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Kernel – 4.16 Released – OK with Latest VMware, and (patched) NVIDIA..

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on April 1, 2018 by RGApril 1, 2018

Kernel version 4.16 is out, and brief details of changes since -rc7 are here:  http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1804.0/00174.html $ uname -a Linux rglx 4.16.0 #1 SMP Sun Apr 1 15:20:00 PDT 2018 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux This release is OK with VMware 14.1.1, and with NVIDIA 384.130/390.48 with the swiotlb-removing patch.. ( see http://rglinuxtech.com/?p=2227 ). Hopefully NVIDIA will get round … Continue reading →

Posted in kernel, Linux, NVIDIA, Opinion, patches, Performance, VMware | Tagged 384.130, 390.48, kernel 4.16 released, nvidia needs patch.., ok with vmware 14.1.1, swiotlb | Leave a reply

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
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