Alison Schofield wrote:
> When the --media-errors option was added to cxl list it inadvertently
> changed the optional libtracefs requirement into a mandatory one.
> NDCTL versions 80,81,82 no longer build without libtracefs.
>
> With this change, NDCTL builds with or without libtracefs.
>
> Now, when libtracefs is not enabled, users will see:
> $ cxl list -r region0 --media-errors
> Error: unknown option `media-errors'
...but it is a known option that is documented. I.e. I would have
expected:
$ cxl list -r region0 --media-errors
Notice: --media-errors support disabled at build time.
[
{
"region": "region...
Let the command continue because that would also match the behavior of:
$ cxl list -vvv
...which does not fail when media errors can not be retrieved, and would
also make things like:
$ cxl list -R --media-errors --health
...at least give some useful data and succeed rather than fail and
require the script to be re-written to drop the option.
