Public bug reported:
Please include the OpenNSL GPL modules with the Kernel.
These modules
are located at https://github.com/Broadcom-Switch/OpenNSL.
The latest
SDK version is 6.5.12.
We would like to have the kernel modules included with the LTS Bionic
kernel so that we can provide these modules to network vendors so that
they don't have to compile them and taint our working kernel.
We would
want to manage these modules so that we can perform updates and security
fixes to the kernel and even use kernel-livepatch with these devices.
Currently, Network vendors compile and build these against older
kernel's and then they cannot be patched or updated leaving network
devices vulnerable to security threats that normally would be patched by
our systems. By having us manage these modules, we can maintain security
and compatibility with the kernel and the network vendors can use our
native kernel with their software.
The three modules that get built are linux-kernel-bde.ko, linux-user-bde,ko and
linux-bcm-knet.ko.
If you have any other questions, please don't hesitate to contact me.
These modules are included in the Xenial LTS kernel (4.4).
** Affects: linux (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Summary changed:
- include the OpenNSL GPL modules with the Kernel
+ include the OpenNSL GPL modules with the Kernel in Bionic
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1751897
Title:
include the OpenNSL GPL modules with the Kernel in Bionic
Status in linux package in Ubuntu:
New
Bug description:
Please include the OpenNSL GPL modules with the Kernel.
These modules
are located at https://github.com/Broadcom-Switch/OpenNSL.
The latest
SDK version is 6.5.12.
We would like to have the kernel modules included with the LTS Bionic
kernel so that we can provide these modules to network vendors so that
they don't have to compile them and taint our working kernel.
We would
want to manage these modules so that we can perform updates and
security fixes to the kernel and even use kernel-livepatch with these
devices.
Currently, Network vendors compile and build these against older
kernel's and then they cannot be patched or updated leaving network
devices vulnerable to security threats that normally would be patched
by our systems. By having us manage these modules, we can maintain
security and compatibility with the kernel and the network vendors can
use our native kernel with their software.
The three modules that get built are linux-kernel-bde.ko, linux-user-bde,ko
and linux-bcm-knet.ko.
If you have any other questions, please don't hesitate to contact me.
These modules are included in the Xenial LTS kernel (4.4).
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