ACK: [PATCH 0/1] [SRU][Lunar:kvm] UBUNTU: [Config] kvm: Add support for Dummy net driver

[Tim Gardner]

On 1/18/23 6:05 PM, Jose Ogando wrote:
> SRU Justification:
> 
> [Impact]
> 
> * Without Kernel support for the Dummy net driver, it is not possible to successfully run selftests that use it. This includes as per this bug net/fib_nexthop_nongw.sh, but also could potentially include other such as rtnetlink.sh, fib_rule_tests.sh, forwarding/* etc.
> 
> [Fix]
> 
> * Custom patch to enable CONFIG_DUMMY=m
> 
> [Test Plan]
> 
> * Before the fix, the net/fib_nexthop_nongw.sh script will fail in the specific line which does
> 
> $ ip -n h1 link add name eth0 type dummy
> Error: Unknown device type.
> 
> After the fix it does not fail.
> 
> [Where problems could occur]
> 
> * The regression can be considered as low, since we are adding functionality not previously present.
> 
> [Other Info]
> 
> * There does not seem to be a historical reason for removing it from linux-kvm.
> 
> Jose Ogando (1):
>    UBUNTU: [Config] kvm: Add support for Dummy net driver
> 
>   debian.kvm/config/annotations | 4 +++-
>   1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
Acked-by: Tim Gardner <tim.gardner at canonical.com>
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Tim Gardner
Canonical, Inc