Known Issues
COMPATIBILITY NOTICE FOR LINUX KERNELS 4.5 OR NEWER:
The Linux Kernel starting with version 4.5 allows a stricter management of PCI resources via setting CONFIG_IO_STRICT_DEVMEM. The current Silicon Software Runtime will not work when this setting is enabled. This is a known issue on some Linux distributions. To work-around this issue, please boot the linux kernel with option iomem=relaxed, or recompile the kernel with CONFIG_IO_STRICT_DEVMEM=n.
COMPATIBILITY NOTICE FOR UEFI SECURE BOOT:
If you install Linux on an UEFI machine using the Secure Boot option enabled in the UEFI settings, drivers might need to be signed. Currently, the Silicon Software Linux driver does not support signing during the build process. Signing requires for the user to create a certificate, sign the driver using the certificate and install the certificate into the UEFI certificate store. There are several how-tos to be found online if you want to sign the driver yourself. The easiest work-around, however, is to disable the UEFI Secure Boot feature in your mainboard settings.
NOTICE ON INSTALL-TIME ERROR MESSAGES:
When you install the driver on modern Linux distributions, you may encounter error messages referring to driver signing. You can safely ignore those error messages if the UEFI Secure Boot feature is disabled in your mainboard settings.