On Mon, Dec 4, 2017 at 9:49 AM, Per Jessen <per@computer.org> wrote:
Greg Freemyer wrote:
That's because the controller includes a standalone bios. NVMe doesn't use a separate bios. The main bios has to have NVMe support if you want to boot off of it.
That must have been a design decision at some point? Otherwise it sounds just like SCSI and fibre controllers with extension BIOS'es.
Agreed. I suspect the goal is that the adapter cards be extremely low cost so they have all the logic in the main bios. Also, in 5 years, NVMe drives will be extremely common in normal laptops / desktops, so the management/boot logic might as well go into the main bios. Greg -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org