VMX module autoloading if available

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Problem Description
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This two commits provide the support for VMX autoload if supported by the machine. Nowadays the module needs to be loaded manually.

4a12027 powerpc: Add module autoloading based on CPU features
ccf5c44 crypto: vmx - Convert to CPU feature based module autoloading

[Tim Gardner (timg-tpi)]

https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/kernel-team/2017-January/081693.html

[John Donnelly (jpdonnelly)]

This bug is awaiting verification that the kernel in -proposed solves the problem. Please test the kernel and update this bug with the results. If the problem is solved, change the tag 'verification-needed-xenial' to 'verification-done-xenial'. If the problem still exists, change the tag 'verification-needed-xenial' to 'verification-failed-xenial'.

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!

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package linux - 4.4.0-62.83

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linux (4.4.0-62.83) xenial; urgency=low

  [ Thadeu Lima de Souza Cascardo ]

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  [ Thadeu Lima de Souza Cascardo ]

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linux (4.4.0-60.81) xenial; urgency=low

  [ John Donnelly ]

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      to it

  * VMX module autoloading if available (LP: #1651322)
    - powerpc: Add module autoloading based on CPU features
    - crypto: vmx - Convert to CPU feature based module autoloading

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    (LP: #1654497)
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