please add backport-iwlwifi-dkms to the dkms package set

Andrea Righi andrea.righi at canonical.com
Thu Jun 8 10:46:40 UTC 2023


On Thu, Jun 08, 2023 at 04:03:29PM +0530, Utkarsh Gupta wrote:
> Hi Andrea,
> 
> On Thu, Jun 8, 2023 at 2:52 PM Andrea Righi <andrea.righi at canonical.com> wrote:
> > backport-iwlwifi-dkms provides the backported iwlwifi driver.
> >
> > This module should be considered deprecated with recent kernels, but we
> > still need to support it for the certified laptops that cannot use the
> > stock iwlwifi.
> 
> Makes sense. Which suite(s) d'you need this for?

I would say >= Jammy, I'm currently working on a 6.2 kernel for Jammy
and I have a fix for this package that I'd like to upload. :)

> 
> > The package provides kernel modules that are installed and built like
> > any other dkms, so it should be considered part of the dkms group.
> 
> Makes sense. Once you let me know the suite, I'll add it to the
> packageset as this looks reasonably straightforward.

Thanks!
-Andrea



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