/mpss-modules

Intel Xeon Phi MPSS Modules for Linux 4.2.0

Primary LanguageCGNU General Public License v2.0GPL-2.0

Intel MPSS Kernel Modules

This repository contains patched Intel MPSS modules 3.6.1 to work with more recent Linux Kernels. Currently it is only tested on:

  • Ubuntu 14.10 with Linux 4.2.0 and gcc 5.2.1

It should work on any distributions with Kernel version 4.2.0.

Requirements

Before building the kernel modules, make sure you have all tools necessary to build the Linux Kernel (e.g., GCC, Make, etc.) and the kernel source or headers. On Ubuntu 14.10, should be enough to have the following packages installed:

  • build-essential
  • linux-headers-generic

Building and Installing

To build, simply run:

$ make MIC_CARD_ARCH=k1om

To install, you must be logged in as root or use sudo:

# make install

$ sudo make install

You may need to run depmod before loading the module:

$ sudo depmod
$ sudo modprobe mic