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[Simon Déziel <642930@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

While installing linux-image-extra-virtual will work, it also eats up
~230 MB more of storage:

$ sudo apt-get install --no-install-recommends linux-image-extra-virtual
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
   crda (1.1.2-1ubuntu2)
   libnl-3-200 (3.2.21-1)
   libnl-genl-3-200 (3.2.21-1)
   linux-firmware (1.127.12)
   linux-image-extra-3.13.0-55-generic (3.13.0-55.92)
   linux-image-generic (3.13.0.55.62)
   wireless-regdb (2013.02.13-1ubuntu1)
Recommended packages:
   iw (3.4-1)
The following NEW packages will be installed:
   crda (1.1.2-1ubuntu2)
   libnl-3-200 (3.2.21-1)
   libnl-genl-3-200 (3.2.21-1)
   linux-firmware (1.127.12)
   linux-image-extra-3.13.0-55-generic (3.13.0-55.92)
   linux-image-extra-virtual (3.13.0.55.62)
   linux-image-generic (3.13.0.55.62)
   wireless-regdb (2013.02.13-1ubuntu1)
0 upgraded, 8 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 60.1 MB of archives.
After this operation, 231 MB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] 

IMHO, the watchdog devices commonly available for various hypervisors
should be added to the linux-image-virtual flavor.

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Title:
  linux-image-virtual - No watchdog drivers enabled.

Status in linux package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  In KVM there is support for two different watchdog hardwares so it can
  reboot the VM if the machine stops responding, this is all pretty
  useless when the virtual kernel lacks support for watchdogs. =)

  (Tested on Lucid)

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