Re: Patches for Debian Kernel.
On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 09:32:15AM -0700, Alok Kataria wrote:
> Hi,
hey,
> There are a couple of patches, actually fixes, related to VMI
> ( paravirtualization) which were applied to the mainline kernel. The
> regression is present in all the kernels starting from 2.6.25. Given
> that Debian 5 is based of kernel version 2.6.26 we would need these
> patches in the Debian kernel too.
>
> The commits I am talking about are
> commit 55a8ba4b7f76bebd7e8ce3f74c04b140627a1bad
> x86, vmi: put a missing paravirt_release_pmd in pgd_dtor
Already in lenny - see http://bugs.debian.org/520677
> commit 48ffc70b675aa7798a52a2e92e20f6cce9140b3d
> x86, vmi: TSC going backwards check in vmi clocksource
>
> Not sure what the protocol is to ask for submissions, but I would know
> after this, i guess.
The protocol is to file a bug (see http://bugs.debian.org). Its good
(but not required) to include a good explanation about how the problem
effects end users, whether or not it is a regression from a previous
debian release, and to address the risk of the fix itself causing a
regression. Thanks!
--
dann frazier
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