Package: ipmctl Version: 02.00.00.3809+ds-1 Severity: normal X-Debbugs-Cc: pierre.ney...@free.fr
Dear Maintainer, ipmctl 02.00.00.3809+ds-1 which ships with Debian buster-backports, bullseye and sid breaks the Intel Optane DC PMEM aka Apache path (AEC). There was a regression, as stated in the fix committed just before version 02.00.00.3820 : https://github.com/intel/ipmctl/commit/9e3898cb15fa9eed3ef3e9de4488be1681d53ff4 We indeed currently have problems in our platform[1] composed of 4 Dell R640 equipped with Intel Optane DC PMEM, when using ipmctl 02.00.00.3809+ds-1 to change the goal from Memory Mode to App Direct (or vice versa). It just breaks the PMEM system: even from BIOS, it's impossible to fix the config afterward. The only option is to sanitize/reset to factory default (which takes ~30min each time!). Pierre [1] http://www.grid5000.fr -- System Information: Debian Release: bullseye/sid APT prefers testing APT policy: (500, 'testing') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 5.7.0-1-amd64 (SMP w/64 CPU threads) Kernel taint flags: TAINT_FIRMWARE_WORKAROUND Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF8 (charmap=UTF-8) (ignored: LC_ALL set to en_US.UTF-8), LANGUAGE not set Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system) LSM: AppArmor: enabled Versions of packages ipmctl depends on: ii libc6 2.31-3 ii libipmctl4 02.00.00.3809+ds-1 ipmctl recommends no packages. ipmctl suggests no packages. -- no debconf information
