Public bug reported:
When doing ephemeral network boot, for example with MAAS.
And when creating kernel snaps.
It can be desirable to install LRM kernel drivers, without installing
any other userspace.
For example:
* In case of MAAS network boot, vmlinuz is booted over the network,
modules are provided in the initrd, and copied into /lib/modules in the
tpmfs. But the actual packages linux-image-ABI / linux-modules-ABI are
not installed
* On Hybrid & FDE systems - whilst linux-modules-ABI may be installed,
linux-image-ABI are not installed.
* In case of kernel snaps, they stage -uc signed kernel.efi images and
do not use or care about having linux-image-ABI packages.
All of the above scenarios are usable with LRM NVIDIA kernel modules,
and at times even without any userspace dependencies, as those are
provided externally. For example nvidia-assemble snap provides binutils.
Adapt LRM to support using NVIDIA kernel drives without linux-image-ABI
installed as a .deb, which currently is often needlessly pulled in.
** Affects: linux (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Summary changed:
- LRM: support kernel modules only install
+ LRM: support LRM-only install with kernel snaps and network boot
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2028385
Title:
LRM: support LRM-only install with kernel snaps and network boot
Status in linux package in Ubuntu:
New
Bug description:
When doing ephemeral network boot, for example with MAAS.
And when creating kernel snaps.
It can be desirable to install LRM kernel drivers, without installing
any other userspace.
For example:
* In case of MAAS network boot, vmlinuz is booted over the network,
modules are provided in the initrd, and copied into /lib/modules in
the tpmfs. But the actual packages linux-image-ABI / linux-modules-ABI
are not installed
* On Hybrid & FDE systems - whilst linux-modules-ABI may be installed,
linux-image-ABI are not installed.
* In case of kernel snaps, they stage -uc signed kernel.efi images and
do not use or care about having linux-image-ABI packages.
All of the above scenarios are usable with LRM NVIDIA kernel modules,
and at times even without any userspace dependencies, as those are
provided externally. For example nvidia-assemble snap provides
binutils.
Adapt LRM to support using NVIDIA kernel drives without linux-image-
ABI installed as a .deb, which currently is often needlessly pulled
in.
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