Package: mpt-status Version: 1.2.0-8 Severity: normal Hello, if you have more than one SCSI controller, depending on the order they are loaded at boot, the mpt-status does not work.
As an example, if the the machine with these controllers agenzia-480:~# lspci | grep SCS 03:00.0 SCSI storage controller: LSI Logic / Symbios Logic SAS1068E PCI-Express Fusion-MPT SAS (rev 08) 07:08.0 SCSI storage controller: LSI Logic / Symbios Logic 53c1030 PCI-X Fusion-MPT Dual Ultra320 SCSI (rev c1) load the drivers in this (problematic) order: agenzia-480:~# cat /proc/mpt/summary ioc0: LSI53C1020A A1, FwRev=01032700h, Ports=1, MaxQ=255, IRQ=16 ioc1: LSISAS1068E B3, FwRev=00192f00h, Ports=1, MaxQ=266, IRQ=16 mpt-status does not work. See: agenzia-480:~# mpt-status -u0 -p Checking for SCSI ID:0 Checking for SCSI ID:1 Checking for SCSI ID:2 Checking for SCSI ID:3 Checking for SCSI ID:4 Checking for SCSI ID:5 Checking for SCSI ID:6 Checking for SCSI ID:7 Checking for SCSI ID:8 Checking for SCSI ID:9 Checking for SCSI ID:10 Checking for SCSI ID:11 Checking for SCSI ID:12 Checking for SCSI ID:13 Checking for SCSI ID:14 Checking for SCSI ID:15 Nothing found, contact the author agenzia-480:~# mpt-status -u1 -p Checking for SCSI ID:0 Checking for SCSI ID:1 Checking for SCSI ID:2 Checking for SCSI ID:3 Checking for SCSI ID:4 Checking for SCSI ID:5 Checking for SCSI ID:6 Checking for SCSI ID:7 Checking for SCSI ID:8 Checking for SCSI ID:9 Checking for SCSI ID:10 Checking for SCSI ID:11 Checking for SCSI ID:12 Checking for SCSI ID:13 Checking for SCSI ID:14 Checking for SCSI ID:15 Nothing found, contact the author If you reboot the machine and the scsi drivers are loaded in the reverse (correct?) order, i.e.: agenzia-480:~# cat /proc/mpt/summary ioc0: LSISAS1068E B3, FwRev=00192f00h, Ports=1, MaxQ=266, IRQ=16 ioc1: LSI53C1020A A1, FwRev=01032700h, Ports=1, MaxQ=255, IRQ=16 the command work: agenzia-480:~# mpt-status ioc0 vol_id 0 type IM, 2 phy, 278 GB, state OPTIMAL, flags ENABLED ioc0 phy 1 scsi_id 8 SEAGATE ST3300656SS HS0A, 279 GB, state ONLINE, flags NONE ioc0 phy 0 scsi_id 1 SEAGATE ST3300656SS HS0A, 279 GB, state ONLINE, flags NONE Please note that I have no other parameters: agenzia-480:~# LC_ALL=C cat /etc/default/mpt-statusd cat: /etc/default/mpt-statusd: No such file or directory This is on debian stretch 9.5, kernel 4.9.0-8-686, but the problem was present even with debian 8 and debian 7. Bye, Giuseppe P.S. the license file states that the source was downloaded from https://www.drugphish.ch/~ratz/mpt-status/ , but it seems that this page is not available.