# NVMe support **URL:** \ **Category:** SLES Hardware\ **Created:** [October 2, 2014, 2:04am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/nvme-support/26164 "2014-10-02T02:04:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![arpitpatel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/65b543/32.png) [@arpitpatel](https://forums.suse.com/u/arpitpatel)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2014, 2:04am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/nvme-support/26164/1 "2014-10-02T02:04:02Z")
Hi, Is there any support for NVMe drivers in SLES 11? Thanks AP ---
**Author:** ![malcolmlewis](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forums.suse.com/malcolmlewis/32/11375_2.png) [@malcolmlewis](https://forums.suse.com/u/malcolmlewis)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2014, 2:49am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/nvme-support/26164/2 "2014-10-02T02:49:19Z")
> [@](#): > > On Wed 01 Oct 2014 11:14:02 PM CDT, arpitpatel wrote: > > Hi, > Is there any support for NVMe drivers in SLES 11? > Thanks > AP Hi By the looks it’s in kernels \>= 3.3 so not in the current releases. You would need to build the module. What release of SLES are you talking about? – Cheers Malcolm °¿° LFCS, SUSE Knowledge Partner (Linux Counter #276890) openSUSE 13.1 (Bottle) (x86\_64) GNOME 3.10.1 Kernel 3.11.10-21-desktop If you find this post helpful and are logged into the web interface, please show your appreciation and click on the star below… Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![malcolmlewis](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forums.suse.com/malcolmlewis/32/11375_2.png) [@malcolmlewis](https://forums.suse.com/u/malcolmlewis)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2014, 2:57am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/nvme-support/26164/3 "2014-10-02T02:57:07Z")
> [@](#): > > On Wed 01 Oct 2014 11:49:19 PM CDT, malcolmlewis wrote: > > > [@](#): > > > > On Wed 01 Oct 2014 11:14:02 PM CDT, arpitpatel wrote: > > > > Hi, > > Is there any support for NVMe drivers in SLES 11? > > Thanks > > AP > > Hi > By the looks it’s in kernels \>= 3.3 so not in the current releases. You > would need to build the module. What release of SLES are you talking > about? Hi Ahh just checked, it is present in SLED 11 SP3, doesn’t look like it’s present in SLES 11 SP3… ```auto cat /etc/SuSE-release SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 (x86_64) VERSION = 11 PATCHLEVEL = 3 /sbin/modinfo nvme filename: /lib/modules/3.0.101-0.35-default/kernel/drivers/block/nvme.ko version: 0.8 license: GPL author: Matthew Wilcox srcversion: BFF5B1DA564C3257E332C52 alias: pci:v*d*sv*sd*bc01sc08i02* depends: supported: no vermagic: 3.0.101-0.35-default SMP mod_unload modversions signer: SUSE Linux Enterprise Secure Boot Signkey sig_key: 3F:B0:77:B6:CE:BC:6F:F2:52:2E:1C:14:8C:57:C7:77:C7:88:E3:E7 sig_hashalgo: sha256 parm: nvme_major:int parm: use_threaded_interrupts:int ``` – Cheers Malcolm °¿° LFCS, SUSE Knowledge Partner (Linux Counter #276890) openSUSE 13.1 (Bottle) (x86\_64) GNOME 3.10.1 Kernel 3.11.10-21-desktop If you find this post helpful and are logged into the web interface, please show your appreciation and click on the star below… Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![arpitpatel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/65b543/32.png) [@arpitpatel](https://forums.suse.com/u/arpitpatel)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2014, 6:33pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/nvme-support/26164/4 "2014-10-02T18:33:00Z")
[QUOTE=malcolmlewis;23955]Hi Ahh just checked, it is present in SLED 11 SP3, doesn’t look like it’s present in SLES 11 SP3… ```auto cat /etc/SuSE-release SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 (x86_64) VERSION = 11 PATCHLEVEL = 3 /sbin/modinfo nvme filename: /lib/modules/3.0.101-0.35-default/kernel/drivers/block/nvme.ko version: 0.8 license: GPL author: Matthew Wilcox srcversion: BFF5B1DA564C3257E332C52 alias: pci:v*d*sv*sd*bc01sc08i02* depends: supported: no vermagic: 3.0.101-0.35-default SMP mod_unload modversions signer: SUSE Linux Enterprise Secure Boot Signkey sig_key: 3F:B0:77:B6:CE:BC:6F:F2:52:2E:1C:14:8C:57:C7:77:C7:88:E3:E7 sig_hashalgo: sha256 parm: nvme_major:int parm: use_threaded_interrupts:int ``` – Cheers Malcolm °¿° LFCS, SUSE Knowledge Partner (Linux Counter #276890) openSUSE 13.1 (Bottle) (x86\_64) GNOME 3.10.1 Kernel 3.11.10-21-desktop If you find this post helpful and are logged into the web interface, please show your appreciation and click on the star below… Thanks![/QUOTE] Thanks a lot Malcolm for your quick reply. ---
