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If verification is not done by 5 working days from today, this fix will be dropped from the source code, and this bug will be closed. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to enable and use -proposed. Thank you! ** Tags added: verification-needed-bionic -- 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/1960633 Title: Move virtual graphics drivers from linux-modules-extra to linux- modules Status in linux package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in linux source package in Focal: Fix Committed Status in linux source package in Impish: Fix Committed Status in linux source package in Jammy: Fix Released Bug description: [SRU justification] Impact: We split the drivers into linux-modules and linux-modules-extra. The latter is only included for setups geared towards real hardware (desktops, laptops). For VM guests the recommended setup is to use linux-virtual which does not include linux-modules-extra but also does not depend on other packages, like linux-firmware. We already include most VM related drivers in the linux-modules package and vboxvideo (since 21.10/Impish). So it makes sense to include the missing ones. Fix: Move the following modules from linux-modules-extra into linux-modules: - bochs-drm (though a bit aged, this was the predecessor of qemu) - cirrus (this is a standard emulated gfx card, might not give the best performance but better than nothing) - virtio-gpu (KVM) - vmwgfx (VMWare) - drm-xen-front (Xen) Testcase: Check linux-modules for the mentioned modules. Regression Potential: There should be no change noticeable. Users with linux-modules-extra installed will see no difference and those without have additional drivers. Maybe this shows as moving from low- resolution graphics to higher ones which maybe perform less. --- Original Description --- Kernel: Ubuntu 5.13.0-28.31-generic 5.13.19 Distribution: Ubuntu 21.10 (impish) I run an Ubuntu desktop as a VMWare virtual machine client. The linux-modules-extra-${VERSION}-generic package contains kernel/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx.ko, so at the moment I need to keep it installed and updated. The only way to do so conveniently is to install linux-image-generic, which also pulls in linux-firmware, which is ~760MB installed. If vmwgfx was moved from linux-modules-extra to linux-modules, I could use linux-image-virtual instead of linux-image-generic, remove linux- firmware, linux-modules-extra, and the microcode packages, saving substantial disk space and bandwidth. Other virtual graphics drivers in linux-modules-extra that might be worth moving are: kernel/drivers/gpu/drm/bochs/bochs-drm.ko kernel/drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtio-gpu.ko kernel/drivers/gpu/drm/xen/drm_xen_front.ko Thank you for your consideration. Note: Edited significantly in response to https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/kernel- team/2022-February/128103.html and https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/kernel- team/2022-February/128104.html to better reflect the underlying problem and solution. P.S. There are three other drivers in linux-modules-extra that seem VMWare-related, but they are not in use in my VM and I don't know whether they are in common enough use to justify moving them to linux- modules. I have listed them here for completeness. kernel/drivers/net/vsockmon.ko kernel/drivers/ptp/ptp_vmw.ko kernel/drivers/infiniband/hw/vmw_pvrdma/vmw_pvrdma.ko --- ProblemType: Bug ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu71 Architecture: amd64 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC0: ccherlin 1645 F.... pulseaudio CasperMD5CheckResult: unknown CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME DistroRelease: Ubuntu 21.10 InstallationDate: Installed on 2021-01-05 (405 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 20.10 "Groovy Gorilla" - Release amd64 (20201022) IwConfig: lo no wireless extensions. ens33 no wireless extensions. docker0 no wireless extensions. Lsusb: Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub Bus 002 Device 003: ID 0e0f:0002 VMware, Inc. Virtual USB Hub Bus 002 Device 002: ID 0e0f:0003 VMware, Inc. Virtual Mouse Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub Lsusb-t: /: Bus 02.Port 1: Dev 1, Class=root_hub, Driver=uhci_hcd/2p, 12M |__ Port 1: Dev 2, If 0, Class=Human Interface Device, Driver=usbhid, 12M |__ Port 2: Dev 3, If 0, Class=Hub, Driver=hub/7p, 12M /: Bus 01.Port 1: Dev 1, Class=root_hub, Driver=ehci-pci/6p, 480M MachineType: VMware, Inc. VMware Virtual Platform Package: linux (not installed) ProcEnviron: TERM=screen-256color PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcFB: 0 svgadrmfb ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.13.0-28-generic root=UUID=24bdcc30-04b8-446e-93e6-b23683ad4034 ro find_preseed=/preseed.cfg auto noprompt priority=critical locale=en_US quiet zswap.enabled=1 zswap.compressor=lz4 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.13.0-28.31-generic 5.13.19 RelatedPackageVersions: linux-restricted-modules-5.13.0-28-generic N/A linux-backports-modules-5.13.0-28-generic N/A linux-firmware 1.201.3 RfKill: Tags: impish Uname: Linux 5.13.0-28-generic x86_64 UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to impish on 2021-10-18 (118 days ago) UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin lxd plugdev sambashare sudo _MarkForUpload: True dmi.bios.date: 11/12/2020 dmi.bios.release: 4.6 dmi.bios.vendor: Phoenix Technologies LTD dmi.bios.version: 6.00 dmi.board.name: 440BX Desktop Reference Platform dmi.board.vendor: Intel Corporation dmi.board.version: None dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Tag dmi.chassis.type: 1 dmi.chassis.vendor: No Enclosure dmi.chassis.version: N/A dmi.ec.firmware.release: 0.0 dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnPhoenixTechnologiesLTD:bvr6.00:bd11/12/2020:br4.6:efr0.0:svnVMware,Inc.:pnVMwareVirtualPlatform:pvrNone:rvnIntelCorporation:rn440BXDesktopReferencePlatform:rvrNone:cvnNoEnclosure:ct1:cvrN/A:sku: dmi.product.name: VMware Virtual Platform dmi.product.version: None dmi.sys.vendor: VMware, Inc. 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