Re: netdevsim.ko packaging request

[Salvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@debian.org>]

Hi Jiri,

On Mon, Dec 01, 2025 at 01:31:20PM +0100, Jiri Pirko wrote:
> Hi.
> 
> I'm pushing devlink support to systemd, have the systemd-devlinkd
> testsuite based on netdevsim module. That is not currently distributed
> in Debian kernel package.
> 
> The systemd maintainers exposed desire to be able to run the
> systemd-devlinkd test as part of CI which include tests on Debian
> systems.
> 
> Would it be possible for youto add the module please? It should be
> as easy as just adding "CONFIG_NETDEVSIM=m" config option.

I'm not sure this will be possible or in line of the scope but can
you please fill this as wishlist bug against the src:linux package so
we can track the request?

Thanks in advance,

Regards,
Salvatore