APPLIED[Unstable]/cmt: [X/B/D/E][PATCH 0/1] UBUNTU: d-i: Add iwlmvm to nic-modules

[Seth Forshee]

On Tue, Oct 15, 2019 at 03:07:16PM -0300, Heitor Alves de Siqueira wrote:
> BugLink: https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1848236
> 
> [Impact]
> Some wireless Intel cards that use the iwlmvm driver are not available
> during installation.
> 
> [Test Case]
> Boot up the Ubuntu installer on a system with an iwlmvm adapter, and try
> using the wireless connection.
> 
> [Fix]
> Add the missing sub-module to debian.master/d-i/nic-modules
> 
> [Regression Potential]
> As we're including a new sub-module, this change makes the installer
> susceptible to bugs present in the iwlmvm driver. Other than that, this
> change should not introduce any new regressions as it doesn't change any
> driver code.

I'm surprised we haven't noticed this before. I'm not sure how this
benefits disco though, or even xenial and bionic as afaik we aren't
still generating desktop installer images using the GA kernel. Even for
eoan, is there any benefit unless we respin to include the change (which
seems unlikely at this point)?

We do want to make sure this gets into the hwe-edge kernel though to
ensure it's included in the next 20.04 point release.

Applied to unstable/master. Holding my ack for the stable series kernels
until I understand what benefit there is to having it there.

Thanks,
Seth