Public bug reported: SRU Justification
[Impact] Google requested a Grace-enabled 6.8 kernel for GKE. This patchset targets noble:linux-gke. This requires adding a 64k page size flavor to the existing noble:linux-gke kernel. [Fix] Add select NVIDIA Grace platform patches, similar to what has been done for kernels like noble:linux-azure-nvidia. NVIDIA provides a document [1] listing all of the required and recommended kernel patches for Grace enablement. Version 11 April 25, 2025 of the document was used when preparing this patchset as was version Ubuntu-azure-nvidia-6.8.0-1016.17 of the noble:linux-azure-nvidia kernel. Add a 64k page size flavor to noble:linux-gke. [1] https://docs.nvidia.com/grace-patch-config-guide.pdf [Test Plan] Boot testing on arm64/64k pages in house. Further testing will be done by Google in their Grace-enabled environment once available. [Regression potential] The regression potential is considered moderate due to the number of patches involved and the breadth of the changes. The changes affect pte, perf, PCI, cpufreq, ACPI, mmu, coresight, and other kernel subsystems. ** Affects: linux-gke (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Affects: linux-gke (Ubuntu Noble) Importance: Undecided Assignee: Tim Whisonant (tswhison) Status: New ** Description changed: SRU Justification [Impact] Google requested a Grace-enabled 6.8 kernel for GKE. This patchset targets noble:linux-gke. This requires adding a 64k page size flavor to the existing noble:linux-gke kernel. [Fix] Add select NVIDIA Grace platform patches, similar to what has been done for kernels like noble:linux-azure-nvidia. NVIDIA provides a document [1] listing all of the required and recommended kernel patches for Grace enablement. Version 11 April 25, 2025 of the document was used when preparing this patchset as was version Ubuntu-azure-nvidia-6.8.0-1016.17 of the noble:linux-azure-nvidia kernel. + Add a 64k page size flavor to noble:linux-gke. + [1] https://docs.nvidia.com/grace-patch-config-guide.pdf [Test Plan] - Boot testing on arm64/64k pages was performed in house. Further testing + Boot testing on arm64/64k pages in house. Further testing will be done by Google in their Grace-enabled environment once available. [Regression potential] The regression potential is considered moderate due to the number of patches involved and the breadth of the changes. The changes affect pte, perf, PCI, cpufreq, ACPI, mmu, coresight, and other kernel subsystems. ** Also affects: linux-gke (Ubuntu Noble) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Changed in: linux-gke (Ubuntu Noble) Assignee: (unassigned) => Tim Whisonant (tswhison) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux-gke in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2117098 Title: Add NVIDIA Grace platform support and 64k page size flavor for noble:gke Status in linux-gke package in Ubuntu: New Status in linux-gke source package in Noble: New Bug description: SRU Justification [Impact] Google requested a Grace-enabled 6.8 kernel for GKE. This patchset targets noble:linux-gke. This requires adding a 64k page size flavor to the existing noble:linux-gke kernel. [Fix] Add select NVIDIA Grace platform patches, similar to what has been done for kernels like noble:linux-azure-nvidia. NVIDIA provides a document [1] listing all of the required and recommended kernel patches for Grace enablement. Version 11 April 25, 2025 of the document was used when preparing this patchset as was version Ubuntu-azure-nvidia-6.8.0-1016.17 of the noble:linux-azure-nvidia kernel. Add a 64k page size flavor to noble:linux-gke. [1] https://docs.nvidia.com/grace-patch-config-guide.pdf [Test Plan] Boot testing on arm64/64k pages in house. Further testing will be done by Google in their Grace-enabled environment once available. [Regression potential] The regression potential is considered moderate due to the number of patches involved and the breadth of the changes. The changes affect pte, perf, PCI, cpufreq, ACPI, mmu, coresight, and other kernel subsystems. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-gke/+bug/2117098/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
