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      Andrew Top contributor @stormi
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      @stormi Minor issue: e1000e does not show driver version with ethtool:

      # ethtool -i eth0
      driver: e1000e
      version:
      firmware-version: 0.1-4
      expansion-rom-version:
      bus-info: 0000:00:1f.6
      supports-statistics: yes
      supports-test: yes
      supports-eeprom-access: yes
      supports-register-dump: yes
      supports-priv-flags: yes
      
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        flakpyro @Greg_E
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        @Greg_E It seems to handle it fine, i have 2 of these systems running without issue with 8.3!

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          stormi Vates 🪐 XCP-ng Team @flakpyro
          last edited by

          @flakpyro No, I'm waiting for more feedback from the devs. All I have from them for now is it looks like either a firmware or a passthrough issue. I don't think we have changed anything to fix it.

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            stormi Vates 🪐 XCP-ng Team @Andrew
            last edited by stormi

            @Andrew Thanks for noticing that. CC @ThierryEscande

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              Andrew Top contributor @stormi
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              @stormi @ThierryEscande I issued a PR for intel-e1000e to add the version for ethtool.

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                ph7 @stormi
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                @stormi
                My old i7 with e1000e is working fine (except the version not shoving)

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                  olivierlambert Vates 🪐 Co-Founder CEO @Greg_E
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                  @Greg_E It works but it's not designed to work. I'm personally use a system like this at home (Protectli) and no issues so far after a rather intensive use.

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                    stormi Vates 🪐 XCP-ng Team @Andrew
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                    @Andrew What does a regular linux distro output as a version for the driver? I've been told there's no version in the source code, so does it output anything?

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                      blankOutreach @stormi
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                      @stormi It shows the kernel version, exactly what uname -r would.

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                        Andrew Top contributor @stormi
                        last edited by

                        @stormi From Debian 11:

                        # ethtool -i enp0s25
                        driver: e1000e
                        version: 5.10.0-34-amd64
                        firmware-version: 0.2-4
                        expansion-rom-version:
                        bus-info: 0000:00:19.0
                        supports-statistics: yes
                        supports-test: yes
                        supports-eeprom-access: yes
                        supports-register-dump: yes
                        supports-priv-flags: yes
                        
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                          bufanda
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                          Updated my Lab pool consisting of 2 Nodes this morning
                          Rebooted master first, then slave. No issues VMs migrated between reboots.
                          Couldn't see any issue til now.

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                            olivierlambert Vates 🪐 Co-Founder CEO
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                            Updates done on 1x Intel and 1x AMD host, rebooted, no visible issues.

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                              ThierryEscande Vates 🪐 XCP-ng Team @olivierlambert
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                              Hi @Andrew, @ph7, @blankOutreach and others

                              A new release of the Intel e1000e driver is available for testing. It's a minor release that fixes the driver version reported by ethtool, no other change. Please test this update and verify that network connectivity and features that you depend on work as expected.

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                                ph7 @ThierryEscande
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                                @ThierryEscande
                                Ran some tests for 20 min
                                Seems to work fine

                                [18:39 x1 ~]# ethtool -i eth0
                                driver: e1000e
                                version: 5.10.179
                                firmware-version: 0.13-3
                                expansion-rom-version: 
                                bus-info: 0000:00:19.0
                                supports-statistics: yes
                                supports-test: yes
                                supports-eeprom-access: yes
                                supports-register-dump: yes
                                supports-priv-flags: yes
                                
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                                  Andrew Top contributor @ThierryEscande
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                                  @ThierryEscande I ran the update and it's passing good data (on an older card that worked before).

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                                    Greg_E
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                                    I finally got my lab updated and the two vms started, so far so good. Stats data is present, the first time I've seen any of my hosts pull 100% CPU. Hosts are little HP T740 thin clients with AMD V1756B processors and 64GB of ram, in a 3 host pool.

                                    Sorry I can't bring more detail, not really doing work on my XCP lab right now, and lots of shake up around tech. space at work.

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                                      stormi Vates 🪐 XCP-ng Team
                                      last edited by stormi

                                      So, we owe a very big thank you to everyone here for your tests and feedback. The numerous updates that were in the xcp-ng-testing repository are now officially published to everyone:

                                      https://xcp-ng.org/blog/2025/05/26/may-2025-maintenance-update-for-xcp-ng-8-3/

                                      But stay with us, as very soon we'll have a few more updates to test, as well as refreshed installation ISOs!

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                                        flakpyro @stormi
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                                        @stormi Installed on our 2 production pools, DR and remote sites, 46 hosts total ranging from Dell, Lenovo, HP, and Supermicro servers, no issues to report!

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                                          stormi Vates 🪐 XCP-ng Team
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                                          Just a heads-up to let you know that we'll soon (tonight? Tomorrow?) upload pre-releases of the refreshed installation ISOs for XCP-ng 8.3.

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                                            bufanda @stormi
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                                            @stormi Oh Damn, bad timing I shouldn't have updated my 8.2 pool last sunday 😄

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