**Author:** ![malcolmlewis](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forums.suse.com/malcolmlewis/32/11375_2.png) [@malcolmlewis](https://forums.suse.com/u/malcolmlewis)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2014, 6:56pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/nvme-support/26164/5 "2014-10-02T18:56:46Z")
> [@](#): > > On Thu 02 Oct 2014 03:34:01 PM CDT, arpitpatel wrote: > > Thanks a lot Malcolm for your quick reply. Hi I’m assuming you need it for SLES, I can ask my SUSE Contacts if/why not present in SLES? – Cheers Malcolm °¿° LFCS, SUSE Knowledge Partner (Linux Counter #276890) openSUSE 13.1 (Bottle) (x86\_64) GNOME 3.10.1 Kernel 3.11.10-21-desktop If you find this post helpful and are logged into the web interface, please show your appreciation and click on the star below… Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![arpitpatel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/65b543/32.png) [@arpitpatel](https://forums.suse.com/u/arpitpatel)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2014, 7:27pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/nvme-support/26164/6 "2014-10-02T19:27:31Z")
Actually I am interested in both the Desktop as well as Server version. That would be certainly helpful. Actually I was surprised to find it in SLED and not SLES, because initially this devices will be more applicable to Server. Thanks Arpit ---
**Author:** ![garygeike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e56c9b/32.png) [@garygeike](https://forums.suse.com/u/garygeike)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2015, 12:49am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/nvme-support/26164/7 "2015-01-15T00:49:19Z")
How difficult is it to build a module for SLES 11 SP3? Can a novice to it? I have a couple nvme devices I would like to try on my power system. [gary.geike@hgst.com](mailto:gary.geike@hgst.com) ---
**Author:** ![malcolmlewis](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forums.suse.com/malcolmlewis/32/11375_2.png) [@malcolmlewis](https://forums.suse.com/u/malcolmlewis)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2015, 1:14am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/nvme-support/26164/8 "2015-01-15T01:14:11Z")
> [@](#): > > On Wed 14 Jan 2015 10:54:01 PM CST, garygeike wrote: > > How difficult is it to build a module for SLES 11 SP3? Can a novice to > it? I have a couple nvme devices I would like to try on my power system. Hi This is a ppc system? Can you check it’s not present? ```auto /sbin/modinfo nvme ``` – Cheers Malcolm °¿° LFCS, SUSE Knowledge Partner (Linux Counter #276890) SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 GNOME 3.10.1 Kernel 3.12.28-4-default If you find this post helpful and are logged into the web interface, please show your appreciation and click on the star below… Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![garygeike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e56c9b/32.png) [@garygeike](https://forums.suse.com/u/garygeike)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2015, 5:30pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/nvme-support/26164/9 "2015-01-15T17:30:09Z")
[QUOTE=malcolmlewis;25820]Hi This is a ppc system? Can you check it’s not present? ```auto /sbin/modinfo nvme ``` – Cheers Malcolm °¿° LFCS, SUSE Knowledge Partner (Linux Counter #276890) SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 GNOME 3.10.1 Kernel 3.12.28-4-default If you find this post helpful and are logged into the web interface, please show your appreciation and click on the star below… Thanks![/QUOTE] I currently I have RHEL 7.0 loaded on the machine. I was considering moving to SuSE, because i’m having trouble with nvme on RHEL. Then I read this post and saw nvme was not supported on SLES. So really I was just wondering if there were plans to support nvme on SLES. As for your question, my current driver on RHEL is modinfo nvme filename: /lib/modules/3.10.0-123.el7.ppc64/kernel/drivers/block/nvme.ko version: 0.8 license: GPL author: Matthew Wilcox [willy@linux.intel.com](mailto:willy@linux.intel.com) srcversion: 819C52F20E776FD2D5F7896 alias: pci:v_d_sv_sd_bc01sc08i02\* depends: intree: Y vermagic: 3.10.0-123.el7.ppc64 SMP mod\_unload modversions signer: Red Hat Enterprise Linux kernel signing key sig\_key: 43:A8:52:7A:25:D8:24:04:43:11:64:7C:15:68:84:AC:4A:96:A0:20 sig\_hashalgo: sha256 parm: nvme\_major:int parm: use\_threaded\_interrupts:int [root@ezer400 ~]# rmmod nvme-hgst [root@ezer400 ~]# modinfo nvme filename: /lib/modules/3.10.0-123.el7.ppc64/kernel/drivers/block/nvme.ko version: 0.8 license: GPL author: Matthew Wilcox [willy@linux.intel.com](mailto:willy@linux.intel.com) srcversion: 819C52F20E776FD2D5F7896 alias: pci:v_d_sv_sd_bc01sc08i02\* depends: intree: Y vermagic: 3.10.0-123.el7.ppc64 SMP mod\_unload modversions signer: Red Hat Enterprise Linux kernel signing key sig\_key: 43:A8:52:7A:25:D8:24:04:43:11:64:7C:15:68:84:AC:4A:96:A0:20 sig\_hashalgo: sha256 parm: nvme\_major:int parm: use\_threaded\_interrupts:int The error when I try to do a modprobe is nvme\_hgst: module verification failed: signature and/or required key missing - tainting kernel [2157.503175] ftrace: Allocated trace\_printk buffers [2285.546938] nvme-hgst 0014:01:00.0: Device not ready; aborting initialisation ---
**Author:** ![Jens-U](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d78d45/32.png) [@Jens-U](https://forums.suse.com/u/Jens-U)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2015, 5:47pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/nvme-support/26164/10 "2015-01-15T17:47:11Z")
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