APPLIED/Cmt: [SRU][j:gcp/gcp-6.8/gke, n:gcp/gke][PATCH v2 0/1] Move IDPF driver to linux-modules
Magali Lemes
magali.lemes at canonical.com
Tue Nov 12 22:43:24 UTC 2024
On 06/11/2024 11:22, Ian Whitfield wrote:
> 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.
>
> v2: Added UBUNTU: prefix to commit titles
>
> Ian Whitfield (1):
> UBUNTU: Move IDPF driver to linux-modules
>
Amended the commits to include `UBUNTU: [Packaging] <flavour>:` as prefix.
> debian.gcp/config/annotations | 4 ++--
> debian.gcp/control.d/gcp.inclusion-list | 1 +
> 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
Applied to jammy:linux-gcp/master-next, jammy:linux-gcp/gcp-6.8-next,
jammy:linux-gke/master-next, noble:linux-gcp/master-next and
noble:linux-gke/master-next. Thanks!
Magali
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