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Bug#1150209: Acknowledgement (linux-image-cloud-arm64: please enable CONFIG_PPP=m in the -cloud kernel)

From Noah Meyerhans <noahm@debian.org>
Newsgroups linux.debian.bugs.dist, linux.debian.kernel
Subject Bug#1150209: Acknowledgement (linux-image-cloud-arm64: please enable CONFIG_PPP=m in the -cloud kernel)
Date 2026-10-09 18:10 +0200
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On Thu, Oct 08, 2026 at 05:17:00PM -0400, Noah Meyerhans wrote:
> > The task is to connect to a fortinet VPN. These are very common in this part of the world.
> 
> Fortinet is likely not the only VPN that uses ppp.
> 
> > You know what else is lean? The ppp modules:
> > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root  7428 Sep 28 12:18 ppp_async.ko.xz
> > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root  4232 Sep 28 12:18 ppp_deflate.ko.xz
> > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 23364 Sep 28 12:18 ppp_generic.ko.xz
> > 
> > Maybe you can reconsider and add these to the cloud kernel, please?
> 
> Well, considering that we enable sctp in the cloud kernels, which likely
> has much less real-world use in cloud deployments, I don't really see
> any justification for leaving ppp disabled.

Implemented in
https://salsa.debian.org/kernel-team/linux/-/merge_requests/2119

noah

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Bug#1150209: linux-image-cloud-arm64: please enable CONFIG_PPP=m in the -cloud kernel Robert Trebula <rtrebula@prefis.com> - 2026-10-07 08:40 +0200
  Bug#1150209: Acknowledgement (linux-image-cloud-arm64: please enable CONFIG_PPP=m in the -cloud kernel) Noah Meyerhans <noahm@debian.org> - 2026-10-07 22:10 +0200
  Bug#1150209: Acknowledgement (linux-image-cloud-arm64: please enable CONFIG_PPP=m in the -cloud kernel) Noah Meyerhans <noahm@debian.org> - 2026-10-08 23:20 +0200
    Bug#1150209: Acknowledgement (linux-image-cloud-arm64: please enable CONFIG_PPP=m in the -cloud kernel) Noah Meyerhans <noahm@debian.org> - 2026-10-09 18:10 +0200
  Processed: Re: Bug#1150209: Acknowledgement (linux-image-cloud-arm64:  please enable CONFIG_PPP=m in the -cloud kernel) "Debian Bug Tracking System" <owner@bugs.debian.org> - 2026-10-09 18:10 +0200

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