Bug#929557: linux: restore __kernel_fpu needed for zfs for AES-NI/AVX support [mainline not in debian yet]
Hi Chris
On Sat, May 25, 2019 at 10:03:07PM -0400, Chris Zubrzycki wrote:
> GKH has been purging __kernel_fpu_{begin,end}() from all kernels
> including LTS (4.19/5) and it's needed for AES-NI/AVX support in the zfs
> package.
The commit also tells you why this was done. Please bring this up to
upstream and Greg, not to us.
> Arch Linux has already reverted the offending commit in their
> distro. Patch available at
> https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Mic92/nixpkgs/7b77c27caa8617c82df5c5af6b9ce6ae010d7f9a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/export_kernel_fpu_functions.patch
How is this change not a copyright violation?
Regards,
Bastian
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