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[Andy Whitcroft <apw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

** Also affects: initramfs-tools (Ubuntu Trusty)
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

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Title:
  Add backported bnxt driver to the initramfs

Status in initramfs-tools package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in initramfs-tools source package in Trusty:
  New
Status in initramfs-tools source package in Xenial:
  Fix Committed

Bug description:
  [Impact]
  We're adding a backported bnxt driver to Xenial (LP #1711056). It's an alternate for the regular Xenial driver that only manages NICs that are not supported by the regular Xenial driver. Since the backported driver lives in the special location kernel/ubuntu/bnxt it's not automatically included in the initramfs. But it's boot-critical so it needs to be added to the initramfs.

  [Test Case]
  Install the Xenial kernel on hardware that contains a newer Broadcom NIC and boots over that NIC. The machine will not come up because the NIC is not recognized.

  [Regression Risk]
  The driver is only loaded for newer Broadcom NICs. Older NICs are still managed by the regular Xenial driver, so there should be no regression.

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