On 11/23/2016 2:02 PM, Tony Molloy wrote:> precision 15 7510 > > Intel? Core i5-6300HQ Processor (Quad Core 2.30Gthat too is a "skylake", latest gen intel CPU, you might have some issues with CentOS and the USB C/Thunderport, and/or USB 3 on those. If it works on Ubuntu, you likely can get it working with C7 albeit maybe using a newer kernel. unless you're going to game or run advanced CAD software, I'd try and find one that uses Intel's onboard graphics, just to keep things simpler, and save on battery life. IF that M.2 PCIe SSD is a NVMe drive, you might need to muck about with drivers or newer kernels to get it working, but it may well work in SATA mode 'out of box'. For sure, you'll have more luck with CentOS 7.x rather than 6.x -- john r pierce, recycling bits in santa cruz
On 11/23/2016 02:14 PM, John R Pierce wrote:> IF that M.2 PCIe SSD is a NVMe drive, you might need to muck about > with drivers or newer kernels to get it working, but it may well work > in SATA mode 'out of box'.Just to clarify this: Many modern Intel systems come configured for an Intel "RAID" mode. While configured for that mode, the SATA controller changes its PCI ID so that the standard Windows drivers don't bind to it, allowing the Intel RAID drivers to bind to it instead. There are no Linux drivers that bind to the "RAID" mode PCI ID, though if you switch the controller to "standard" mode, Linux drivers will work normally. https://mjg59.dreamwidth.org/44694.html?thread=1749398
On 11/23/2016 2:42 PM, Gordon Messmer wrote:> > Many modern Intel systems come configured for an Intel "RAID" mode. > While configured for that mode, the SATA controller changes its PCI ID > so that the standard Windows drivers don't bind to it, allowing the > Intel RAID drivers to bind to it instead. There are no Linux drivers > that bind to the "RAID" mode PCI ID, though if you switch the > controller to "standard" mode, Linux drivers will work normally. > > https://mjg59.dreamwidth.org/44694.html?thread=1749398I thought the mdraid software raid drivers supported the intel RST (formerly Matrix) fake raid ? the major difference is, with RST/Matrix, the whole disk has to be mirrored then partitioned, while mdraid normally does mirroring on a per partition basis. the other difference is the raid metadata block, but I thought mdraid understood how to interpret the intel RST/Matrix stuff ? -- john r pierce, recycling bits in santa cruz
On November 23, 2016 5:14:37 PM EST, John R Pierce <pierce at hogranch.com> wrote:>On 11/23/2016 2:02 PM, Tony Molloy wrote: >> precision 15 7510 >> >> Intel? Core i5-6300HQ Processor (Quad Core 2.30G > >that too is a "skylake", latest gen intel CPU, you might have some >issues with CentOS and the USB C/Thunderport, and/or USB 3 on those. > >If it works on Ubuntu, you likely can get it working with C7 albeit >maybe using a newer kernel. > >unless you're going to game or run advanced CAD software, I'd try and >find one that uses Intel's onboard graphics, just to keep things >simpler, and save on battery life. > >IF that M.2 PCIe SSD is a NVMe drive, you might need to muck about with > >drivers or newer kernels to get it working, but it may well work in >SATA >mode 'out of box'. > >For sure, you'll have more luck with CentOS 7.x rather than 6.x > > > >-- >john r pierce, recycling bits in santa cruz > >_______________________________________________ >CentOS mailing list >CentOS at centos.org >https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centosI am looking with interest at Dell XPS 15 but have not yet begun investigating if CentOS 7 would run on it.