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

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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

#94380 — Bug#1150209: linux-image-cloud-arm64: please enable CONFIG_PPP=m in the -cloud kernel

Package: linux-image-cloud-arm64
Version: 6.12.111-1
Severity: wishlist
X-Debbugs-Cc: debian-arm@lists.debian.org, rtrebula@prefis.com
User: debian-arm@lists.debian.org
Usertags: arm64

Dear Maintainer,

We would like to use openfortivpn on our AWS instances. These are
running the debian -cloud kernel and this does not have PPP enabled so
the tool does not work.

If you could kindly enable CONFIG_PPP=m in the debian -cloud kernels, it
would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you,
Robert

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 13.7
  APT prefers stable-updates
  APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'stable-security'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: arm64 (aarch64)

Kernel: Linux 6.12.111+deb13-cloud-arm64 (SMP w/2 CPU threads)
Locale: LANG=C.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=C.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE not set
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
LSM: AppArmor: enabled

Versions of packages linux-image-cloud-arm64 depends on:
ii  linux-image-6.12.111+deb13-cloud-arm64  6.12.111-1

linux-image-cloud-arm64 recommends no packages.

linux-image-cloud-arm64 suggests no packages.

-- no debconf information

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#94394 — Bug#1150209: Acknowledgement (linux-image-cloud-arm64: please enable CONFIG_PPP=m in the -cloud kernel)

On Wed, Oct 07, 2026 at 07:00:46AM +0000, Robert Trebula wrote:
> According to upstream[1],  these both are required:
> 
> CONFIG_PPP=m
> CONFIG_PPP_ASYNC=m

The goal of the cloud kernels is to include only drivers and
functionality commonly used in a cloud environment.  I'm not sure
CONFIG_PPP meets these criteria.

You can install the standard non-cloud kernel on your instances if you
require functionality not available in the cloud kernel.  Will that
address your use case?

noah

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#94399 — Bug#1150209: Acknowledgement (linux-image-cloud-arm64: please enable CONFIG_PPP=m in the -cloud kernel)

On Thu, Oct 08, 2026 at 07:18:28AM +0000, Robert Trebula 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.

noah

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#94423 — Bug#1150209: Acknowledgement (linux-image-cloud-arm64: please enable CONFIG_PPP=m in the -cloud kernel)

Control: tags -1 + patch

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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#94424 — Processed: Re: Bug#1150209: Acknowledgement (linux-image-cloud-arm64: please enable CONFIG_PPP=m in the -cloud kernel)

Processing control commands:

> tags -1 + patch
Bug #1150209 [src:linux] linux-image-cloud-arm64: please enable CONFIG_PPP=m in the -cloud kernel
Added tag(s) patch.

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