{"id":3223,"date":"2024-03-24T16:46:42","date_gmt":"2024-03-24T23:46:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rglinuxtech.com\/?p=3223"},"modified":"2024-03-24T16:46:42","modified_gmt":"2024-03-24T23:46:42","slug":"kernel-6-9-rc1-is-out-nvidia-ok-vmware-not","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rglinuxtech.com\/?p=3223","title":{"rendered":"Kernel – 6.9-rc1 is out. NVIDIA OK, VMware Not…"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kernel 6.9-rc1<\/strong> has been released, and brief details are here:\u00a0 https:\/\/lkml.iu.edu\/hypermail\/linux\/kernel\/2403.3\/00300.html<\/a><\/p>\n

As discovered in pre-rc testing last week, the latest NVIDIA driver – now 550.67<\/strong> – is OK, and this now compiles successfully with GCC14..<\/p>\n

VMware 17.5.1 (patched) vmmon<\/strong><\/span> compiles OK, but vmnet<\/strong><\/span> fails:<\/p>\n

………………
\nCC [M] \/tmp\/modconfig-a8Fcf5\/vmnet-only\/smac.o<\/span><\/strong>
\nCC [M] \/tmp\/modconfig-a8Fcf5\/vmnet-only\/vnetEvent.o<\/span><\/strong>
\nCC [M] \/tmp\/modconfig-a8Fcf5\/vmnet-only\/vnetUserListener.o<\/span><\/strong>
\nIn file included from .\/include\/linux\/spinlock.h:305,<\/span><\/strong>
\nfrom .\/include\/linux\/sched.h:2138,<\/span><\/strong>
\nfrom \/tmp\/modconfig-a8Fcf5\/vmnet-only\/bridge.c:25:<\/span><\/strong>
\n\/tmp\/modconfig-a8Fcf5\/vmnet-only\/bridge.c: In function \u2018VNetBridgeReceiveFromVNet\u2019:<\/span><\/strong>
\n\/tmp\/modconfig-a8Fcf5\/vmnet-only\/vmnetInt.h:44:39: error: \u2018dev_base_lock\u2019 undeclared (first use in this function); did you mean \u2018device_lock\u2019?<\/span><\/strong>
\n44 | #define dev_lock_list() read_lock(&dev_base_lock)<\/span><\/strong>
\n|\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ^~~~~~~~~~~~~<\/span><\/strong>
\n.\/include\/linux\/rwlock.h:56:48: note: in definition of macro \u2018read_lock\u2019<\/span><\/strong>
\n56 | #define read_lock(lock) _raw_read_lock(lock)<\/span><\/strong>
\n|\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ^~~~<\/span><\/strong>
\n\/tmp\/modconfig-a8Fcf5\/vmnet-only\/bridge.c:587:4: note: in expansion of macro \u2018dev_lock_list\u2019<\/span><\/strong>
\n587 | dev_lock_list();<\/span><\/strong>
\n| ^~~~~~~~~~~~~<\/span><\/strong>
\n\/tmp\/modconfig-a8Fcf5\/vmnet-only\/vmnetInt.h:44:39: note: each undeclared identifier is reported only once for each function it appears in<\/span><\/strong>
\n44 | #define dev_lock_list() read_lock(&dev_base_lock)<\/span><\/strong>
\n|\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ^~~~~~~~~~~~~<\/span><\/strong>
\n.\/include\/linux\/rwlock.h:56:48: note: in definition of macro \u2018read_lock\u2019<\/span><\/strong>
\n56 | #define read_lock(lock) _raw_read_lock(lock)<\/span><\/strong>
\n|\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ^~~~<\/span><\/strong>
\n\/tmp\/modconfig-a8Fcf5\/vmnet-only\/bridge.c:587:4: note: in expansion of macro \u2018dev_lock_list\u2019<\/span><\/strong>
\n587 | dev_lock_list();<\/span><\/strong>
\n| ^~~~~~~~~~~~~<\/span><\/strong>
\n\/tmp\/modconfig-a8Fcf5\/vmnet-only\/bridge.c: In function \u2018VNetBridgeUp\u2019:<\/span><\/strong>
\n\/tmp\/modconfig-a8Fcf5\/vmnet-only\/vmnetInt.h:44:39: error: \u2018dev_base_lock\u2019 undeclared (first use in this function); did you mean \u2018device_lock\u2019?<\/span><\/strong>
\n44 | #define dev_lock_list() read_lock(&dev_base_lock)<\/span><\/strong>
\n|\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ^~~~~~~~~~~~~<\/span><\/strong>
\n.\/include\/linux\/rwlock.h:56:48: note: in definition of macro \u2018read_lock\u2019<\/span><\/strong>
\n56 | #define read_lock(lock) _raw_read_lock(lock)<\/span><\/strong>
\n|\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ^~~~<\/span><\/strong>
\n\/tmp\/modconfig-a8Fcf5\/vmnet-only\/bridge.c:902:4: note: in expansion of macro \u2018dev_lock_list\u2019<\/span><\/strong>
\n902 | dev_lock_list();<\/span><\/strong>
\n| ^~~~~~~~~~~~~<\/span><\/strong>
\nmake[3]: *** [scripts\/Makefile.build:244: \/tmp\/modconfig-a8Fcf5\/vmnet-only\/bridge.o] Error 1<\/span><\/strong>
\nmake[2]: *** [\/usr\/src\/linux-6.9-rc1\/Makefile:1919: \/tmp\/modconfig-a8Fcf5\/vmnet-only] Error 2<\/span><\/strong>
\nmake[1]: *** [Makefile:240: __sub-make] Error 2<\/span><\/strong>
\nmake[1]: Leaving directory '\/usr\/src\/linux-6.9-rc1'<\/span><\/strong>
\nmake: *** [Makefile:117: vmnet.ko] Error 2<\/span><\/strong>
\nmake: Leaving directory '\/tmp\/modconfig-a8Fcf5\/vmnet-only'<\/span><\/strong>
\nUnable to install all modules. See log for details.<\/span><\/strong><\/code><\/p>\n

