PVE Kernel install

[AWP Technologies]

when installing new kernels do i do

proxmox-kernel-6.11
or
proxmox-kernel-6.11.0-1-pve
or
proxmox-kernel-6.11.0-1-pve-signed

I dont understand the difference between regular pve and pve-signed.
Would someone please explain the difference>

 

[cheiss]

Hi,

dont understand the difference between regular pve and pve-signed.

The -signed variants are needed for Secure Boot, which requires a specifically signed kernel. See also Secure Boot in our admin guide.

proxmox-kernel-6.11
or
proxmox-kernel-6.11.0-1-pve

Here the difference is that the first one is less specified, i.e. when e.g. proxmox-kernel-6.11.1-1-pve is made available, it will install that kernel on a system upgrade. With the second one, you'd need to install the newer kernel explicitly.

So normally you would just install the proxmox-kernel-6.11 (in this case) package, as that will pull in the signed kernel by default anyway. The signed kernel can also be used if Secure Boot is not available, doesn't make a difference in that case.

 

[AWP Technologies]

sadly i use a vgpu driver for nvidia card and the dkms modules would not build against the new 6.11 kernel. so as of now i am stuck on 6.8

I upgraded to 6.8.12-4 and the driver and dkms worked fine. im guessing i will have to figure out how to patch the driver to work on newer kernel since i do not have an updated nvidia gridd driver. any tips would be great. I run the 6.11 on all of my vms now i just have to get the vgpu driver working on host.

To be more specific i have an nvidia quadro p4000 that is split between 4 vms giving all of them 2 gb of physical gpu memory.

 

[cheiss]

Do you have a specific reason why you would need the 6.11 kernel? Otherwise, I'd suggest simply staying on 6.8.x for now, if it works fine.
It is the default kernel for the default release anyway, the 6.11 is more for testing or if you really need it for hardware support.

since i do not have an updated nvidia gridd driver

I can confirm that at least the official 550.90.05 Linux-KVM/GRID DKMS drivers work/compile fine with the 6.11 kernel branch.

 

[AWP Technologies]

I'm using Driver Version: 535.161.05