On 2021-05-27, Walter Dnes <waltd...@waltdnes.org> wrote: > All current XPS models seem to have 256G or 512G M.2 PCIe NVMe Solid > State drives in the base configuration. Questions... > > * do NVMe drives function well under Gentoo (driver issues, etc)?
Yes. The kernel has supported NVMe drives for ages (since kernel 3.3): https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/NVMe https://www.networkworld.com/article/3397006/nvme-on-linux.html https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Solid_state_drive/NVMe I run Gentoo on a Thinkpad T580 with an NVMe drive, and it has always worked flawlessly. > * how long do they hold up (wear and tear)? Don't know. > * can I simply disable them if I run into problems? Sure: you can disable support in the kernel if you want to, but I can't think why you would. They "just work." -- Grant
