Bug#1038665: CONFIG_VIRTIO_MEM=m missing in debian 12 kernels

[Salvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@debian.org>]

Control: tags -1 + confirmed 

Hi,

On Mon, Jun 19, 2023 at 09:44:51PM +0200, Laurent GUERBY wrote:
> Package: linux-image-amd64
> Severity: important
> 
> Hi,
> 
> CONFIG_VIRTIO_MEM=m is missing in debian 12, it was there in debian 11
> and 10 and may be before.
> 
> It's still there unchanged in upstream kernel sources:
> 
> <https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/v6.1/source/drivers/virtio/Kconfig#L1
> 18>
> 
> Browsing https://salsa.debian.org/kernel-team/linux.git I couldn't find
> VIRTIO_MEM in master or bookworm but I might not be looking at the
> right place.
> 

Appears to b be a consequence of the upstream change e7c552ec8978
("virtio: drop default for virtio-mem") in 5.17-rc8 ...

Regards,
Salvatore