Bug#524542: Patches to fix bugs related to TSC clocksource on VMware
On Thu, Jul 16, 2009 at 11:53:38AM -0700, Alok Kataria wrote:
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> On Wed, 2009-07-15 at 23:13 -0700, dann frazier wrote:
> > On Wed, Jul 15, 2009 at 10:09:59PM +0200, Moritz Muehlenhoff wrote:
> > > On Tue, Jul 14, 2009 at 10:17:24AM -0700, Alok Kataria wrote:
> > > > Ping....any news on when these patches will be picked ?
> > > > Please let me know if you have any questions regarding these patches.
> > >
> > > We can have to schedule these patches for the next time we bump the
> > > ABI of the kernel (usually triggered by security fixes requiring
> > > one).
> > >
> > > Or is there already a planned bump, Dann?
> >
> > There's not one, but we could create a branch to queue ABI-breaking
> > fixes.
>
> If we do that, would there be an ETA on when I can expect these patches
> in the kernel ? Does it still have to wait for a security fix requiring
> ABI bump ?
Nah - ABI bumps can come for non-security reasons too. But, since it
can be a pain for users (and our installer folks), we try to do queue
non-critical ABI breakers and do them together.
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dann frazier
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