[LU-14776] Ubuntu 20.04 HWE support

• Type: Improvement
• Resolution: Fixed
• Priority: Minor
• Fix Version/s: Lustre 2.15.0
• Affects Version/s: Lustre 2.15.0
• Assignee: James A Simmons
• Reporter: James A Simmons

Description

Ubuntu has adapted a policy to roll a newer kernel for their LTS. For 20.04 the move is from 5.4.0 to 5.8 Linux kernel. Track the work needed to provide full support.

Issue Links

• is related to: LU-14093 gcc10 fails to build Lustre
• is related to: LU-14948 Make debs fails if /usr/src/lustre.tar.bz2 exists
• is related to: LU-14596 Ubuntu combined MGT/MDT issue
• is related to: LU-14785 Ubuntu / debian 'make debs' results in a -dirty package even with a clean sandbox
• is related to: LU-10334 Ubuntu1604 client sanity-103a: FAIL: ACL misc test failed
• is related to: LU-10366 sanity test 410 fails with 'no inode match'
• is related to: LU-14707 explicitly use /bin/bash to avoid 'dash' or 'sh' being used with scripts with bash-isms
• is related to: LU-14748 gcc9 (RHEL 7.x with devtoolset-9) build failure (5.4.x kernel)
• is related to: LU-13783 Support for linux kernel version 5.8
• is related to: LU-13749 Compile a list of failed tests for Ubuntu/PPC and add them to skipped list