bug#71372: [PATCH] gnu: linux-libre: Add 6.9-riscv.conf

[Zheng Junjie <zhengjunjie@iscas.ac.cn>]

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Guillaume Le Vaillant <glv@posteo.net> writes:

> Zheng Junjie <zhengjunjie@iscas.ac.cn> skribis:
>
>> Guillaume Le Vaillant <glv@posteo.net> writes:
>>
>>> Zheng Junjie <zhengjunjie@iscas.ac.cn> skribis:
>>>
>>>> Guillaume Le Vaillant <glv@posteo.net> writes:
>>>>
>>>>> Zheng Junjie <zhengjunjie@iscas.ac.cn> skribis:
>>>>>
>>>>>> * gnu/packages/aux-files/linux-libre/6.9-riscv.conf: New file.
>>>>>> * Makefile.am (AUX_FILES): Register it.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> [...]
>>>>>> +#
>>>>>> +# NVME Support
>>>>>> +#
>>>>>> +CONFIG_NVME_KEYRING=y
>>>>>> +CONFIG_NVME_CORE=y
>>>>>> +# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_NVME is not set
>>>>>> [...]
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi.
>>>>> If CONFIG_BLK_DEV_NVME is not set, wouldn't that prevent the kernel from
>>>>> seeing the NVME drive (as /dev/nvme* will not appear)?
>>>>> Or is it disabled on purpose because it doesn't work well yet?
>>>>
>>>> I'm not familiar with kernel options, so just i no set them, But in
>>>> Visionfive 2 when I enabled it, I couldn't see /dev/nvme* either.
>>>
>>> Ok. Maybe some other options will be necessary to activate NVME drive
>>> support. But we can try that later, and not delay merging this patch
>>> adding the missing RISC-V kernel configuration.
>> thanks, i push.
>> https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/guix.git/commit/?id=4ae4311b31f1687714a01196a20bdc8b5c2a5843
>>
>> Keep open to discuss missing riscv kernel configuration.
>
> According to the table in [1], PCIe support for the JH7110 processor of
> the VisionFive 2 board will be in the regular Linux kernel starting at
> version 6.11. As we're currently using version 6.9, this is why the NVME
> drive is not detected even with the CONFIG_BLK_DEV_NVME option
> activated.

Thanks for letting me know that.

>
> [1] https://rvspace.org/en/project/JH7110_Upstream_Plan

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