This used to work on the last LTS. I reached for it today on Xenial and found it was broken. Now I can't do scale block device testing without rebooting the system.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1593293 Title: brd module compiled as built-in Status in linux package in Ubuntu: Fix Committed Status in linux source package in Xenial: In Progress Status in linux source package in Yakkety: In Progress Status in linux source package in Zesty: Fix Committed Bug description: Block RAM disk module (brd, CONFIG_BLK_DEV_RAM) compiled as 'y', that means it is 'built-in' and can not be unloaded or loaded with different parameters. This render module completely useless because user can not anymore change it size. Please change it back to 'm' (module) to allow users use this module. Affected kernels (so far): Xenial, Yakkety (4.4). To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1593293/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
