Your message dated Sun, 04 Feb 2018 23:11:31 +0100 with message-id <1517782291.5097.275.ca...@decadent.org.uk> and subject line Re: Bug#889146: AW: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=889146 has caused the Debian Bug report #889146, regarding smartctl - Read Device Identity failed to be marked as done.
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--- Begin Message ---Package: linux-image-3.2.0-5-amd64 Version: 3.2.96-3 I updated my wheezy kernel because of the meltdown patch. After the update two commands are not working anymore: 1.) tw-cli show 2.) smartctl -a -d 3ware,0 /dev/twa0 I have a 3ware raid controller with 6 disks and these disks are configured as PVs in my LVM: The LVM can see the disks behind the raid controller (Model 9500S-8), only the above cli tools are not working anymore. Useful output: ############## Distributor ID: Debian Description: Debian GNU/Linux 7.11 (wheezy) Release: 7.11 Codename: wheezy ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- test:~# dmesg -T | grep -m 1 twa [Fr Feb 2 15:41:28 2018] ioctl32(smartctl:21814): Unknown cmd fd(3) cmd(00000108){t:01;sz:0} arg(ffb5ea9c) on /dev/twa0 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- test:~# tw-cli show Error: (CLI:094) Invalid OS architecture for the application. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- test:~# smartctl -a -d 3ware,0 /dev/twa0 smartctl 6.4 2014-09-29 r3990 [x86_64-linux-3.2.0-5-amd64] (local build) Copyright (C) 2002-14, Bruce Allen, Christian Franke, www.smartmontools.org Read Device Identity failed: Input/output error A mandatory SMART command failed: exiting. To continue, add one or more '-T permissive' options. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- test:~# lspci -v 03:03.0 RAID bus controller: 3ware Inc 9xxx-series SATA-RAID Subsystem: 3ware Inc 9xxx-series SATA-RAID Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 72, IRQ 24 I/O ports at 2000 [size=256] Memory at dd300000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256] Memory at df800000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=8M] [virtual] Expansion ROM at dd310000 [disabled] [size=64K] Capabilities: [48] Power Management version 2 Kernel driver in use: 3w-9xxx ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I hope someone can help me to find the cause. Best regards Masi
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--- Begin Message ---On Sun, 2018-02-04 at 21:03 +0000, Masi Osmani wrote: > Hi Ben, > > thank you for your fast answer and the very professional completion > of my inquiry! > > Finally i found the mistake, i installed a 64bit kernel on a 32 bit > OS. This combination should generally work (and I used it for many years), but unfortunately the 3w-9xxx driver doesn't support it. Note that Meltdown has *not* been fixed in 32-bit (i386) kernels. Ben. -- Ben Hutchings The generation of random numbers is too important to be left to chance. - Robert Coveyou
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