this happened in the kernel https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=fa5dc29c1fcc9151c3bcfd9e291a2899ae15f61d
commit fa5dc29c1fcc9151c3bcfd9e291a2899ae15f61d Author: Sean Young <s...@mess.org> Date: Mon Nov 21 19:55:53 2016 -0200 [media] lirc_serial: move out of staging and rename to serial_ir Signed-off-by: Sean Young <s...@mess.org> :100644 100644 3db2078e0e47... 52cc0775a799... M MAINTAINERS :100644 100644 370e16e07867... 629e8ca15ab3... M drivers/media/rc/Kconfig :100644 100644 379a5c0f1379... 3a984ee301e2... M drivers/media/rc/Makefile :100644 100644 9691ba4d55b9... ba83b20913cd... R099 drivers/staging/media/lirc/lirc_serial.c drivers/media/rc/serial_ir.c :100644 100644 6879c4651b46... 25b7e7ccf554... M drivers/staging/media/lirc/Kconfig :100644 100644 5430adf0475d... 7f919eab1989... M drivers/staging/media/lirc/Makefile ** Changed in: lirc (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Mythbuntu Bug Team, which is subscribed to lirc in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1702927 Title: lirc_serial module no longer in the kernel extra package Status in lirc package in Ubuntu: Invalid Bug description: Up to Ubuntu 16.10 the kernel extras contained the lirc_serial, but since 17.04 it is no longer part of the package. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lirc/+bug/1702927/+subscriptions _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~mythbuntu-bugs Post to : mythbuntu-bugs@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~mythbuntu-bugs More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp