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Re: Generic image not working with IPv6 only



On 2024-08-22 13:12:02, Thomas Goirand wrote:
> On 8/15/24 16:33, Noah Meyerhans wrote:
> > On Thu, Aug 15, 2024 at 04:27:01PM +0200, Thomas Goirand wrote:
> > > There's 2 issues that I'm aware of with our current generic image.
> > > 
> > > First, the genericcloud image kernel has the SATA AHCI driver stripped-out,
> > > so then the config drive doesn't work anymore. I reported this here:
> > > 
> > > https://bugs.debian.org/1078702
> > > 
> > > Bastian, do you think, with your kernel team hat, that you can take care of
> > > this one?
> > 
> > This is by design.  Use the generic image if you need more drivers.
> 
> As I earlier, this needs change. So I opened this bug:
> 
> https://bugs.debian.org/1078702
> 
> to which Bastian replied, immediately closing the bug:
> 
> > This driver was never part of the cloud kernel flavour.
> > Maybe this can change, but not now.
> 
> 1/ I never wrote it was part of the cloud kernel, just that it was *removed*
> compared to the non-cloud kernel.
> 2/ I don't understand why the bug is closed without any explanation. The
> "Maybe this can change, but not now." is clearly not enough to my taste.
> 
> I do not wish this bug to be simply closed and forget.

I see no reason why it couldn't be reopened and I agree that having a bit more
information why it's not possible to have AHCI driver added to the image at
this point in time would be nice.
Also having potential info on what may be needed in the future to do it could
also be useful.
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