Intel Z270 support

Intel Z270 support

[Aaron Gray]

[-- Attachment #1.1: Type: text/plain, Size: 758 bytes --]

I have two ASUS PRIME Z270-A machines based on Intel Z270 chipset and am
wondering about when support will be available for them and what I can do
to speed this up.

But I have not done anything to do with kernel work since years ago when I
read a lot of the main parts of the Linux 2.4 Kernel. Also I did code to
get into and out of protected mode before this.

Heres the datasheets that cover the chipset :-

https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/chipsets/200-series-chipset-pch-datasheet-vol-1.html
https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/chipsets/200-series-chipset-pch-datasheet-vol-2.html

Regards,

Aaron

-- 
Aaron Gray

Independent Open Source Software Engineer, Computer Language Researcher,
Information Theorist, and amateur computer scientist.

[-- Attachment #1.2: Type: text/html, Size: 1330 bytes --]

[-- Attachment #2: Type: text/plain, Size: 157 bytes --]

_______________________________________________
Xen-devel mailing list
Xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org
https://lists.xenproject.org/mailman/listinfo/xen-devel

Re: Intel Z270 support

[Andrew Cooper]

On 18/10/2018 18:57, Aaron Gray wrote:
> I have two ASUS PRIME Z270-A machines based on Intel Z270 chipset and
> am wondering about when support will be available for them and what I
> can do to speed this up.
>
> But I have not done anything to do with kernel work since years ago
> when I read a lot of the main parts of the Linux 2.4 Kernel. Also I
> did code to get into and out of protected mode before this.
>
> Heres the datasheets that cover the chipset :-
>
> https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/chipsets/200-series-chipset-pch-datasheet-vol-1.html
> https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/chipsets/200-series-chipset-pch-datasheet-vol-2.html
>

Xen doesn't have a list of individual support chips/systems, because
kernels don't really work like that.  We work feature by feature, or
device by device.

You appear to have a Broadwell-era system.  Any recent Linux distro
should work for you, including the provided Xen package.

~Andrew

_______________________________________________
Xen-devel mailing list
Xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org
https://lists.xenproject.org/mailman/listinfo/xen-devel

Re: Intel Z270 support

[Aaron Gray]

[-- Attachment #1.1: Type: text/plain, Size: 1184 bytes --]

On Thu, 18 Oct 2018 at 19:11, Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@citrix.com>
wrote:

> On 18/10/2018 18:57, Aaron Gray wrote:
> > I have two ASUS PRIME Z270-A machines based on Intel Z270 chipset and
> > am wondering about when support will be available for them and what I
> > can do to speed this up.
> >
> > But I have not done anything to do with kernel work since years ago
> > when I read a lot of the main parts of the Linux 2.4 Kernel. Also I
> > did code to get into and out of protected mode before this.
> >
> > Heres the datasheets that cover the chipset :-
> >
> >
> https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/chipsets/200-series-chipset-pch-datasheet-vol-1.html
> >
> https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/chipsets/200-series-chipset-pch-datasheet-vol-2.html
> >
>
> Xen doesn't have a list of individual support chips/systems, because
> kernels don't really work like that.  We work feature by feature, or
> device by device.
>
> You appear to have a Broadwell-era system.  Any recent Linux distro
> should work for you, including the provided Xen package.


I tried installing Xen 4.9 provided with Fedora 28 but it did not work. Can
I get support with this please ?

Aaron

[-- Attachment #1.2: Type: text/html, Size: 1875 bytes --]

[-- Attachment #2: Type: text/plain, Size: 157 bytes --]

_______________________________________________
Xen-devel mailing list
Xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org
https://lists.xenproject.org/mailman/listinfo/xen-devel

Re: Intel Z270 support

[Andrew Cooper]

[-- Attachment #1.1: Type: text/plain, Size: 1537 bytes --]

On 18/10/2018 19:45, Aaron Gray wrote:
> On Thu, 18 Oct 2018 at 19:11, Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@citrix.com
> <mailto:andrew.cooper3@citrix.com>> wrote:
>
>     On 18/10/2018 18:57, Aaron Gray wrote:
>     > I have two ASUS PRIME Z270-A machines based on Intel Z270
>     chipset and
>     > am wondering about when support will be available for them and
>     what I
>     > can do to speed this up.
>     >
>     > But I have not done anything to do with kernel work since years ago
>     > when I read a lot of the main parts of the Linux 2.4 Kernel. Also I
>     > did code to get into and out of protected mode before this.
>     >
>     > Heres the datasheets that cover the chipset :-
>     >
>     >
>     https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/chipsets/200-series-chipset-pch-datasheet-vol-1.html
>     >
>     https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/chipsets/200-series-chipset-pch-datasheet-vol-2.html
>     >
>
>     Xen doesn't have a list of individual support chips/systems, because
>     kernels don't really work like that.  We work feature by feature, or
>     device by device.
>
>     You appear to have a Broadwell-era system.  Any recent Linux distro
>     should work for you, including the provided Xen package.
>
>
> I tried installing Xen 4.9 provided with Fedora 28 but it did not
> work. Can I get support with this please ?

