{"id":1962,"date":"2017-04-30T22:03:17","date_gmt":"2017-05-01T05:03:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rglinuxtech.com\/?p=1962"},"modified":"2017-04-30T22:03:17","modified_gmt":"2017-05-01T05:03:17","slug":"kernel-4-11-released-patched-vmware-ok-nvidia-still-not-ok","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rglinuxtech.com\/?p=1962","title":{"rendered":"Kernel &#8211; 4.11 released, Patched VMware OK, NVIDIA Still Not OK.."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Kernel 4.11<\/strong> Final is out, a week later than planned, and brief details of changes from -rc8 are here:\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/lkml.iu.edu\/hypermail\/linux\/kernel\/1704.3\/04608.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/lkml.iu.edu\/hypermail\/linux\/kernel\/1704.3\/04608.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>As expected, VMware 12.5.5 with the 4.11 patches is still OK (see <a href=\"https:\/\/rglinuxtech.com\/?p=1932\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/rglinuxtech.com\/?p=1932<\/a> ), but there is still no &#8216;legal&#8217; solution for the latest NVIDIA driver &#8211; 381.09 (see <a href=\"https:\/\/devtalk.nvidia.com\/default\/topic\/1002820\/linux\/-patch-381-09-kernel-4-11-rc5\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/devtalk.nvidia.com\/default\/topic\/1002820\/linux\/-patch-381-09-kernel-4-11-rc5\/<\/a> ):<\/p>\n<pre><span style=\"font-family: courier new,courier;\"><strong>.................<\/strong><\/span>\r\n<span style=\"font-family: courier new,courier;\"><strong> Building modules, stage 2.<\/strong><\/span>\r\n<span style=\"font-family: courier new,courier;\"><strong> MODPOST 4 modules<\/strong><\/span>\r\n<span style=\"font-family: courier new,courier;\"><strong>FATAL: modpost: GPL-incompatible module nvidia-drm.ko uses GPL-only symbol 'refcount_inc'<\/strong><\/span>\r\n<span style=\"font-family: courier new,courier;\"><strong>\/usr\/src\/linux-4.11\/scripts\/Makefile.modpost:91: recipe for target '__modpost' failed<\/strong><\/span>\r\n<span style=\"font-family: courier new,courier;\"><strong>make[3]: *** [__modpost] Error 1<\/strong><\/span>\r\n<span style=\"font-family: courier new,courier;\"><strong>\/usr\/src\/linux-4.11\/Makefile:1495: recipe for target 'modules' failed<\/strong><\/span>\r\n<span style=\"font-family: courier new,courier;\"><strong>.........................<\/strong><\/span><\/pre>\n<p>See previous article for more background on this: <a href=\"https:\/\/rglinuxtech.com\/?p=1935\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/rglinuxtech.com\/?p=1935<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The NVIDIA ftp site has been down for the last 48 hours or so, and I cannot find any mention of any more recent driver version, so far..<\/p>\n<p>If this goes on much longer, I may be tempted to try nouveau on my main system again..<\/p>\n<p><em>Robert Gadsdon.\u00a0\u00a0 April 30, 2017.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kernel 4.11 Final is out, a week later than planned, and brief details of changes from -rc8 are here:\u00a0 http:\/\/lkml.iu.edu\/hypermail\/linux\/kernel\/1704.3\/04608.html As expected, VMware 12.5.5 with the 4.11 patches is still OK (see https:\/\/rglinuxtech.com\/?p=1932 ), but there is still no &#8216;legal&#8217; solution for the latest NVIDIA driver &#8211; 381.09 (see https:\/\/devtalk.nvidia.com\/default\/topic\/1002820\/linux\/-patch-381-09-kernel-4-11-rc5\/ ): &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.. 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