I have tested this on a Xenial x86_64 system (VM under KVM). The 4.4.0-65-generic kernel from the "proposed" repository does indeed provide the NET_DM feature. I can now use the "dropwatch" program to trace packet drops in the kernel. Thanks!
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1660634 Title: Enable CONFIG_NET_DROP_MONITOR=m in Ubuntu Kernel Status in linux package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in linux source package in Trusty: Fix Committed Status in linux source package in Xenial: Fix Committed Status in linux source package in Yakkety: Fix Committed Status in linux source package in Zesty: Fix Released Bug description: CONFIG_NET_DROP_MONITOR=m is needed for the dropwatch software. At the moment dropwatch is packaged only for Fedora: https://fedorahosted.org/dropwatch/ The kernel compiled with CONFIG_NET_DROP_MONITOR=n makes not possible to use this software. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1660634/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp