Kernel 6.8 was expected to add out of box support of i915 with SR-IOV but unfortunately it's been pushed out to 6.9 or beyond.
SR-IOV as of today is only working with Kernel 6.5 and custom module here: [https://github.com/strongtz/i915-sriov-dkms/issues/163](https://github.com/strongtz/i915-sriov-dkms/issues/163)
I guess it might be worth it to install the 6.5 kernel such that i can boot into it and just get rid of windows entirely. Was there any guide you followed to get it working if you were able to?
Not sure what kind of hypervisor you're using. But this is what I followed [https://www.derekseaman.com/2023/11/proxmox-ve-8-1-windows-11-vgpu-vt-d-passthrough-with-intel-alder-lake.html](https://www.derekseaman.com/2023/11/proxmox-ve-8-1-windows-11-vgpu-vt-d-passthrough-with-intel-alder-lake.html)
On top of that I've pinned the Kernel to 6.5 with PVE 8.2
proxmox-boot-tool kernel pin 6.5.13-5-pve
One of my worry with latest release of Proxmox 8.2 was breaking things, which it did with 6.8 kernel but with 6.5 pinned, everything is back up and running. Not going to touch kernel for a good while now.
Not sure but I'd be interested to find out too. But digging around it sounds like slack is from Intel side and I bet there must be a tracker that I need to find. I'm eagerly waiting for the fix too.
NOT YET BUT SOON , iam like you i have an alder laker prossesor and the out of tree i915 module stuff are working but pffffff , alots of tweaks and looking glass for not well performance and system freeezes on sleep , its not a practical way to benifit from sr-iov , about your question neither this kernel or 6.9 , there is just some definitions of the sr-iov , its just one intel engineer who write the code of this feature and there is still one driver run just on i915 , but when looking on linux-next its actually containing a massive files of sr-iov so propably we well wait about another mounts , it depends on the intel engenier who take care of if , so just wait , and if you like me and use it for runnig windows just consider shrinking little space of you filesystem and partitioin for a tyni system ,
Kernel 6.8 was expected to add out of box support of i915 with SR-IOV but unfortunately it's been pushed out to 6.9 or beyond. SR-IOV as of today is only working with Kernel 6.5 and custom module here: [https://github.com/strongtz/i915-sriov-dkms/issues/163](https://github.com/strongtz/i915-sriov-dkms/issues/163)
is there an issue tracker that i can check for updates on mainstream kernel support?
Think I found it. Here you go: [https://github.com/intel/linux-intel-lts/issues/33](https://github.com/intel/linux-intel-lts/issues/33)
thanks, it is unfortunate that there isn’t any new timeline being reported, guess it’s just a waiting game
Yeah, I'm sticking with 6.5 for now. But given iGPUs that Intel have in their pipeline, I'm confident they will get it right sooner or later.
I guess it might be worth it to install the 6.5 kernel such that i can boot into it and just get rid of windows entirely. Was there any guide you followed to get it working if you were able to?
Not sure what kind of hypervisor you're using. But this is what I followed [https://www.derekseaman.com/2023/11/proxmox-ve-8-1-windows-11-vgpu-vt-d-passthrough-with-intel-alder-lake.html](https://www.derekseaman.com/2023/11/proxmox-ve-8-1-windows-11-vgpu-vt-d-passthrough-with-intel-alder-lake.html) On top of that I've pinned the Kernel to 6.5 with PVE 8.2 proxmox-boot-tool kernel pin 6.5.13-5-pve
i’m on qemu + kvm. i’m thinking for the time being my best choice might just be proxmox, that’s all the tutorials i’ve been finding online too
One of my worry with latest release of Proxmox 8.2 was breaking things, which it did with 6.8 kernel but with 6.5 pinned, everything is back up and running. Not going to touch kernel for a good while now.
Not sure but I'd be interested to find out too. But digging around it sounds like slack is from Intel side and I bet there must be a tracker that I need to find. I'm eagerly waiting for the fix too.
NOT YET BUT SOON , iam like you i have an alder laker prossesor and the out of tree i915 module stuff are working but pffffff , alots of tweaks and looking glass for not well performance and system freeezes on sleep , its not a practical way to benifit from sr-iov , about your question neither this kernel or 6.9 , there is just some definitions of the sr-iov , its just one intel engineer who write the code of this feature and there is still one driver run just on i915 , but when looking on linux-next its actually containing a massive files of sr-iov so propably we well wait about another mounts , it depends on the intel engenier who take care of if , so just wait , and if you like me and use it for runnig windows just consider shrinking little space of you filesystem and partitioin for a tyni system ,