mlx switchdev needs patches to work in 16.04

Bug #1564960 reported by Brian Fromme
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This bug affects 2 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
linux (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Medium
Tim Gardner
Xenial
Won't Fix
Medium
Tim Gardner
Yakkety
Fix Released
Medium
Tim Gardner

Bug Description

mlx switchdev is incomplete in 16.04. A small set of patches will make it functional. These apply mostly to mlxsw, although there are a few patches in net/bridge

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Brad Figg (brad-figg) wrote : Missing required logs.

This bug is missing log files that will aid in diagnosing the problem. From a terminal window please run:

apport-collect 1564960

and then change the status of the bug to 'Confirmed'.

If, due to the nature of the issue you have encountered, you are unable to run this command, please add a comment stating that fact and change the bug status to 'Confirmed'.

This change has been made by an automated script, maintained by the Ubuntu Kernel Team.

Changed in linux (Ubuntu):
status: New → Incomplete
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Joseph Salisbury (jsalisbury) wrote :

Hi Brian,

Will the patches be sent to the kernel team mailing list? They could also be listed in this bug report.

Changed in linux (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Medium
status: Incomplete → Triaged
tags: added: kernel-da-key
tags: added: xenial
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Brian Fromme (brianfromme) wrote :

rtg already integrated the patches and put the results here: git://kernel.ubuntu.com/rtg/ubuntu-xenial.git mellanox

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David Duffey (dduffey) wrote :

• On compilation, got this error: security/apparmor/include/domain.h:18:27: fatal error: include/label.h: No such file or directory . I fixed it by updating the paths in the header file.

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Tim Gardner (timg-tpi) wrote :

Whoops, I only did a directory compilation. I'll fix things when this patch set gets merged.

Tim Gardner (timg-tpi)
Changed in linux (Ubuntu Xenial):
assignee: nobody → Tim Gardner (timg-tpi)
status: Triaged → In Progress
Tim Gardner (timg-tpi)
Changed in linux (Ubuntu Yakkety):
status: In Progress → Fix Released
Changed in linux (Ubuntu Xenial):
status: In Progress → Won't Fix
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