Intel 600p firmware update for linux?

[GMill7]

Hi

Any way to find out if there will be a fix for the issue below with the 600P?

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1402533 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1402533

I waited to May but the recent firmware update didn't include the 600P; stayed at v109C

Starting to think I should be asking for a refund

Geoffrey

[RRieg1]

Thanks SAJ2017, I finally found how to enable Legacy boot options, after unlocking CSM settings. I didn't know.

Regards

[idata]

Hello Richard-R and SAJ2017,

The reason behind the Intel SSD 600p Series not being supported on Linux* (for now) is that this drive was originally designed to work with the Windows* Inbox NVMe drivers. This was done so the drive would be simpler to install and use since no additional drivers are required.

If you're using an OS that does not natively support NVMe* boot, it may only work as a secondary drive once this driver has been added. If your distribution already provides this support natively, you should have no problems once you have updated your firmware to the latest version. Personally, I've tested the 600p in CentOS* 7 and did not run into any problems (http://www.nvmexpress.org/resources/linux-driver-information/ NVMe* driver will be found in any Linux* OS distro using Kernel 3.3 or later).

As mentioned in the other thread (/thread/114839 SSD Firmware Update Tool: Bootable USB), there are many ways to create a bootable USB from an ISO in Linux*. https://unetbootin.github.io/ UNetbootin* being one of the most recommended ones, but your Linux* distribution may also include a tool for this purpose already.

You may also perform the ISO to USB creation process in a Windows* machine using https://rufus.akeo.ie/ Rufus*. Since the bootable image is OS independent, it doesn't matter where you create the media. As SAJ2017 mentioned, do make sure you have the Compatibility Support Module (CSM or "Legacy Mode") enabled on your BIOS.

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We hope this information helps, please let us know if you continue having issues.

Best regards,

Carlos A.

[SJank1]

Hello Carlos,

I am still having issues with Release Candidate 1 of Debian 9 (Testing) and CentOS 7 in combination with an Intel 600P 512 GB SSD drive with the latest firmware on an HP Zbook Studio G3 with the latest BIOS. I don't have any problems running Debian 9 (Testing) off a USB hard drive or a Crucial 512 SATA SSD in a USB enclosure. So I suspect something may be going wrong with the Intel Skylake processor and chipset in combination with the Intel 600P SSD.

I will open a ticket with the CentOS and Debian projects for this and attach the log(s) I have obtained and hope this will be fixed in a future release of these respective Linux distributions. Alternatively I could try to build a more recent kernel and try to boot using that to see if the problem persists. I might look into this during the weekend.

Regards,

Sunil

[idata]

Hello SAJ2017,

Which file system are you using?Once you hear back from CentOS and Debian please let us know what they say. User feedback and experiences are very helpful to us.Best regards,Carlos A.

[SJank1]

Hello Carlos,

I used ext4 for the install but apparently there is not a problem with the SSD in combination with Linux.

However the crashes I was seeing were triggered by a combination of hybrid graphics in the HP Zbook

Studio G3 and the Intel 600P SSD causing the open source nouveau kernel driver to crash, which made

the entire system freeze. I did not see any issues when I installed Debian 9 on a Crucial SATA SSD

connected via USB.

In order to get a stable install on the Intel SSD this particular laptop model I had to switch to discrete graphics

in the EFI. I will take this up with the nouveau maintainers at Freedesktop.org but I can say that the SSD works

fine now and probably did all along but only with Debian 9 so far. I will test other distributions too now that I have

a working installation.

Best regards,

Sunil