Making the suggested change to device_lock<\/strong><\/span> produces even more errors, and – so far – there is no patch to fix this..<\/p>\n

Robert Gadsdon..\u00a0 March 16th 2024.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Kernel 6.9-rc1 has been released, and brief details are here:\u00a0 https:\/\/lkml.iu.edu\/hypermail\/linux\/kernel\/2403.3\/00300.html As discovered in pre-rc testing last week, the latest NVIDIA driver – now 550.67 – is OK, and this now compiles successfully with GCC14.. VMware 17.5.1 (patched) vmmon compiles OK, but vmnet fails: ……………… CC [M] \/tmp\/modconfig-a8Fcf5\/vmnet-only\/smac.o CC [M] \/tmp\/modconfig-a8Fcf5\/vmnet-only\/vnetEvent.o CC [M] \/tmp\/modconfig-a8Fcf5\/vmnet-only\/vnetUserListener.o In file included …<\/span> Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,1617,14,15,18,19,25],"tags":[2645,2646,2648,507,2647],"class_list":["post-3223","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-compilation","category-gcc","category-kernel","category-linux-2","category-nvidia","category-opinion","category-vmware","tag-kernel-6-9-rc1","tag-nvidia-550-67-ok","tag-nvidia-compiles-with-gcc14","tag-released","tag-vmware-17-5-1-vmnet-fails"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rglinuxtech.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3223","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rglinuxtech.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rglinuxtech.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rglinuxtech.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rglinuxtech.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3223"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/rglinuxtech.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3223\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3226,"href":"https:\/\/rglinuxtech.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3223\/revisions\/3226"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rglinuxtech.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3223"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rglinuxtech.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3223"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rglinuxtech.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3223"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}