SRU ndctl into Bionic
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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ndctl (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Undecided
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Andreas Hasenack | ||
Bionic |
Fix Released
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
[Impact]
The support for Intel NVDIMM technology requires both kernel and userspace components. The kernel components have landed in 4.15 and are available in Bionic. In order for users to take advantage of NVDIMMs in their deployments, the following userspace packages are also needed in Bionic:
ndctl -- Utility library for managing the libnvdimm (non-volatile memory device) sub-system in the Linux kernel.
Upstream project: https:/
PMDK -- persistent memory toolkit
Upstream project: https:/
This SRU is about ndctl; pmdk is being handled in bug #1781269. Both should be accepted at the same time.
This SRU falls under the hardware enablement category.
[Test Case]
* Install daxctl and ndctl
sudo apt install daxctl ndctl
* download the two dep8 test scripts:
wget https:/
* execute them and verify exit status, which should be zero:
sh ./daxctl-commands; echo $?
sh ./ndctl-commands; echo $?
More detailed testing can be executed if the appropriate hardware is available.
[Regression Potential]
These are NEW packages for bionic. They were accepted into the archive after a lengthy review. It is lintian clear, with appropriate overrides or an explanation in README.source.
This package includes libraries, which could inadvertently become new dependencies. If a package has support for ndctl, for example, but it was always disabled because there was no ndctl in the archive, it could now be inadvertently enabled merely by having the lib*-dev package(s) installed.
Similarly, code paths in existing packages that would never have been traversed because of the lack of ndctl support, now could be exposed.
[Other Info]
Since the package doesn't exist in bionic, I don't think I can make an MP.
Here is the branch that represents the bionic source package, though:
https:/
You should be able to build a source package from that. Alternatively, you can download it from ppa:canonical-
The git master branch at https:/
The bug at https:/
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Changed in ndctl (Ubuntu): | |
milestone: | ubuntu-18.04.1 → bionic-updates |
status: | Confirmed → In Progress |
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Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.