Utility library for managing the libnvdimm (non-volatile memory device) sub-system in the Linux kernel
./autogen.sh
./configure CFLAGS='-g -O0' --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc --libdir=/usr/lib64
make
make check
sudo make install
There are a number of packages required for the build steps that may not be installed by default. For information about the required packages, see the "BuildRequires:" lines in ndctl.spec.in.
https://github.com/pmem/ndctl/blob/master/ndctl.spec.in
See the latest documentation for the NVDIMM kernel sub-system here:
The unit tests run by make check require the nfit_test.ko module to be
loaded. To build and install nfit_test.ko:
-
Obtain the kernel source. For example,
git clone -b libnvdimm-for-next git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/nvdimm/nvdimm.git -
Skip to step 3 if the kernel version is >= v4.8. Otherwise, for kernel versions < v4.8, configure the kernel to make some memory available to CMA (contiguous memory allocator). This will be used to emulate DAX.
CONFIG_DMA_CMA=y
CONFIG_CMA_SIZE_MBYTES=200
or
cma=200Mon the kernel command line. -
Compile the libnvdimm sub-system as a module, make sure "zone device" memory is enabled, and enable the btt, pfn, and dax features of the sub-system:
CONFIG_ZONE_DEVICE=y
CONFIG_LIBNVDIMM=m
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_PMEM=m
CONFIG_ND_BLK=m
CONFIG_BTT=y
CONFIG_NVDIMM_PFN=y
CONFIG_NVDIMM_DAX=y -
Build and install the unit test enabled libnvdimm modules in the following order. The unit test modules need to be in place prior to the
depmodthat runs during the finalmodules_install
make M=tools/testing/nvdimm
sudo make M=tools/testing/nvdimm modules_install
sudo make modules_install -
Now run
make checkin the ndctl source directory, orndctl test, if ndctl was built with--enable-test.
The unit tests will validate that the environment is set up correctly
before they try to run. If the platform is misconfigured, i.e. the unit
test modules are not available, or the test versions of the modules are
superseded by the "in-tree/production" version of the modules make check will skip tests and report a message like the following in
test/test-suite.log:
SKIP: libndctl
==============
test/init: nfit_test_init: nfit.ko: appears to be production version: /lib/modules/4.8.8-200.fc24.x86_64/kernel/drivers/acpi/nfit/nfit.ko.xz
__ndctl_test_skip: explicit skip test_libndctl:2684
nfit_test unavailable skipping tests
If the unit test modules are indeed available in the modules 'extra'
directory the default depmod policy can be overridden by adding a file
to /etc/depmod.d with the following contents:
override nfit * extra
override device_dax * extra
override dax_pmem * extra
override libnvdimm * extra
override nd_blk * extra
override nd_btt * extra
override nd_e820 * extra
override nd_pmem * extra