[PATCH 0/1] [FHIJ linux-azure] Include mana.ko in linux-modules

Dimitri John Ledkov dimitri.ledkov at canonical.com
Mon Nov 1 13:51:39 UTC 2021


Normally, disk and networking modules required by azure instance types are
made builtin. Especially the shiny instance types. Why are we keeping mana
as a module, instead of a builtin?

On Mon, 1 Nov 2021, 12:59 Tim Gardner, <tim.gardner at canonical.com> wrote:

> BugLink: https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1949357
>
> SRU Justification
>
> [Impact]
>
> The new networking module mana.ko is not included with linux-modules,
> rather it
> is packaged in linux-modules-extra. Instance types that have mana.ko as a
> boot
> dependency will not work since Azure images are not created using
> linux-image-extra.
>
> [Test Case]
>
> Download linux-modules and check for mana.ko
>
> [Where things might go wrong]
>
> mana.ko could go missing
>
> [Other Info]
>
> Backported derivatives (bionix:linux-azure-5.4, focal:linux-azure-5.11)
> will get
> this change when cranking.
>
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