[Bug 1712491] Re: Add backported bnxt driver to the initramfs

[Łukasz Zemczak]

Hello Juerg, or anyone else affected,

Accepted initramfs-tools into trusty-proposed. The package will build
now and be available at https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/initramfs-
tools/0.103ubuntu4.9 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed
repository.

Please help us by testing this new package.  See
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation on how
to enable and use -proposed.Your feedback will aid us getting this
update out to other Ubuntu users.

If this package fixes the bug for you, please add a comment to this bug,
mentioning the version of the package you tested and change the tag from
verification-needed-trusty to verification-done-trusty. If it does not
fix the bug for you, please add a comment stating that, and change the
tag to verification-failed-trusty. In either case, details of your
testing will help us make a better decision.

Further information regarding the verification process can be found at
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/PerformingSRUVerification .  Thank you in
advance!

** Changed in: initramfs-tools (Ubuntu Trusty)
       Status: In Progress => Fix Committed

** Tags added: verification-needed-trusty

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Title:
  Add backported bnxt driver to the initramfs

Status in initramfs-tools package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in initramfs-tools source package in Trusty:
  Fix Committed
Status in initramfs-tools source package in Xenial:
  Fix Committed

Bug description:
  [Impact]
  We're adding a backported bnxt driver to Xenial (LP #1711056). It's an alternate for the regular Xenial driver that only manages NICs that are not supported by the regular Xenial driver. Since the backported driver lives in the special location kernel/ubuntu/bnxt it's not automatically included in the initramfs. But it's boot-critical so it needs to be added to the initramfs.

  [Test Case]
  Install the Xenial kernel on hardware that contains a newer Broadcom NIC and boots over that NIC. The machine will not come up because the NIC is not recognized.

  [Regression Risk]
  The driver is only loaded for newer Broadcom NICs. Older NICs are still managed by the regular Xenial driver, so there should be no regression.

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