What didn't work.  What went wrong?

What logs do you have from the attempt?

We're not mind readers.  Noone here can divine the cause of your failure
from nothing.

~Andrew

[-- Attachment #1.2: Type: text/html, Size: 3093 bytes --]

[-- Attachment #2: Type: text/plain, Size: 157 bytes --]

_______________________________________________
Xen-devel mailing list
Xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org
https://lists.xenproject.org/mailman/listinfo/xen-devel

Re: Intel Z270 support

[Aaron Gray]

[-- Attachment #1.1: Type: text/plain, Size: 1575 bytes --]

On Thu, 18 Oct 2018 at 23:42, Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@citrix.com>
wrote:

> On 18/10/2018 19:45, Aaron Gray wrote:
>
> On Thu, 18 Oct 2018 at 19:11, Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@citrix.com>
> wrote:
>
>> On 18/10/2018 18:57, Aaron Gray wrote:
>> > I have two ASUS PRIME Z270-A machines based on Intel Z270 chipset and
>> > am wondering about when support will be available for them and what I
>> > can do to speed this up.
>> >
>> > But I have not done anything to do with kernel work since years ago
>> > when I read a lot of the main parts of the Linux 2.4 Kernel. Also I
>> > did code to get into and out of protected mode before this.
>> >
>> > Heres the datasheets that cover the chipset :-
>> >
>> >
>> https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/chipsets/200-series-chipset-pch-datasheet-vol-1.html
>> >
>> https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/chipsets/200-series-chipset-pch-datasheet-vol-2.html
>> >
>>
>> Xen doesn't have a list of individual support chips/systems, because
>> kernels don't really work like that.  We work feature by feature, or
>> device by device.
>>
>> You appear to have a Broadwell-era system.  Any recent Linux distro
>> should work for you, including the provided Xen package.
>
>
> I tried installing Xen 4.9 provided with Fedora 28 but it did not work.
> Can I get support with this please ?
>
>
> What didn't work.  What went wrong?
>
> What logs do you have from the attempt?
>
> We're not mind readers.  Noone here can divine the cause of your failure
> from nothing.
>

Sorry I will post a proper report over the weekend.

Aaron

[-- Attachment #1.2: Type: text/html, Size: 3258 bytes --]

[-- Attachment #2: Type: text/plain, Size: 157 bytes --]

_______________________________________________
Xen-devel mailing list
Xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org
https://lists.xenproject.org/mailman/listinfo/xen-devel

Re: Intel Z270 support

[Aaron Gray]

[-- Attachment #1.1: Type: text/plain, Size: 2981 bytes --]

On Fri, 19 Oct 2018 at 19:58, Aaron Gray <aaronngray.lists@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Thu, 18 Oct 2018 at 23:42, Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@citrix.com>
> wrote:
>
>> On 18/10/2018 19:45, Aaron Gray wrote:
>>
>> On Thu, 18 Oct 2018 at 19:11, Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@citrix.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> On 18/10/2018 18:57, Aaron Gray wrote:
>>> > I have two ASUS PRIME Z270-A machines based on Intel Z270 chipset and
>>> > am wondering about when support will be available for them and what I
>>> > can do to speed this up.
>>> >
>>> > But I have not done anything to do with kernel work since years ago
>>> > when I read a lot of the main parts of the Linux 2.4 Kernel. Also I
>>> > did code to get into and out of protected mode before this.
>>> >
>>> > Heres the datasheets that cover the chipset :-
>>> >
>>> >
>>> https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/chipsets/200-series-chipset-pch-datasheet-vol-1.html
>>> >
>>> https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/chipsets/200-series-chipset-pch-datasheet-vol-2.html
>>> >
>>>
>>> Xen doesn't have a list of individual support chips/systems, because
>>> kernels don't really work like that.  We work feature by feature, or
>>> device by device.
>>>
>>> You appear to have a Broadwell-era system.  Any recent Linux distro
>>> should work for you, including the provided Xen package.
>>
>>
>> I tried installing Xen 4.9 provided with Fedora 28 but it did not work.
>> Can I get support with this please ?
>>
>>
>> What didn't work.  What went wrong?
>>
>> What logs do you have from the attempt?
>>
>> We're not mind readers.  Noone here can divine the cause of your failure
>> from nothing.
>>
>
> Sorry I will post a proper report over the weekend.
>
>
Heres what I am getting now which is different from before with Xen 4.9 on
F28. Before it was actually booting past the [U]EFI stage. And I am not
sure why it is faultering oon this. I have turned off UEFI on the
Motherboard.

