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Kernel 3.19-rc7 – ‘Final’ Soon?

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on February 4, 2015 by RGFebruary 4, 2015

Installed Kernel 3.19-rc7 on the test system, and the same comments apply as for -rc6.    The latest NVIDIA driver (346.35) and VMware 11.0 – with the vmnet patches – install and load/run OK.. Changelog summary here:  http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1502.0/00273.html $ uname -a Linux rg6830l 3.19.0-rc7 #1 SMP Mon Feb 2 19:00:25 PST 2015 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux It appears … Continue reading →

Posted in compilation, Hacks, kernel, Linux, NVIDIA, Opinion, VMware | Tagged 3.19 final soon?, kernel 3.19-rc7, nvidia 346.35, success, vmnet patch, vmware 11.0 | Leave a reply

VMware 11 – Fix for vmnet and Kernel 3.19..

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on January 23, 2015 by RGJanuary 23, 2015

Thanks to Al Viro, and to coderus on the VMware forum, we now have a solution for vmnet and Kernel 3.19, as follows: In vmnet-only/driver.c (lines 269, 1194, and 1195): Replace instances of f_dentry with f_path.dentry In vmnet-only/userif.c (line 526): Replace    return skb_copy_datagram_iovec(skb, 0, &iov, len); with    struct iov_iter to;    iov_iter_init(&to, READ, &iov, 1, … Continue reading →

Posted in compilation, Crash and Burn.., Hacks, kernel, Linux, VMware | Tagged driver.c, kernel 3.19, success, userif.c, vmnet fix, vmware 11.0 | Leave a reply

Kernel 3.19-rc1 – Breaks VMware and NVIDIA..

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on December 21, 2014 by RGDecember 21, 2014

Just installed Kernel 3.19-rc1 on the test system, and both VMware and NVIDIA fail to compile.. VMware (11.0) vmnet failed with: /tmp/modconfig-2fqpf2/vmnet-only/driver.c: In function ‘VNetFileOpUnlockedIoctl’: /tmp/modconfig-2fqpf2/vmnet-only/driver.c:1194:20: error: ‘struct file’ has no member named ‘f_dentry’ if (filp && filp->f_dentry) { ^ /tmp/modconfig-2fqpf2/vmnet-only/driver.c:1195:19: error: ‘struct file’ has no member named ‘f_dentry’ inode = filp->f_dentry->d_inode; ^ scripts/Makefile.build:257: recipe for target … Continue reading →

Posted in compilation, Crash and Burn.., Hacks, kernel, Linux, NVIDIA, Opinion, Performance, VMware | Tagged compile fails, kernel 3.19-rc1, nvidia 340.65, vmware 11.0 | Leave a reply

Kernel 3.18 – Small Changes from -rc7..

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on December 8, 2014 by RGDecember 8, 2014

Installed kernel 3.18 Final, and as expected the latest NVIDIA (346.16) and VMware (11.0) drivers compile and load/run OK.     The older NVIDIA (340.58) and VMware (10.0.4 + vmnet patch) drivers should also be OK.. $ uname -a Linux rglinux-i7 3.18.0 #4 SMP PREEMPT Sun Dec 7 18:54:19 PST 2014 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux The obscure ‘lockup’ bug … Continue reading →

Posted in compilation, kernel, Linux, NVIDIA, VMware | Tagged kernel 3.18 final, nvidia 346.16, success, vmware 11.0 | Leave a reply
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