[SRU][N][PATCH 0/1] Include scsi_debug/nvmet-tcp in linux-modules instead of linux-modules-extra

[Daan De Meyer]

Buglink: https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2063233

SRU Justification

[Impact]

The scsi_debug.ko and nvmet-tcp.ko modules are currently shipped in 
linux-modules-extra. This makes it hard to pull them in via the linux-virtual 
package, it can only come from the linux-generic one that also pulls in the 
firmware and everything else needed for baremetal, and that serves no purpose in
a qemu VM. This stops VMs using these kernels from using these modules. These 
modules are required to run the systemd integration tests which we are trying to
run in VMs on Github Actions (https://github.com/systemd/systemd/pull/32439).

[Fix]

Please consider moving these modules to linux-modules.

These are already enabled in the 'main' kernel config, and in other distros. In 
Debian/Archlinux/Fedora these are core modules that are built by default. e.g. 
in Fedora both modules are part of the kernel-modules-core package.

[Test]

1. pull built linux-modules packages for architectures with do_extras_package
   set to true;
2. extract the deb and check if the kernel module files exists:

   $ dpkg-deb -R linux-modules-*.deb .
   $ find . -name scsi_debug.ko\*
   $ find . -name nvmet-tcp.ko\*

[Regression Potential]

Moving a module from a less-common to a more-common package should not have any 
negative side effects. The main effect will be a little more disk space used by 
the more common package, whether the module is in use or not. There will also be
more functionality available in the default installation, which means a slightly
increased surface and possibility of new bugs in case it gets used.

Daan De Meyer (1):
  Include scsi_debug/nvmet-tcp in linux-modules instead of
    linux-modules-extra

 debian.master/control.d/generic.inclusion-list | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

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