Loading Xen 4.10.2.config ...
error: file `EFI/fedora/x86_64-efi/module.mod' not found.
error: file `EFI/fedora/x86_64-efi/multiboot.mod' not found.
error: can't find command `multiboot'.
Loading Linux 4.16.3-301.fc28.x86_64 ...
error: can't find command `module'.
Loading initial ramdisk ...
error: file `EFI/fedora/x86_64-efi/module.mod' not found.
error: can't find command `module'.

Loading Xen 4.10.2.config ...
error: file `EFI/fedora/x86_64-efi/module3.mod' not found.
error: file `EFI/fedora/x86_64-efi/multiboot3.mod' not found.
error: can't find command `multiboot3'.
Loading Linux 4.16.3-301.fc28.x86_64 ...
error: can't find command `module3'.
Loading initial ramdisk ...
error: file `EFI/fedora/x86_64-efi/module3.mod' not found.
error: can't find command `module2'.

I have managed to install, boot, and run F28 in KVM'ed F28 so my hardware
is supported properly by KVM.

Many thanks in advance,

-- 
Aaron Gray

Independent Open Source Software Engineer, Computer Language Researcher,
Information Theorist, and amateur computer scientist.

[-- Attachment #1.2: Type: text/html, Size: 5438 bytes --]

[-- Attachment #2: Type: text/plain, Size: 157 bytes --]

_______________________________________________
Xen-devel mailing list
Xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org
https://lists.xenproject.org/mailman/listinfo/xen-devel

Re: Intel Z270 support

[Aaron Gray]

[-- Attachment #1.1: Type: text/plain, Size: 3190 bytes --]

On Sun, 21 Oct 2018 at 21:36, Aaron Gray <aaronngray.lists@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Fri, 19 Oct 2018 at 19:58, Aaron Gray <aaronngray.lists@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> On Thu, 18 Oct 2018 at 23:42, Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@citrix.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> On 18/10/2018 19:45, Aaron Gray wrote:
>>>
>>> On Thu, 18 Oct 2018 at 19:11, Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@citrix.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 18/10/2018 18:57, Aaron Gray wrote:
>>>> > I have two ASUS PRIME Z270-A machines based on Intel Z270 chipset and
>>>> > am wondering about when support will be available for them and what I
>>>> > can do to speed this up.
>>>> >
>>>> > But I have not done anything to do with kernel work since years ago
>>>> > when I read a lot of the main parts of the Linux 2.4 Kernel. Also I
>>>> > did code to get into and out of protected mode before this.
>>>> >
>>>> > Heres the datasheets that cover the chipset :-
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/chipsets/200-series-chipset-pch-datasheet-vol-1.html
>>>> >
>>>> https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/chipsets/200-series-chipset-pch-datasheet-vol-2.html
>>>> >
>>>>
>>>> Xen doesn't have a list of individual support chips/systems, because
>>>> kernels don't really work like that.  We work feature by feature, or
>>>> device by device.
>>>>
>>>> You appear to have a Broadwell-era system.  Any recent Linux distro
>>>> should work for you, including the provided Xen package.
>>>
>>>
>>> I tried installing Xen 4.9 provided with Fedora 28 but it did not work.
>>> Can I get support with this please ?
>>>
>>>
>>> What didn't work.  What went wrong?
>>>
>>> What logs do you have from the attempt?
>>>
>>> We're not mind readers.  Noone here can divine the cause of your failure
>>> from nothing.
>>>
>>
>> Sorry I will post a proper report over the weekend.
>>
>>
> Heres what I am getting now which is different from before with Xen 4.9 on
> F28. Before it was actually booting past the [U]EFI stage. And I am not
> sure why it is faultering oon this. I have turned off UEFI on the
> Motherboard.
>
> Loading Xen 4.10.2.config ...
> error: file `EFI/fedora/x86_64-efi/module.mod' not found.
> error: file `EFI/fedora/x86_64-efi/multiboot.mod' not found.
> error: can't find command `multiboot'.
> Loading Linux 4.16.3-301.fc28.x86_64 ...
> error: can't find command `module'.
> Loading initial ramdisk ...
> error: file `EFI/fedora/x86_64-efi/module.mod' not found.
> error: can't find command `module'.
>
> Loading Xen 4.10.2.config ...
> error: file `EFI/fedora/x86_64-efi/module3.mod' not found.
> error: file `EFI/fedora/x86_64-efi/multiboot3.mod' not found.
> error: can't find command `multiboot3'.
> Loading Linux 4.16.3-301.fc28.x86_64 ...
> error: can't find command `module3'.
> Loading initial ramdisk ...
> error: file `EFI/fedora/x86_64-efi/module3.mod' not found.
> error: can't find command `module2'.
>

Sorry this looks like a Fedora issue. I will take this over to the Fedora
mailing list, but if anyone is Fedora based I would appreciate help.

