[Bug 1824333] Re: autofs kernel module missing

[Robert Sander]

The module is contained in linux-modules-extra-4.18.0-17-generic which
is not installed when linux-virtual-hwe-18.04 is selected.

Why has autofs been moved from linux-modules to linux-modules-extra?

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Title:
  autofs kernel module missing

Status in autofs package in Ubuntu:
  New
Status in linux-hwe package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  linux-modules-4.18.0-17-generic misses the autofs module whereas
  linux-modules-4.15.0-47-generic contains it:

  root at files07:~# find /lib/modules -name '*autofs*'
  /lib/modules/4.15.0-46-generic/kernel/fs/autofs4
  /lib/modules/4.15.0-46-generic/kernel/fs/autofs4/autofs4.ko
  /lib/modules/4.15.0-47-generic/kernel/fs/autofs4
  /lib/modules/4.15.0-47-generic/kernel/fs/autofs4/autofs4.ko
  root at files07:~# dpkg -l|grep linux-modules
  ii  linux-modules-4.15.0-46-generic 4.15.0-46.49                      amd64        Linux kernel extra modules for version 4.15.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
  ii  linux-modules-4.15.0-47-generic 4.15.0-47.50                      amd64        Linux kernel extra modules for version 4.15.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
  ii  linux-modules-4.18.0-15-generic 4.18.0-15.16~18.04.1              amd64        Linux kernel extra modules for version 4.18.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
  ii  linux-modules-4.18.0-16-generic 4.18.0-16.17~18.04.1              amd64        Linux kernel extra modules for version 4.18.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
  ii  linux-modules-4.18.0-17-generic 4.18.0-17.18~18.04.1              amd64        Linux kernel extra modules for version 4.18.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP

  This make it impossible to install and use the autofs package.

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