Public bug reported: In 22.04 with the HWE kernel, the CIFS/SMB client kernel modules (cifs.ko and related ones) have been removed from linux-modules and are now in linux-modules-extra, between 6.2.0-35 and 6.2.0-36:
$ lsb_release -a No LSB modules are available. Distributor ID: Ubuntu Description: Ubuntu 22.04.3 LTS Release: 22.04 Codename: jammy $ dpkg -S cifs.ko linux-modules-6.2.0-35-generic: /lib/modules/6.2.0-35-generic/kernel/fs/cifs/cifs.ko linux-modules-extra-6.2.0-36-generic: /lib/modules/6.2.0-36-generic/kernel/fs/smb/client/cifs.ko linux-modules-extra-6.2.0-37-generic: /lib/modules/6.2.0-37-generic/kernel/fs/smb/client/cifs.ko As a result (for example), a VM with the linux-image-virtual-hwe-22.04 can no longer mount CIFS filesystems unless I switch to the full-fat linux-image-generic-hwe-22.04 kernel, which brings in several large dependencies unnecessary on a VM (firmware packages, microcode packages, thermald, upower, wireless-regdb...). Was cifs.ko removed from the base kernel packages deliberately? I consider this a regression. ** Affects: linux-hwe-6.2 (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux-hwe-6.2 in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2045273 Title: Regression: cifs kernel module missing from linux-modules Status in linux-hwe-6.2 package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: In 22.04 with the HWE kernel, the CIFS/SMB client kernel modules (cifs.ko and related ones) have been removed from linux-modules and are now in linux-modules-extra, between 6.2.0-35 and 6.2.0-36: $ lsb_release -a No LSB modules are available. Distributor ID: Ubuntu Description: Ubuntu 22.04.3 LTS Release: 22.04 Codename: jammy $ dpkg -S cifs.ko linux-modules-6.2.0-35-generic: /lib/modules/6.2.0-35-generic/kernel/fs/cifs/cifs.ko linux-modules-extra-6.2.0-36-generic: /lib/modules/6.2.0-36-generic/kernel/fs/smb/client/cifs.ko linux-modules-extra-6.2.0-37-generic: /lib/modules/6.2.0-37-generic/kernel/fs/smb/client/cifs.ko As a result (for example), a VM with the linux-image-virtual-hwe-22.04 can no longer mount CIFS filesystems unless I switch to the full-fat linux-image-generic-hwe-22.04 kernel, which brings in several large dependencies unnecessary on a VM (firmware packages, microcode packages, thermald, upower, wireless-regdb...). Was cifs.ko removed from the base kernel packages deliberately? I consider this a regression. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-hwe-6.2/+bug/2045273/+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