Just installed Kernel 3.18-rc5 on the test system, and the latest NVIDIA drivers – 340.58 and 346.16 – and VMware 10.0.3 – with the vmnet patch – compile and load OK.. $ uname -a Linux rg6830l 3.18.0-rc5 #1 SMP PREEMPT Sun Nov 16 23:23:41 PST 2014 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux Details can be found here: http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1411.2/00265.html Robert … Continue reading →
Tested Kernel 3.18-rc3 and found that it would not boot with the .config that worked OK with -rc1.. Re-created a new .config from scratch, and now my temporary test system (HP6830 laptop) boots OK, but overall performance still seems rather sluggish.. # uname -a Linux rg6830l 3.18.0-rc3 #1 SMP PREEMPT Mon Nov 3 18:19:06 PST 2014 x86_64 … Continue reading →
Just installed Kernel 3.17-rc1, and the latest VMware (10.0.3) and NVIDIA (340.32) drivers compile and load OK… I had previously had trouble with VMware and NVIDIA’s ‘beta’ driver 343.13, so did not test this version again.. $ uname -a Linux rglinux-i7 3.17.0-rc1 #1 SMP PREEMPT Sat Aug 16 13:56:55 PDT 2014 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux Brief details … Continue reading →
Just installed Kernel 3.16 (Final), and – as expected – the latest VMware (10.0.3) and NVIDIA (340.24) drivers compile, install, and run OK.. More details of changes since -rc7 are here: http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1408.0/00797.html $ uname -a Linux rglinux-i7 3.16.0 #1 SMP PREEMPT Mon Aug 4 10:07:04 PDT 2014 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux Robert Gadsdon. August 4, 2014. … Continue reading →
Just installed Kernel 3.16-rc6 on the test system, and – as expected – the latest VMware (10.0.3) and NVIDIA (340.24) compile and install OK… # uname -a Linux rglinux-i7 3.16.0-rc6 #1 SMP PREEMPT Mon Jul 21 13:56:19 PDT 2014 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux Brief description of all the changes is here: http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1407.2/03637.html Robert Gadsdon.. July 22, 2014. … Continue reading →
Installed Kernel 3.16-rc4 on the test system, and VMware (10.0.3) and NVIDIA (340.17) both install/run OK.. The VMware update is – according to the Release Notes – just a security fix for OpenSSL.. https://www.vmware.com/support/ws10/doc/workstation-1003-release-notes.html Kernel changes for -rc4 are here: http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1407.0/03694.html # uname -a Linux rglinux-i7 3.16.0-rc4 #1 SMP PREEMPT Sun Jul 6 15:50:25 PDT 2014 x86_64 … Continue reading →