Public bug reported:
Please include the OpenNSL GPL modules with the Kernel.
These modules are located at https://github.com/Broadcom-Switch/OpenNSL.
The latest SDK version is 6.5.6.
We would like to have the kernel modules included with the LTS Xenial kernel so
that we can provide these modules to network vendors so that they don't have to
compile them and taint our working kernel.
We would want to manage these modules so that we can perform updates and
security fixes to the kernel and even use kernel-livepatch with these devices.
Currently, Network vendors compile and build these against older kernel's and
then they cannot be patched or updated leaving network devices vulnerable to
security threats that normally would be patched by our systems. By having us
manage these modules, we can maintain security and compatibility with the
kernel and the network vendors can use our native kernel with their software.
The three modules that get built are linux-kernel-bde.ko, linux-user-
bde,ko and linux-bcm-knet.ko.
If you have any other questions, please don't hesitate to contact me.
** Affects: linux-lts-xenial (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Assignee: Tim Gardner (timg-tpi)
Status: New
** Tags: kernel-bug
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Include Broadcom GPL modules in Xenial Kernel
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