Re: [PATCH v2] libnvdimm: Fix nvdimm_probe error on NVDIMM-N

[Johannes Thumshirn]

On Tue, Aug 16, 2016 at 01:08:40PM -0600, Toshi Kani wrote:
> 'ndctl list --buses --dimms' does not list any NVDIMM-Ns since
> they are considered as idle.  ndctl checks if any driver is
> attached to nmem device.  nvdimm_probe() always fails in
> nvdimm_init_nsarea() since NVDIMM-Ns do not implement optinal
> ND_CMD_GET_CONFIG_DATA command.
> 
> Change nvdimm_probe() to accept the case that the CONFIG_DATA
> command is not implemented for NVDIMM-Ns.  The driver attaches
> without ndd, which keeps it no-op to the device.
> 
> Reported-by: Brian Boylston <brian.boylston@xxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Toshi Kani <toshi.kani@xxxxxxx>
> Cc: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@xxxxxxxxx>

Tested-by: Johannes Thumshirn <jthumshirn@xxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Johannes Thumshirn <jthumshirn@xxxxxxx>

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