Intel XE Driver
I've been interested in trying out sr-iov with my Intel iGPU, which I understand can either be done with a DKMS module [https://github.com/strongtz/i915-sriov-dkms] or by upgrading the kernel to the 6.8rc and using the new Intel Xe drivers that support sr-iov. Is there a way to do either of these in an ostree based system?
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turn the driver into a kmod instead of dkms (not my field) and make a custom image
or wait for 6.8 to release
a dkms module produces a kmod (kernel Module) AFAIK đ
yes but dkms is not supported in ostree
ahh can't compile a kernel module iin ostree? đ¤
Because of no kernel sources i guess?
ask kyle for the specifics, i am just going of the info i have as i havent fiddled with kernel modules in ostree as i have not needed to
@Kyle Gospo ping for âď¸ đ
dkms doesn't work in ostree, haven't looked into why but that's just a thing
kmods work fine, we pre-build them to avoid needing kernel-devel and everything else on all of our images
you can certainly build + load a kmod as an end user
Just to make sure: a
kmod = a kernel module right? or are we talking different terminology here?yep
same concept as dkms
just an alternative
then it is illogial but ahh well ive seen somany illogical things đ¤Ł
so bottom line no
DKMS in ostree. got it đ
glad we got the nVidia driver pre-installed then hahahaThanks everyone