Difference between revisions of "Pinebook Pro Hardware Accessory Compatibility"
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== NVMe SSD drives == | == NVMe SSD drives == | ||
Only PCI Express M.2 drives can work, due to the available connectivity of the Pinebook Pro. Consequently, SATA or USB M.2 cards will not work. | Only PCI Express M.2 drives can work, due to the available connectivity of the Pinebook Pro. Consequently, SATA or USB M.2 cards will not work. | ||
Please note that many users have reported issues with NVMe SSD drives, including random Linux lockups and crashes. Some of these issues are related to the [https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=712fa1777207 RK3399's errata] that disables Gen2 (5 GT/s) speed for the PCI Express link used by the NVMe SSD, reducing it down to Gen1 speed (2.5 GT/s). However, as of December 17, 2020, Linux distributions that use mainline Linux kernel still configure the PCI Express link to run at Gen2 speed, which requires [https://forum.pine64.org/showthread.php?tid=11683 manual reconfiguration] to Gen1 speed in case system instability is experienced. See also this [https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/linux-rockchip/patch/20200423150510.6216-1-pgwipeout@gmail.com/ related discussion]. | |||
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