Difficulty seeing NVMe
by andygoth from LinuxQuestions.org on (#5DRN8)
Hi, trying to install Slackware64-current on an ASUS VivoBook 15 which uses NVMe, but the installer can't see it. It shows up in the output of lspci, but nowhere else that I can find.
Interestingly, I succeeded in installing Slackware64-current on an ASUS M570DD, which as far as I can tell is basically the same thing as the VivoBook 15. NVMe was no trouble at all.
Even more interestingly, CloneZilla Live 20201102 is able to access NVMe on the ASUS VivoBook 15.
What's the difference between Slackware64-current and CloneZilla Live? Why can the latter see NVMe but not the former on this laptop? Slackware64-current definitely has NVMe support:
Code:CONFIG_NVME_CORE=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_NVME=y
CONFIG_NVME_MULTIPATH=y
CONFIG_NVME_HWMON=y
CONFIG_NVME_FABRICS=m
CONFIG_NVME_RDMA=m
CONFIG_NVME_FC=m
CONFIG_NVME_TCP=m
CONFIG_NVME_TARGET=m
CONFIG_NVME_TARGET_PASSTHRU=y
CONFIG_NVME_TARGET_LOOP=m
CONFIG_NVME_TARGET_RDMA=m
CONFIG_NVME_TARGET_FC=m
CONFIG_NVME_TARGET_FCLOOP=m
CONFIG_NVME_TARGET_TCP=mWhat more is there?
Hmm, just took a look around, and I see there's a newer version of CloneZilla Live available (20210127). I'll give it a try to check if it also can access my NVMe. If not, then maybe my issue is due to some recent kernel bug or incompatibility.
My ChangeLog.txt's date is Tue Feb 2 20:16:43 UTC 2021.
Interestingly, I succeeded in installing Slackware64-current on an ASUS M570DD, which as far as I can tell is basically the same thing as the VivoBook 15. NVMe was no trouble at all.
Even more interestingly, CloneZilla Live 20201102 is able to access NVMe on the ASUS VivoBook 15.
What's the difference between Slackware64-current and CloneZilla Live? Why can the latter see NVMe but not the former on this laptop? Slackware64-current definitely has NVMe support:
Code:CONFIG_NVME_CORE=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_NVME=y
CONFIG_NVME_MULTIPATH=y
CONFIG_NVME_HWMON=y
CONFIG_NVME_FABRICS=m
CONFIG_NVME_RDMA=m
CONFIG_NVME_FC=m
CONFIG_NVME_TCP=m
CONFIG_NVME_TARGET=m
CONFIG_NVME_TARGET_PASSTHRU=y
CONFIG_NVME_TARGET_LOOP=m
CONFIG_NVME_TARGET_RDMA=m
CONFIG_NVME_TARGET_FC=m
CONFIG_NVME_TARGET_FCLOOP=m
CONFIG_NVME_TARGET_TCP=mWhat more is there?
Hmm, just took a look around, and I see there's a newer version of CloneZilla Live available (20210127). I'll give it a try to check if it also can access my NVMe. If not, then maybe my issue is due to some recent kernel bug or incompatibility.
My ChangeLog.txt's date is Tue Feb 2 20:16:43 UTC 2021.