TL;DR: if you run 3ware cards on a 3.8 or newer kernel, you need to
upgrade the utility to correctly write card variables, as the old
version will sometimes segfault.
Tested on hardware models: 9750-4i, 9650SE-8LPML, 9690SA.
Per email:
> I've noticed recently that sys-block/tw_cli will segfault on modern
> systems when setting variables on a card (at least on a 9750-4i).
> ...
> when you go to run a battery capacity test, it'll complete the capacity
> test command, but segfault before it can update the timestamp on the
> card to record the last capacity test date. That causes the date to
> become "01-Jan-1970", and then dmesg will get flooded with "Battery
> capacity test overdue" messages. That's what prompted me to open a case
> with Broadcom, and then try to find some kind of workaround.
Reported-by: Joshua Kinard <kumba@gentoo.org>
Signed-off-by: Robin H. Johnson <robbat2@gentoo.org>
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