Fix dpkg and module versions to match driver

[Tourman36]

fio still shows old version

fio-status -a Found 1 VSL driver package: 4.3.7 build 1205 Driver: loaded ...

dpkg builds with old version numbers

root@pve1:/home/temp/iomemory-vsl4# ls -a .. . .. deb fio-preinstall_4.3.7.1205-1.0_amd64.deb fio-sysvinit_4.3.7.1205-1.0_all.deb fio-util_4.3.7.1205-1.0_amd64.deb iomemory-vsl4 iomemory-vsl4_4.3.7.1205-1.0_amd64.buildinfo iomemory-vsl4_4.3.7.1205-1.0_amd64.changes iomemory-vsl4_4.3.7.1205-1.0.dsc iomemory-vsl4_4.3.7.1205-1.0.tar.gz iomemory-vsl4-5.3.18-3-pve_4.3.7.1205-1.0_amd64.deb iomemory-vsl4-config-5.3.18-3-pve_4.3.7.1205-1.0_amd64.deb iomemory-vsl4-di-5.3.18-3-pve_4.3.7.1205-1.0_amd64.udeb iomemory-vsl4-initrd-5.3.18-3-pve_4.3.7.1205-1.0_amd64.deb iomemory-vsl4-source_4.3.7.1205-1.0_amd64.deb

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for completeness there is a difference between the .deb file and what fio-utils reports. The .deb file is configured in debian/fio_values while fio-utils gets its version from libvsl_4.so which has the version hard coded into it. If this version matches the version the driver reports, found somewhere internally in the driver, state is updated to loaded. This points out that the drivers and the fio-tools are generally paired.

   4.3.6 build 1173 Driver: not loaded

Found 1 ioMemory device in this system

Adapter: ioMono  (driver 4.3.6)
    ioMemory SX300-1300, Product Number:F13-004-1300-CS-0001, SN:1446G1531, FIO SN:1446G1531
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[bulgaru]

Not sure if the issues are related, but seems very likely. If i understand the approach - the fio-util, fio-sysvinit and fio-firmware-fusion (if needed) are downloaded from the Sandisk website.

The dkms installation goes well, but when trying to install the utilities, i get the following error:

dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of fio-util: fio-util depends on iomemory-vsl; however: Package iomemory-vsl is not installed.

This is the current setup:

$ dkms status iomemory-vsl, 4.3.7, 5.3.10-1-pve, x86_64: installed $ modinfo iomemory-vsl4 filename: /lib/modules/5.3.10-1-pve/updates/dkms/iomemory-vsl4.ko version: v5.6.0-22-ge9c4c00-4.3.7 license: GPL ...

Please advise.

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Hi @bulgaru when you install the DKMS version you don't have the dependencies dpkg will want, irrespective, as the iomemory-vsl package is not installed. You should be able to install it with dpkg by ignoring the dependencies (--no-force-depends).

[bulgaru]

It didn't help for some reason. The utilities have been installed, but with the DKMS only they don't seem to work, unlike the iomemory-vsl3 ones.

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@bulgaru @Tourman36 I think the issue was that in older versions, not master, libvsl may not have been copied looking at the git-blame for module_operations.sh the block to do this was added 22nd of April 2020: 4c68d83d (Funs 2020-04-22 08:19:05 -0700 136) install_libvsl() {. Closing this.