Linux 5.7-rc5 Released With More Changes But Not Worrying Torvalds

[GraysonPeddie]

This is the correct answer.

Thanks. I ordered PowerColor RX 5600 XT and even though I'm an Amazon Prime Member and I get 2-day shipping, I'll be getting one next Monday (18). It's a Red Dragon graphics card.

But then I went off-topic in this thread about Linux 5.7 pre-release kernel.

[kcrudup]

At least three Linux kernels are being developed simultaneously: 5.6. 5.7 & 5.8. ... Three Linux kernels were released by Ubuntu all on the same day ...

Important fixes from upstream get backported to older kernels, so that distros don't have to up-version any sooner than necessary.

[franglais125]

I'm thinking about getting an AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT just to get away from NVIDIA GTX 960.

This is the correct answer.

[GraysonPeddie]

I compiled Linux 5.7.0-rc5 successfully, but as I was attempting to install the DKMS nvidia module for the kernel, I get this:

less /var/lib/dkms/nvidia/440.82/build/make.log

...
/var/lib/dkms/nvidia/440.82/build/nvidia/nv-mmap.c: In function ‘nv_encode_caching’:
/var/lib/dkms/nvidia/440.82/build/nvidia/nv-mmap.c:334:16: warning: this statement may fall through [-Wimplicit-fallthrough=]
334 | if (NV_ALLOW_CACHING(memory_type))
| ^
/var/lib/dkms/nvidia/440.82/build/nvidia/nv-mmap.c:336:9: note: here
336 | default:
| ^~~~~~~
CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/nvidia/440.82/build/nvidia/nv-usermap.o
CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/nvidia/440.82/build/nvidia/nv-vm.o
CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/nvidia/440.82/build/nvidia/nv-vtophys.o
CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/nvidia/440.82/build/nvidia/os-interface.o
CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/nvidia/440.82/build/nvidia/os-mlock.o
/var/lib/dkms/nvidia/440.82/build/nvidia/nv-vm.c: In function ‘nv_set_memory_array_type’:
/var/lib/dkms/nvidia/440.82/build/nvidia/nv-vm.c:66:13: error: implicit declaration of function ‘set_memory_array_uc’; did you mean ‘set_pages_array_uc’? [-Werror=implicit-function-declaration]
66 | set_memory_array_uc(pages, num_pages);
| ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| set_pages_array_uc
/var/lib/dkms/nvidia/440.82/build/nvidia/nv-vm.c:69:13: error: implicit declaration of function ‘set_memory_array_wb’; did you mean ‘set_pages_array_wb’? [-Werror=implicit-function-declaration]
69 | set_memory_array_wb(pages, num_pages);
| ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| set_pages_array_wb

So that's not going to work. I'm thinking about getting an AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT just to get away from NVIDIA GTX 960.

[asgavar]

That's probably the first time i see him not being toxic lol

You should definitely read more release-announcing emails then ;] Most of the time he's gentle as a lamb there.

[Aryma]

this looks like trap ?

[StarterX4]

That's probably the first time i see him not being toxic lol

[gregzeng]

At least three Linux kernels are being developed simultaneously: 5.6. 5.7 & 5.8. Announcements every few days for each of the three. Three Linux kernels were released by Ubuntu all on the same day.
v5.6.8/ 2020-05-05 23:43
v5.6.9/ 2020-05-05 23:09
v5.6.10/ 2020-05-05 23:53

[ix900]

I'm going to skip over Linux Kernel 5.6 and jump to Linux Kernel 5.7-RC5. Even in Linux Kernel 5.6.11 in Arch Linux, PulseAudio is not listing NVIDIA HDMI Audio. Linux 5.5 is working just fine compared to 5.6.
https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=207223

Heh. See if someone doesn't make it worse.

[GraysonPeddie]

I'm going to skip over Linux Kernel 5.6 and jump to Linux Kernel 5.7-RC5. Even in Linux Kernel 5.6.11 in Arch Linux, PulseAudio is not listing NVIDIA HDMI Audio. Linux 5.5 is working just fine compared to 5.6.
https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=207223