SRU pmdk into Bionic
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
pmdk (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
|
Undecided
|
Andreas Hasenack | ||
Bionic |
Fix Released
|
Undecided
|
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 pmdk; ndctl is being handled in bug #1781268. Both should be accepted at the same time.
This SRU falls under the hardware enablement category.
[Test Case]
* Install pmdk-tools
sudo apt install pmdk-tools
* download the three dep8 test scripts:
wget https:/
* execute them and verify exit status, which should be zero:
sh ./daxio-version; echo $?
sh ./manage-pools; echo $?
sh ./rpmemd-version; 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. They are lintian clear, with appropriate overrides or an explanation in README.source.
These packages include libraries, which could inadvertently become new dependencies. If a package has support for pmdk, for example, but it was always disabled because there was no pmdk 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 pmdk 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:/
description: | updated |
Changed in pmdk (Ubuntu): | |
milestone: | ubuntu-18.04.1 → bionic-updates |
description: | updated |
summary: |
- SRU into Bionic + SRU pmdk into Bionic |
description: | updated |
Changed in pmdk (Ubuntu): | |
status: | Confirmed → Fix Released |
Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.