APPLIED: [PATCH 0/2][SRU][Disco] Add nvidia-418 dkms build support

Kleber Souza kleber.souza at canonical.com
Mon Jul 1 15:38:40 UTC 2019


On 6/27/19 2:58 PM, Seth Forshee wrote:
> BugLink: https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1834479
> BugLink: https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1834476
> 
> SRU Justification
> 
> Impact: The nvidia-graphics-drivers-418 package landed in disco shortly
> before release and was not included in linux-restricted-modules, though
> it is wanted there. Also included is a fix for an existing bug observed
> during testing, whereby both a signed and an unsigned module are
> installed under /lib/modules, and depmod can end up preferring the
> unsigned module over the signed module.
> 
> Fix: Update the linux and linux-restricted-modules packages to include
> nvidia-graphics-drivers-418, and remove the unsigned module from
> /lib/modules/... after generating the signed module.
> 
> Test Case: Confirm that binary packages for nvidia-418 are built and
> function as expected, and confirm that nvidia-390 continue to work as
> before. A test build is available in ppa:sforshee/test-builds.
> 
> Regression Potential: The nvidia-418 packages are new binary packages
> which must be installed by the user, so they cannot cause regressions.
> There is a risk of inadvertent errors affecting the nvidia-390 packages,
> however regression testing has turned up no such regressions.
> 
> Note that the first two patches are for linux, and the final patch is
> for linux-restricted-modules. These have already been applied to
> unstable.
> 
> Thanks,
> Seth
> 

Applied to disco/linux/master-next and disco/linux-restricted-modules/master
branch.

Thanks,
Kleber




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