github.com/anholt/linux/tree/bcm2837-64-next After some trials, I did manage to – just – get it to boot – after falling to an ’emergency console’, but the system is very unstable, with multiple recurring MMC errors.. ….. Give root password for maintenance (or press Control-D to continue): Error getting authority: Error … Continue reading →
Just updated the Qualcomm DragonBoard 410c to (patched..) Kernel 4.2-rc5, from here: https://git.linaro.org/landing-teams/working/qualcomm/kernel.git/shortlog/refs/heads/integration-linux-qcomlt This time, the boot was successful, and the mmc1 SDcard (rootfs) was recognised correctly.. Fedora release 23 (Twenty Three) Kernel 4.2.0-rc5 on an aarch64 (ttyMSM0) ……… ]# uname -a Linux rg410c 4.2.0-rc5 #1 SMP PREEMPT Tue Aug 25 11:38:52 PDT 2015 aarch64 aarch64 aarch64 … Continue reading →
Updated the Odroid U3 to Kernel 4.0-rc4, from the patched source here: https://github.com/tobiasjakobi/linux-odroid/tree/odroid-4.0.y This time, the system booted successfully.. Fedora release 21 (Twenty One) Kernel 4.0.0-rc4 on an armv7l (ttySAC1) ……………. ]# uname -a Linux rgodroid 4.0.0-rc4 #1 SMP Wed Mar 18 23:53:05 PDT 2015 armv7l armv7l armv7l GNU/Linux Robert Gadsdon. March 19, 2015. … Continue reading →
Updated the Odroid U3 to (patched) Kernel 3.19, from https://github.com/tobiasjakobi/linux-odroid/tree/odroid-3.19.y Thanks to work by tobiasjakobi, this now includes the preliminary patches – updated for 3.19 – for fan control on the Odroid U3, originally posted by Lukasz Majewski at http://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-samsung-soc/msg42259.html So, (on a Fedora 21 system) you can now control the fan, as follows: # echo “0” … Continue reading →
Updated the Odroid U3 to Kernel 3.19-rc7, from https://github.com/tobiasjakobi/linux-odroid/tree/odroid-3.19.y Had to ‘refresh’ the config, by # make exynos4412_odroid_defconfig, and then (re)enable selinux etc… One feature is that the CPU fan no longer runs constantly, but I need to do more tests, to see if it is now capable of running at all.. The temperature is OK, at … Continue reading →