linux: 4.15.0-11.12 -proposed tracker

[Seth Forshee]

This bug is for tracking the 4.15.0-11.12 upload package. This bug will contain status and testing results related to that upload.

For an explanation of the tasks and the associated workflow see: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/kernel-sru-workflow

-- swm properties --
phase: Promoted to proposed
proposed-announcement-sent: true
proposed-testing-requested: true

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package linux - 4.15.0-12.13

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linux (4.15.0-12.13) bionic; urgency=medium

  * linux: 4.15.0-12.13 -proposed tracker (LP: #1754059)

  * CONFIG_EFI=y on armhf (LP: #1726362)
    - [Config] CONFIG_EFI=y on armhf, reconcile secureboot EFI settings

  * ppc64el: Support firmware disable of RFI flush (LP: #1751994)
    - powerpc/pseries: Support firmware disable of RFI flush
    - powerpc/powernv: Support firmware disable of RFI flush

  * [Feature] CFL/CNL (PCH:CNP-H): New GPIO Commit added (GPIO Driver needed)
    (LP: #1751714)
    - gpio / ACPI: Drop unnecessary ACPI GPIO to Linux GPIO translation
    - pinctrl: intel: Allow custom GPIO base for pad groups
    - pinctrl: cannonlake: Align GPIO number space with Windows

  * [Feature] Add xHCI debug device support in the driver (LP: #1730832)
    - usb: xhci: Make some static functions global
    - usb: xhci: Add DbC support in xHCI driver
    - [Config] USB_XHCI_DBGCAP=y for commit mainline dfba2174dc42.

  * [SRU] Lenovo E41 Mic mute hotkey is not responding (LP: #1753347)
    - platform/x86: ideapad-laptop: Increase timeout to wait for EC answer

  * headset mic can't be detected on two Dell machines (LP: #1748807)
    - ALSA: hda - Fix a wrong FIXUP for alc289 on Dell machines

  * hisi_sas: Add disk LED support (LP: #1752695)
    - scsi: hisi_sas: directly attached disk LED feature for v2 hw

  * [Feature] [Graphics]Whiskey Lake (Coffelake-U 4+2) new PCI Device ID adds
    (LP: #1742561)
    - drm/i915/cfl: Adding more Coffee Lake PCI IDs.

  * [Bug] [USB Function][CFL-CNL PCH]Stall Error and USB Transaction Error in
    trace, Disable of device-initiated U1/U2 failed and rebind failed: -517
    during suspend/resume with usb storage. (LP: #1730599)
    - usb: Don't print a warning if interface driver rebind is deferred at resume

  * retpoline: ignore %cs:0xNNN constant indirections (LP: #1752655)
    - [Packaging] retpoline -- elide %cs:0xNNNN constants on i386
    - [Config] retpoline -- clean up i386 retpoline files

  * hisilicon hibmc regression due to ea642c3216cb ("drm/ttm: add io_mem_pfn
    callback") (LP: #1738334)
    - drm/ttm: add ttm_bo_io_mem_pfn to check io_mem_pfn

  * [Asus UX360UA] battery status in unity-panel is not changing when battery is
    being charged (LP: #1661876) // AC adapter status not detected on Asus
    ZenBook UX410UAK (LP: #1745032)
    - ACPI / battery: Add quirk for Asus UX360UA and UX410UAK

  * ASUS UX305LA - Battery state not detected correctly (LP: #1482390)
    - ACPI / battery: Add quirk for Asus GL502VSK and UX305LA

  * [18.04 FEAT] Automatically detect layer2 setting in the qeth device driver
    (LP: #1747639)
    - s390/diag: add diag26c support for VNIC info
    - s390/qeth: support early setup for z/VM NICs

  * Bionic update to v4.15.7 stable release (LP: #1752317)
    - netfilter: drop outermost socket lock in getsockopt()
    - arm64: mm: don't write garbage into TTBR1_EL1 register
    - kconfig.h: Include compiler types to avoid missed struct attributes
    - MIPS: boot: Define __ASSEMBLY__ for its.S build
    - xtensa: fix high memory/reserved memory collision
    - scsi: ibmvfc: fix misde...