Regards,

Aaron
-- 
Aaron Gray

Independent Open Source Software Engineer, Computer Language Researcher,
Information Theorist, and amateur computer scientist.

[-- Attachment #1.2: Type: text/html, Size: 5881 bytes --]

[-- Attachment #2: Type: text/plain, Size: 157 bytes --]

_______________________________________________
Xen-devel mailing list
Xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org
https://lists.xenproject.org/mailman/listinfo/xen-devel

Re: [Xen-users] Intel Z270 support

[Eric Duncan]

[-- Attachment #1.1: Type: text/plain, Size: 1034 bytes --]

On Thu, Oct 18, 2018 at 2:03 PM Aaron Gray wrote:

> I have two ASUS PRIME Z270-A machines based on Intel Z270 chipset and am
> wondering about when support will be available for them and what I can do
> to speed this up.
>
> But I have not done anything to do with kernel work since years ago when I
> read a lot of the main parts of the Linux 2.4 Kernel. Also I did code to
> get into and out of protected mode before this.
>
> Heres the datasheets that cover the chipset :-
>
>
> https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/chipsets/200-series-chipset-pch-datasheet-vol-1.html
>
> https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/chipsets/200-series-chipset-pch-datasheet-vol-2.html
>
> Regards,
>
> Aaron
>

It's your Linux kernel that needs to support your hardware, not Xen itself.

I personally run Xen with an Arch Linux dom0 specifically for this purpose
of getting the latest hardware support across my devices.  For example, I
am on kernel 4.18.10 at this moment.  The AUR also keeps a fairly recent
version of Xen, currently 4.11.

-E

[-- Attachment #1.2: Type: text/html, Size: 1724 bytes --]

[-- Attachment #2: Type: text/plain, Size: 157 bytes --]

_______________________________________________
Xen-devel mailing list
Xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org
https://lists.xenproject.org/mailman/listinfo/xen-devel

Re: [Xen-users] Intel Z270 support

[Aaron Gray]

[-- Attachment #1.1: Type: text/plain, Size: 1968 bytes --]

On Wed, 24 Oct 2018 at 14:25, Eric Duncan <eduncan911@gmail.com> wrote:

>
> On Thu, Oct 18, 2018 at 2:03 PM Aaron Gray wrote:
>
>> I have two ASUS PRIME Z270-A machines based on Intel Z270 chipset and am
>> wondering about when support will be available for them and what I can do
>> to speed this up.
>>
>> But I have not done anything to do with kernel work since years ago when
>> I read a lot of the main parts of the Linux 2.4 Kernel. Also I did code to
>> get into and out of protected mode before this.
>>
>> Heres the datasheets that cover the chipset :-
>>
>>
>> https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/chipsets/200-series-chipset-pch-datasheet-vol-1.html
>>
>> https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/chipsets/200-series-chipset-pch-datasheet-vol-2.html
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Aaron
>>
>
> It's your Linux kernel that needs to support your hardware, not Xen itself.
>
> I personally run Xen with an Arch Linux dom0 specifically for this purpose
> of getting the latest hardware support across my devices.  For example, I
> am on kernel 4.18.10 at this moment.  The AUR also keeps a fairly recent
> version of Xen, currently 4.11.
>

That sounds an interesting direction I would try Arch if I was not trying
to get Xen Fedora rawhide sussed as I need this step to get my machine
architecture working with Qubes.

F29 Beta has 4.11.0

At present I have one instillation on F29 that worked straight away with :-

    sudo yum groupinstall 'Virtualization'
    sudo yum install xen

And another were I did a yum update first and Xen it does not function with
the missing module.mod and multiboot.mod issue that was found in F27 and
F28.

    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1486002#c36

I just need to do the diff's on /boot and the rpm's tomorrow to see what if
I can find the issue.

Regards,

Aaron






-- 
Aaron Gray

Independent Open Source Software Engineer, Computer Language Researcher,
Information Theorist, and amateur computer scientist.

[-- Attachment #1.2: Type: text/html, Size: 13392 bytes --]

[-- Attachment #2: Type: text/plain, Size: 157 bytes --]

_______________________________________________
Xen-devel mailing list
Xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org
https://lists.xenproject.org/mailman/listinfo/xen-devel