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 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
