Bug#550898: DASD DIAG driver doesn't work for read-only minidisks (s390, s390x only)
On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 11:01:40AM -0500, Stephen Powell wrote:
> An official fix has now been published for this problem by upstream
> development for kernel 2.6.33. See
>
> http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commitdiff;h=22825ab7693fd29769518a0d25ba43c01a50092a
>
> Please consider backporting it to 2.6.32 so that when Squeeze freezes, this fix will be included.
> Also please consider backporting it to 2.6.26 (Lenny) in the next
> stable point release
I'll look into the lenny backport.
> or in a security update. Suse considered this fix important enough to backport it to
> 2.6.27 (SLES11) and 2.6.16 (SLES10). (See http://lists.debian.org/debian-s390/2009/12/msg00013.html)
>
> For the security argument, please see
> http://lists.debian.org/debian-s390/2009/12/msg00025.html.
I don't think this is should be considered a security problem.
> This posting also contains a link to my unofficial backport of the fix to 2.6.26.
> As the author, I hereby grant permission to anyone to use it for any purpose whatsoever.
> Or, if you prefer, you can do your own backport.
>
> I will try to get upstream to include the patch in one of their "stable updates" for 2.6.32
> as well, but it would help if I had some allies at Debian.
That's definitely the right approach for 2.6.32/squeeze thanks.
If stable@ rejects it, please let us know.
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dann frazier
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