Bug#929824: Backport VMCI PPN64 patch
On 6/14/19 3:22 PM, Salvatore Bonaccorso wrote:
> Hi Adid,
>
> On Thu, Jun 13, 2019 at 09:38:22PM +0000, Adit Ranadive wrote:
>> Dear Maintainer,
>>
>> Can you give me any ETA on when the patch in this bug would be applied
>> to the Debian linux image?
>
> I think you might want to ask here actually upstream for a backport to
> stable series if that matches the criteria for inclusion. If yes, it
> will then be picked up for the buster kernel as well when new stable
> versions are imported (as it will start to follow at some point newer
> imports from 4.19).
>
Thanks for your reply. I'm not entirely sure about how debian backports
work. Is the inclusion in stable kernels the only criteria here?
Given the size (126 lines) it might be hard to justify inclusion in the
stable release.
What is the other option to have it included in the next Debian release?
> Regards,
> Salvatore
>
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