just an idea: I just saw that Solaris 11 does have an xhci driver module. Since the Solaris driver binary ABI is supposed to be quite stable, would it be possible to run the Solaris xhci driver binary on SmartOS/Illumos? Has anyone tried that?
> Am 12.04.2016 um 17:19 schrieb Dirk Steinberg <[email protected]>: > > Hi, > > I am runnning the newest SmartOS (joyent_20160330T234717Z) on > a new Skylake-based Intel NUC6. Fortunately the Skylake I219-V > Ethernet NIC is recognized and working properly (thanks Robert). > > This is also the only way for me to interact with the system since > there is no keyboard support due the lack of xHCI support in > Illumos on this legacy-free USB3-only Skylake system. > Also, I cannot even see the USB drive I booted off, also > due to the complete lack of USB support. > > This also seems to imply that any Illumos-based distribution > cannot be normally installed on any modern system > (Skylake and beyond…). > > Will we ever get xHCI support in Illumos? > > How else should one approach running SmartOS > on Skylake and beyond systems? > > I was able to work around the missing USB drive and > keyboard support by pre-fabricating a USB boot disk > that runs completely diskless without zones pool and > allows remote ssh logins. Then I can do the SmartOS > install by hand via ssh. > > I am still stuck with the fact that for a remote server deployment > I cannot get to the USB boot medium to upgrade or change > anything…. > > The zones pool is on M.2 NVMe and apparently legacy booting > from NVMe does not seem to work so installing GRUB on the > zones pool disk is also no option. (Normally, for a AHCI install, > putting GRUB on the whole-disk zones pool does indeed work, > even though it may not be recommended.) > > Does anyone know if legacy booting from NVMe should work? > I was able to UEFI-boot Ubuntu 16.04 from the NVMe, but > not SmartOS > > Any ideas? > > Cheers > Dirk > ------------------------------------------- smartos-discuss Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/184463/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/184463/25769125-55cfbc00 Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=25769125&id_secret=25769125-7688e9fb Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
