[Bug 1481490] Re: Add sfc to nic-modules udeb

[mrobinson-o]

I can confirm that the Trusty vivid-netboot image booted/installed correctly over a SolarFlare SFN7122F card:
http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/trusty-proposed/main/installer-amd64/current/images/vivid-netboot/netboot.tar.gz

TEST CASE:
1. Unpack netboot.tar.gz into TFTP directory
2. Configure DHCP server so that test server will be directed to request 'pxelinux.0' from the TFTP server
3. PXE boot the test server (Dell R610), selecting the SolarFlare interface
4. Proceed through install script. When selecting a mirror for downloads, specify the required HTTP proxy address
5. Continue through rest of install script. Specify a unique hostname.
6. Reboot test server and check that installation is successful (i.e. boots up with correct hostname)

VERIFICATION DONE
Test server has Ubuntu installed on its local hard disk and can boot locally.

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Title:
  Add sfc to nic-modules udeb

Status in debian-installer package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in linux package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in linux-lts-utopic package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Committed
Status in debian-installer source package in Trusty:
  Fix Committed
Status in linux source package in Trusty:
  Fix Released
Status in linux-lts-utopic source package in Trusty:
  Fix Committed
Status in debian-installer source package in Vivid:
  Fix Committed
Status in linux source package in Vivid:
  Fix Released
Status in linux-lts-utopic source package in Vivid:
  Invalid

Bug description:
  == [Trusty][Vivid]SRU Justification ==

  It is being requested that we add the sfc driver to the nic-modules
  udeb to facilitate PXE booting nodes with Solarflare network adapters.

  == Fix ==
  Add the sfc driver to our nic-modules udeb.  This is being requested for
  Trusty and Vivid.  Note, this has already been applied to Wily master-next.

  == Testing ==
  I've done test builds of Wily, Vivid, and Trusty and can confirm the sfc driver is seeded into the nic-modules udeb:

  $ dpkg -c nic-modules-4.2.0-3-generic-di_4.2.0-3.3_amd64.udeb | grep "sfc.ko"
  -rw-r--r-- root/root    495305 2015-08-04 22:17 ./lib/modules/4.2.0-3-generic/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/sfc.ko

  $ dpkg -c nic-modules-3.19.0-26-generic-di_3.19.0-26.27_amd64.udeb | grep "sfc.ko"
  -rw-r--r-- root/root    464452 2015-08-04 22:21 ./lib/modules/3.19.0-26-generic/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/sfc.ko

  $ dpkg -c nic-modules-3.13.0-62-generic-di_3.13.0-62.101_amd64.udeb | grep "sfc.ko"
  -rw-r--r-- root/root    436284 2015-08-04 22:22 ./lib/modules/3.13.0-62-generic/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/sfc.ko

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