Bug 579436

Summary:	install-amd64-minimal-XXXXXXXX.iso missing CONFIG_BLK_DEV_NVME
Product:	Gentoo Release Media	Reporter:	Alexandre Fournier <gentoo>
Component:	InstallCD	Assignee:	Gentoo Release Team <releng>
Status:	RESOLVED DUPLICATE
Severity:	major	CC:	gentoo, releng, tg42
Priority:	Normal
Version:	autobuild
Hardware:	AMD64
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description Alexandre Fournier 2016-04-09 13:22:47 UTC

Installing the distribution from the Minimal Install CD on a NVMe SSD is actually not possible without adding support for NVMe block devices to the kernel.

Device description from lspci output:

  04:00.0 Non-Volatile memory controller [0108]: Samsung Electronics Co Ltd Device [144d:a802] (rev 01)

Actual kernel configuration from /proc/config.gz:

  # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_NVME is not set

Regards

Comment 1 Thomas Oettli 2016-04-25 08:01:12 UTC

I have got the same problem today when I have tried to install Gentoo on a new Lenovo ThinkPad P50.
Please add the support for NVMe block devices on the Live-CD as soon as possible.

Kind regards,
Thomas

Comment 2 Thomas 2016-05-17 21:47:02 UTC

Same problem here on a new DELL XPS.
How can this bug be confirmed (apart from being obvious)?

Please add this module to the install CD.

Comment 3 Jorge Manuel B. S. Vicetto (RETIRED) Gentoo Infrastructure

2016-05-18 01:01:30 UTC

(In reply to Thomas from comment #2)
> How can this bug be confirmed (apart from being obvious)?

 $ grep -i nvme releases/weekly/kconfig/amd64/installcd-3.18.12.config 
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_NVME is not set
 $ grep -i nvme releases/weekly/kconfig/amd64/admincd-3.18.9.config 
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_NVME=m

This means I've enabled it for the admin-cd, but not for the install-cd. I need to update the kernel config for the install-cd and get a new ISO built. In the meantime, you could use the admin-cd[1] to test if you can access your SSD.

 [1] - http://distfiles.gentoo.org/releases/amd64/autobuilds/current-admincd-amd64/

Comment 4 Thomas 2016-05-18 17:36:32 UTC

This issue is closely related to bug 557876

Comment 5 Jorge Manuel B. S. Vicetto (RETIRED) Gentoo Infrastructure

2016-05-18 18:13:08 UTC

(In reply to Thomas from comment #4)
> This issue is closely related to bug 557876

Thanks I failed to notice it was a dupe.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 557876 ***

Comment 6 Thomas 2016-05-19 08:05:08 UTC

(In reply to Jorge Manuel B. S. Vicetto from comment #3)
> In the meantime, you could use the admin-cd[1] to test if you can access
> your SSD.

Using the admin CD works fine.  Thank you.