[Bug 1798675] Re: installer does not display NVMe model strings

[Brian Murray]

Hello dann, or anyone else affected,

Accepted parted into bionic-proposed. The package will build now and be
available at https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/parted/3.2-20ubuntu0.1
in a few hours, and then in the -proposed repository.

Please help us by testing this new package.  See
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation on how
to enable and use -proposed.  Your feedback will aid us getting this
update out to other Ubuntu users.

If this package fixes the bug for you, please add a comment to this bug,
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fix the bug for you, please add a comment stating that, and change the
tag to verification-failed-bionic. In either case, without details of
your testing we will not be able to proceed.

Further information regarding the verification process can be found at
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advance for helping!

N.B. The updated package will be released to -updates after the bug(s)
fixed by this package have been verified and the package has been in
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** Changed in: parted (Ubuntu Bionic)
       Status: In Progress => Fix Committed

** Tags added: verification-needed-bionic

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Title:
  installer does not display NVMe model strings

Status in parted package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Committed
Status in parted source package in Bionic:
  Fix Committed
Status in parted source package in Cosmic:
  Fix Committed
Status in parted source package in DD-Series:
  New
Status in parted package in Debian:
  Unknown

Bug description:
  [Impact]
  parted currently exposes the same generic model name for all NVMe devices. That can make it difficult to distinguish devices in your system, especially at install-time.

  [Test Case]
  When unfixed:
    # parted /dev/nvme0n1 -s print | grep Model
    Model: NVMe Device (nvme)
  When fixed, you'll see the NVMe device model.

  [Fix]
  This is fixed upstream in the following commit, which applies to Debian's
  package with only minor offset adjustments:

    279bd554 Read NVMe model names from sysfs

  [Regression Risk]
  The fix is coded to fallback to the generic name if no model string is found. If something is buggy with this patch, it could lead to installer crashes.

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