Andrew's XCP-ng page

You should use the new official XCP-ng intaller for 8.3 and 8.2.1 (20231130) that includes updates to support EFI 64 bit FB, i225/i226 ethernet, r8125 ethernet (and more).
Items on this page are unsupported and may cause compatibility problems with official updates.
Use at your own risk for testing.

Here's a quick link to some of my code for XCP: (last updated Aug 17, 2025)

Hewlett Packard Smart Array driver (HPSA) for HP RAID cards.
This is a newer version (3.4.20-200) from the upstream kernel 5.10.219
for XCP 8.3 hp-hpsa-alt-5.10.219-1.xcpng8.3.x86_64.rpm

Intel ixgbe vendor version 6.1.6 alt driver from Intel GitHub source.
Support for Intel Ethernet Controllers 82598 82599 X520 X540 x550 X552 X553 E610
for XCP 8.3 intel-ixgbe-alt-6.1.6-1.xcpng8.3.x86_64.rpm

Realtek r8125 driver version 9.012.03 is now part of the XCP repository as r8125-module Realtek r8125 driver version 9.012.04-2 with TXcsum/SG/TSO disabled by default.

Test alt driver r8125 9.016.01. This version does NOT work with the 8126 chips.
Includes support for newer 8125 chip hardware versions. This is NOT well tested, but should work.
for XCP 8.3 r8125-module-alt-9.016.01-1.xcpng8.3.x86_64.rpm

Realtek r8126 driver...pending Realtek update and testing

Realtek r8127 driver. Untested as there is no PCIe card available, yet.
for XCP 8.3 ...11.015.00-1... removed due to firmware load issue, pending Realtek update and testing
At this time, all updated Realtek firmware is not included with XCP. Cards should still work with default firmware.
Current official rtl_nic firmware can be downloaded from kernel.org

Intel I225/I226 IGC driver version 5.10.226 is now part of the XCP repository as intel-igc for 8.2 (replacing 5.10.200 igc-module)
Intel I225/I226 IGC driver version 5.10.226 is now part of the XCP repository as intel-igc for 8.3

arcmsr Driver for Areca ARC11xx/12xx/16xx/188x SAS/SATA RAID Controller version 1.50.00.02-20200819 code from Linux 5.10.210
Also the vendor driver version 1.51.0X.16-20231226
WARNING: This driver is totally untested for XCP 8.3 arcmsr-module-alt-5.10.210-1.xcpng8.3.x86_64.rpm (use at your own risk)
WARNING: This driver is totally untested for XCP 8.3 arcmsr-module-vendor-1.51.0X.16.20231226-1.xcpng8.3.x86_64.rpm (use at your own risk)

PCIe ethernet Marvell aQuantia AQtion Atlantic ACQ-100/107/108/109/111/112/113/114/115/116 vendor driver version 2.5.12:
NOTE: The package name should be atlantic-module-alt when added to the XCP repository (but may change).
for XCP 8.2.1 atlantic-module-alt-2.5.12-1.xcpng8.2.x86_64.rpm
for XCP 8.3 atlantic-module-alt-2.5.12-1.xcpng8.3.x86_64.rpm

Realtek RTL 8152/8153/8155/8156/8157 USB driver for 100/1000/2500/5000meg ethernet.
Note that USB ethernet is not well supported in XCP-ng (or XenServer) and requires manual setup to work correctly.
for XCP 8.2.1 r8152-module-alt-2.19.2-1.xcpng8.2.x86_64.rpm
for XCP 8.3 r8152-module-alt-2.19.2-1.xcpng8.3.x86_64.rpm

Intel e1000e driver from Linux Kernel 5.10.179
for XCP 8.2.1 intel-e1000e-alt-5.10.179-1.xcpng8.2.x86_64.rpm
for XCP 8.3 intel-e1000e-alt-5.10.179-1.xcpng8.3.x86_64.rpm

The new XCP installer ISOs for 8.3 and 8.2 will include needed fixes and updates to boot new machines that had the UEFI problem before.
It's recomended you use the new official XCP installer ISO.
Note: If you manually delete the drivers you'll need to issue the "depmod -a" and "dracut --force -M /boot/initrd-$(uname -r).img $(uname -r)" commands.