[SRU][j:gcp/gcp-6.8/gke, n:gcp/gke][PATCH 0/1] Move IDPF driver to linux-modules

Ian Whitfield ian.whitfield at canonical.com
Wed Nov 6 13:50:17 UTC 2024


You're correct, it's missing the prefix, sorry about that. I'll submit a v2.

-Ian

On Wed, 6 Nov 2024 at 04:38, Agathe Porte <agathe.porte at canonical.com> wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> 2024-11-01 11:18 CET, Ian Whitfield:
> > BugLink: https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2086212
> >
> > [Impact]
> >
> > Google requested the IDPF driver be changed from a built-in module to a
> > loadable module in the linux-modules package.
> >
> > [Fix]
> >
> > Add drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/* to the inclusion-list and change
> > CONFIG_IDPF to build the driver as a loadable module rather than a
> > built-in. The j:gcp-6.8 patch only changes the inclusion-list because
> > it will receive the config change during the backport process.
> >
> > [Test Plan]
> >
> > List files in the linux-modules package and verify that idpf.ko is there.
> >
> > [Regression potential]
> >
> > The regression potential is very low since we are provably moving a
> > module to linux-modules.
> >
> > Ian Whitfield (1):
> >   Move IDPF driver to linux-modules
> >
> >  debian.gcp/config/annotations           | 4 ++--
> >  debian.gcp/control.d/gcp.inclusion-list | 1 +
> >  2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> Since this is not a backport, I think it is missing UBUNTU: prefixes
> before the commit messages?
>
> Not directly sending an NAK because I am not sure.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Agathe.



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