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

[Luke Nowakowski-Krijger]

Acked-by: Luke Nowakowski-Krijger <luke.nowakowskikrijger at canonical.com>

On Wed, Jan 18, 2023 at 5:06 PM Jose Ogando <jose.ogando at canonical.com>
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(-)
>
> --
> 2.34.1
>
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