Control: tags -1 + confirmed patch Control: forwarded -1 https://salsa.debian.org/kernel-team/linux/-/merge_requests/2097
Hi Thomas! On Tue, Sep 22, 2026 at 12:24:13PM +0200, Thomas Goirand wrote: > On 9/2/26 8:33 PM, Salvatore Bonaccorso wrote: > > Control: tags -1 + moreinfo > > > > On Mon, Aug 31, 2026 at 01:58:31PM +0200, Thomas Goirand wrote: > > > FYI, the config is like on x86_64: > > > > > > CONFIG_HP_ILO=m > > > > > > I'm at the moment trying to rebuild a kernel to check if the built kernel > > > works as expected. > > > > Thanks for doing so. Once you were able to test it work, remove > > please the moreinfo tag here and we will have a look. > > > > Regards, > > Salvatore > > Hi Salvatore! > > I did rebuild the kernel, adding: > CONFIG_HP_ILO=m > > to debian/config/arm64/config, rebuilt the package, took the hpilo.ko (while > it was still building, because it was otherwise taking too long), copied the > file into my server, ran "depmod -a" manually, and then "modprobe hpilo" > just worked, and I had /dev/hpilo working. > > Note that I did this on a Bookworm server, running a fairly old-ish Bookworm > kernel (we don't mind much as this server isn't available on the public > internet), but it should sill be the same on more recent kernel. > > So, as a result, it'd be nice if we had this option enabled on all arm64 > kernels, and if possible, in older releases too (like Trixie and Bookworm?), > that'd be nice. Thanks for testing. I have parepared a change for us at https://salsa.debian.org/kernel-team/linux/-/merge_requests/2097 Regards, Salvatore
