Drop support for modules-extra

Bug #2042831 reported by Dimitri John Ledkov
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Bug Description

Thanks to the zst module compression, the total install size of modules+modules-extra is now less than modules alone before.

Continuously all interesting pieces of new support for new hardware and features lands in modules-extra by default, and then we chase those forever to include them in the modules.

Also most install types either install everything; or are minimized and use dpkg filtering (and can exclude large things they don't like).

Thus drop support for split modules/modules-extra.

Juerg Haefliger (juergh)
tags: added: kernel-daily-bug
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You-Sheng Yang (vicamo) wrote :

1. In linux-unstable:

debian.master/control.d/flavour-signed-control.stub:11:Suggests: bpftool, linux-perf, SRCPKGNAME-tools, linux-headers-PKGVER-ABINUM-FLAVOUR, linux-modules-extra-PKGVER-ABINUM-FLAVOUR

2. In linux-meta-unstable:
```
$ grep -nr modules-extra .
./debian/control.d/generic:13:Depends: ${misc:Depends}, linux-image-${kernel-abi-version}-generic, linux-modules-extra-${kernel-abi-version}-generic [amd64 arm64 ppc64el s390x], linux-firmware [amd64 armhf arm64 ppc64el], intel-microcode [amd64], amd64-microcode [amd64]
./debian/control.d/generic:22:Depends: ${misc:Depends}, linux-image-uc-${kernel-abi-version}-generic, linux-modules-extra-${kernel-abi-version}-generic, linux-firmware, firmware-sof-signed [amd64], wireless-regdb
./debian/control.d/virtual:48:Provides: ${test:provides-modules-extra-virtual}
./debian/rules:96:debian/control: tp_key=test:provides\(-full\|-image\|-headers\|-modules-extra\)
./debian/changelog:2432: - [Packaging] Remove linux-modules-extra for snapdragon
```

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package linux - 6.15.0-3.3

---------------
linux (6.15.0-3.3) questing; urgency=medium

  * questing/linux: 6.15.0-3.3 -proposed tracker (LP: #2112363)

  * Packaging resync (LP: #1786013)
    - [Packaging] debian.master/dkms-versions -- update from kernel-versions
      (main/d2025.05.26)
    - [Packaging] debian.master/dkms-versions -- update from kernel-versions
      (main/d2025.06.03)

  * Rotate the Canonical Livepatch key (LP: #2111244)
    - [config] prepare for Canonical Livepatch key rotation

  * Miscellaneous Ubuntu changes
    - [packaging] rename to linux
    - [Config] Disable CONFIG_OBJTOOL_WERROR for now.
    - Update dropped.txt
    - [Config] Update toolchain

 -- Timo Aaltonen <email address hidden> Wed, 04 Jun 2025 08:38:59 +0300

Changed in linux (Ubuntu):
status: New → Fix Released
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Ubuntu Kernel Bot (ubuntu-kernel-bot) wrote :

This bug is awaiting verification that the linux-azure/6.17.0-1005.5 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-questing-linux-azure' to 'verification-done-questing-linux-azure'. If the problem still exists, change the tag 'verification-needed-questing-linux-azure' to 'verification-failed-questing-linux-azure'.

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!

tags: added: kernel-spammed-questing-linux-azure-v2 verification-needed-questing-linux-azure
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Ubuntu Kernel Bot (ubuntu-kernel-bot) wrote :

This bug is awaiting verification that the linux-azure-fde/6.17.0-1003.3 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-questing-linux-azure-fde' to 'verification-done-questing-linux-azure-fde'. If the problem still exists, change the tag 'verification-needed-questing-linux-azure-fde' to 'verification-failed-questing-linux-azure-fde'.

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!

tags: added: kernel-spammed-questing-linux-azure-fde-v2 verification-needed-questing-linux-azure-fde
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Ubuntu Kernel Bot (ubuntu-kernel-bot) wrote :

This bug is awaiting verification that the linux-realtime-6.17/6.17.0-1004.5~24.04.2 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-noble-linux-realtime-6.17' to 'verification-done-noble-linux-realtime-6.17'. If the problem still exists, change the tag 'verification-needed-noble-linux-realtime-6.17' to 'verification-failed-noble-linux-realtime-6.17'.

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!

tags: added: kernel-spammed-noble-linux-realtime-6.17-v2 verification-needed-noble-linux-realtime-6.17
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Ubuntu Kernel Bot (ubuntu-kernel-bot) wrote :

This bug is awaiting verification that the linux-azure-fde-6.17/6.17.0-1005.5~24.04.1 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-noble-linux-azure-fde-6.17' to 'verification-done-noble-linux-azure-fde-6.17'. If the problem still exists, change the tag 'verification-needed-noble-linux-azure-fde-6.17' to 'verification-failed-noble-linux-azure-fde-6.17'.

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!

tags: added: kernel-spammed-noble-linux-azure-fde-6.17-v2 verification-needed-noble-linux-azure-fde-6.17
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