openshift / openshift/node-feature-discovery

s390x virtual PCI bus not discovered in PCI feature discovery

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Go
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Description

There is a virtual PCI bus on Z systems, but the kernel needs to be recent, and tooled to expose it/use it.

What happened:

No PCI features or facts about the virtual PCI bus on system Z are exposed

What you expected to happen:

NFD should at least tell us the status of the Z node's virtual PCI bus.

How to reproduce it (as minimally and precisely as possible):

  1. Install and run NFD Operator on OCP on System Z, either KVM or z/VM.
  2. Observe that no PCI features are discovered

Environment:

  • Kubernetes version (use kubectl version): browser
  • Cloud provider or hardware configuration: Z15 KVM Cluster
  • OS (e.g: cat /etc/os-release): RHEL 8.3

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Research direction

Start by reproducing the issue with the NFD Operator on OCP on System Z using KVM or z/VM, then inspect how PCI feature discovery handles the virtual PCI bus on the Z15 KVM and RHEL 8.3 environment. Done means NFD exposes the virtual PCI bus status or related PCI facts for the node.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
go, kubernetes
Domain
infrastructure, operating-systems
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
30/100

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