ACK/Cmnt: [SRU][P/N/J][PATCH 0/3] Add pvpanic kernel modules to linux-modules (LP: #2126659)
Manuel Diewald
manuel.diewald at canonical.com
Wed Oct 8 15:29:42 UTC 2025
On Wed, Oct 08, 2025 at 04:53:04PM +0300, Mehmet Basaran wrote:
> BugLink: https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2126659
>
> SRU Justification
>
> [Impact]
>
> These modules are currently shipped in linux-modules-extra. They are useful in
> virtual environments for allowing the host OS to detect crashed guests, so it
> makes sense to ship them in linux-modules so that they will be included when
> linux-virtual is installed.
>
> drivers/misc/pvpanic/pvpanic.ko
> drivers/misc/pvpanic/pvpanic-mmio.ko
> drivers/misc/pvpanic/pvpanic-pci.ko
>
> [Test Plan]
>
> * Compile and boot tested.
>
> [Regression Potential]
>
> * None. Modules were previously in linux-modules-extra package which is dependent
> on linux-modules (not includes the pvpanic modules). So, we don't end up with a
> configuration where pvpanic modules are not installed.
>
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The launchpad bug has J/N/P as "Won't Fix", we should probably change
that.
Acked-by: Manuel Diewald <manuel.diewald at canonical.com>
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Manuel
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