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1 | 1 | ---
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2 | 2 | meta:
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| - title: Understanding Elastic Metal RV1 usage |
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| - description: This page provides more information and advanced ways for using EM-RV1 servers. |
| 3 | + title: Elastic Metal RV1 guidelines |
| 4 | + description: This page provides guidelines to use your EM-RV1 server. |
5 | 5 | content:
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| - h1: Understanding Elastic Metal RV1 usage |
7 |
| - paragraph: This page provides more information and advanced ways for using EM-RV1 servers. |
| 6 | + h1: Elastic Metal RV1 guidelines |
| 7 | + paragraph: This page provides guidelines to use your EM-RV1 server. |
8 | 8 | tags: elastic-metal server riscv em-rv1
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9 | 9 | dates:
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10 | 10 | validation: 2024-03-15
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@@ -116,5 +116,22 @@ custom upgrade channel. Follow the steps below to update your kernel:
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116 | 116 | ```bash
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117 | 117 | sudo rv1 update-kernel
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118 | 118 | ```
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| 119 | + |
| 120 | + <Message type="note"> |
| 121 | + If you prefer to run a more recent Linux kernel instead of the |
| 122 | + vendor-provided kernel, you can append the `--tree mainline` option. |
| 123 | + |
| 124 | + Although we do not recommend it, you can also enable support for vector |
| 125 | + instructions with the `--enable-vector` flag. Be aware that this feature |
| 126 | + implements an unratified version of RISC-V vector instructions (RVV 0.7.1) |
| 127 | + which requires specific development efforts. |
| 128 | + |
| 129 | + For a comprehensive list of options, refer to `rv1 update-kernel --help`. |
| 130 | + </Message> |
119 | 131 | 4. Wait for the update to complete. This step can take a few minutes.
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120 | 132 | 5. Reboot the server in normal mode.
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| 133 | + |
| 134 | +<Message type="note"> |
| 135 | +If you are updating from kernel version `5.10.113-scw0` or lower, note that |
| 136 | +newer kernels disable vector instructions by default. Refer to the process above if you still wish to keep them enabled. |
| 137 | +</Message> |
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