** Description changed: - We're adding a backported bnxt driver to Xenial (LP #1711056). It's an - alternate for the regular Xenial driver that only manages NICs that are - not supported by the regular Xenial driver. But it's a boot-critical - driver so it needs to be added to the initramfs. + [Impact] + We're adding a backported bnxt driver to Xenial (LP #1711056). It's an alternate for the regular Xenial driver that only manages NICs that are not supported by the regular Xenial driver. Since the backported driver lives in the special location kernel/ubuntu/bnxt it's not automatically included in the initramfs. But it's boot-critical so it needs to be added to the initramfs. - --- hook-functions.orig 2017-08-21 08:00:47.303094616 +0000 - +++ hook-functions 2017-08-23 07:43:56.893817027 +0000 - @@ -519,6 +519,9 @@ auto_add_modules() - macvtap.ko pcmcia sb1000.ko team tokenring \ - tun.ko usb veth.ko wan wimax wireless \ - xen-netback.ko - + - + # Ubuntu backported bnxt driver - + copy_modules_dir kernel/ubuntu/bnxt - ;; - ide) - copy_modules_dir kernel/drivers/ide + [Test Case] + Install the Xenial kernel on hardware that contains a newer Broadcom NIC and boots over that NIC. The machine will not come up because the NIC is not recognized. + + [Regression Risk] + The driver is only loaded for newer Broadcom NICs. Older NICs are still managed by the regular Xenial driver, so there should be no regression.
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