** Description changed: - [Impact] - * The ledmon version included in Raring contained a bug that broke PCIe SSD devices - on Dell Server Hardware. The Dell PCIE SSDs do not have a 'hostN' field in their sysfs paths as they are block devices directly connected to their host PCI device. + * The ledmon version included in Raring contained a bug that broke PCIe SSD devices + on Dell Server Hardware. The Dell PCIE SSDs do not have a 'hostN' field in their sysfs paths as they are block devices directly connected to their host PCI device. - * The bug caused these devices to stop being recognized properly in the + * The bug caused these devices to stop being recognized properly in the OS. [Test Case] - * Install ledmon 0.74-1 onto a raring server with the appropriate PCIE + * Install ledmon 0.74-1 onto a raring server with the appropriate PCIE SSD hardware. - * run 'sudo ledmon' to start the led monitor. + * run 'sudo ledmon' to start the led monitor. - * Look in /var/log/syslog..you'll see messages such as the following + * Look in /var/log/syslog..you'll see messages such as the following repeated continuously several times as the OS tries to figure out what the SSD device is: ledmon[2449]: Device (null) : No host_id! ledmon[2449]: DETACHED DEV '(null)' in failed state - * With the upstream patch in place and after restarting ledmon, the "no + * With the upstream patch in place and after restarting ledmon, the "no host_id" and "DETACHED_DEV" messages will go away and the PCIe SSD devices are detected correctly. + [Regression Potential] - [Regression Potential] - - * Low. This fix is very targeted to the PCIE SSD hardware on Dell + * Low. This fix is very targeted to the PCIE SSD hardware on Dell systems, and should not break any other devices. - * Tested by me on the specific hardware to ensure that the regression has gone away. - + * Tested by me on the specific hardware to ensure that the regression + has gone away. [Other Info] Here is the upstream commit that eventually went into upstream ledmon 0.75: + + http://ledmon.git.sourceforge.net/git/gitweb.cgi?p=ledmon/ledmon;a=commitdiff;h=d6b7c55869fa7a5224844407ef2d5aab785c4db8
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