ACK: [SRU][P:linux-gcp][PATCH 0/1] Move IDPF driver to linux-modules

Stewart Hore stewart.hore at canonical.com
Tue Mar 11 08:34:17 UTC 2025


On Mon, Mar 10, 2025 at 07:45:49PM -0700, 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. Another config was made redundant with this change so it was
> removed from the debian.gcp config annotations. This change was
> previously applied to O:linux-gcp, but was missed in the fork to Plucky.
>
> [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.
>
> Ian Whitfield (1):
>   UBUNTU: [Packaging]: gcp: Move IDPF driver to linux-modules
>
>  debian.gcp/config/annotations           | 5 ++---
>  debian.gcp/control.d/gcp.inclusion-list | 1 +
>  2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> --
> 2.43.0

Acked-by: Stewart Hore <stewart.hore at canonical.com>

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