NAK: [PATCH 0/1] [FHIJ linux-azure] Include mana.ko in linux-modules

[Tim Gardner]

That is a fair point and likely the right thing to do. I'll submit a v2.

rtg

On 11/1/21 7:51 AM, Dimitri John Ledkov wrote:
> Normally, disk and networking modules required by azure instance types 
> are made builtin. Especially the shiny instance types. Why are we 
> keeping mana as a module, instead of a builtin?
> 
> On Mon, 1 Nov 2021, 12:59 Tim Gardner, <tim.gardner at canonical.com 
> <mailto:tim.gardner at canonical.com>> wrote:
> 
>     BugLink: https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1949357
>     <https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1949357>
> 
>     SRU Justification
> 
>     [Impact]
> 
>     The new networking module mana.ko is not included with
>     linux-modules, rather it
>     is packaged in linux-modules-extra. Instance types that have mana.ko
>     as a boot
>     dependency will not work since Azure images are not created using
>     linux-image-extra.
> 
>     [Test Case]
> 
>     Download linux-modules and check for mana.ko
> 
>     [Where things might go wrong]
> 
>     mana.ko could go missing
> 
>     [Other Info]
> 
>     Backported derivatives (bionix:linux-azure-5.4,
>     focal:linux-azure-5.11) will get
>     this change when cranking.
> 
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