Bug#622850: linux-2.6: Please enable Hyper-V drivers
On Fri, Apr 15, 2011 at 03:06:40PM +0200, Steinar H. Gunderson wrote: hv_netvsc. I'll see if the patch I linked to actually fixes the issue (Microsoft seems to claim it does): After a few days and some relatively high load, I can confirm 2.6.38 + that patch (hand-adjusted) works fine. /* Steinar */ -- Homepage: http://www.sesse.net/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-kernel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110426182850.ga13...@uio.no
Bug#622850: linux-2.6: Please enable Hyper-V drivers
Package: linux-2.6 Severity: wishlist Hi, I recently had the joy (?) of installing Debian in Microsoft's hypervisor, Hyper-V. While the hypervisor is non-free (like e.g. VMware), the Linux kernel contains free host drivers that greatly increase functionality (e.g., you can access raw devices, have drives larger than 128GB, you get networking access without going through an emulated 100Mbit/sec card, you get heartbeat functionality to the hypervisor, etc.). They currently exist in the staging tree, and have been there since 2.6.32 or thereabouts. /* Steinar */ -- Homepage: http://www.sesse.net/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-kernel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110415080448.ga7...@uio.no
Bug#622850: linux-2.6: Please enable Hyper-V drivers
On Fri, 2011-04-15 at 10:04 +0200, Steinar H. Gunderson wrote: Package: linux-2.6 Severity: wishlist Hi, I recently had the joy (?) of installing Debian in Microsoft's hypervisor, Hyper-V. While the hypervisor is non-free (like e.g. VMware), the Linux kernel contains free host drivers that greatly increase functionality (e.g., you can access raw devices, have drives larger than 128GB, you get networking access without going through an emulated 100Mbit/sec card, you get heartbeat functionality to the hypervisor, etc.). They currently exist in the staging tree, and have been there since 2.6.32 or thereabouts. They are truly worthy of the 'crap' label though. It might be worth backporting the current versions to 'squeeze', but I don't think it would be a good idea to enable the versions in 2.6.32. Ben. -- Ben Hutchings Once a job is fouled up, anything done to improve it makes it worse. signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Bug#622850: linux-2.6: Please enable Hyper-V drivers
On Fri, Apr 15, 2011 at 01:14:08PM +0100, Ben Hutchings wrote: They currently exist in the staging tree, and have been there since 2.6.32 or thereabouts. They are truly worthy of the 'crap' label though. Sure, but they are much better than nothing. Currently I'm having issues that the network card is hanging under load (also in 2.6.38)... Do you know if anybody cares about bug reports should I file them upstream? It might be worth backporting the current versions to 'squeeze', but I don't think it would be a good idea to enable the versions in 2.6.32. Mm, well, my question is for sid, I guess. /* Steinar */ -- Homepage: http://www.sesse.net/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-kernel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110415121704.gb8...@uio.no
Bug#622850: linux-2.6: Please enable Hyper-V drivers
On Fri, 2011-04-15 at 14:17 +0200, Steinar H. Gunderson wrote: On Fri, Apr 15, 2011 at 01:14:08PM +0100, Ben Hutchings wrote: They currently exist in the staging tree, and have been there since 2.6.32 or thereabouts. They are truly worthy of the 'crap' label though. Sure, but they are much better than nothing. Currently I'm having issues that the network card is hanging under load (also in 2.6.38)... Do you know if anybody cares about bug reports should I file them upstream? Which driver, hv_netvsc or the one for the emulated hardware (whatever that is)? Anyway, bug reports against the current upstream version should go upstream. It might be worth backporting the current versions to 'squeeze', but I don't think it would be a good idea to enable the versions in 2.6.32. Mm, well, my question is for sid, I guess. We don't usually expect people to upgrade the kernel to get new hardware support. If these drivers are so useful then they ought to be in squeeze. Ben. -- Ben Hutchings Once a job is fouled up, anything done to improve it makes it worse. signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Bug#622850: linux-2.6: Please enable Hyper-V drivers
On Fri, Apr 15, 2011 at 02:17:04PM +0200, Steinar H. Gunderson wrote: Sure, but they are much better than nothing. Currently I'm having issues that the network card is hanging under load (also in 2.6.38)... Do you know if anybody cares about bug reports should I file them upstream? OK, to answer my own question there: https://launchpadlibrarian.net/68558231/ms-hv.patch reportedly fixes this (it's a known issue). Patch from upstream, as Microsoft is trying to get these drivers out of staging. /* Steinar */ -- Homepage: http://www.sesse.net/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-kernel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110415130055.gc8...@uio.no
Bug#622850: linux-2.6: Please enable Hyper-V drivers
On Fri, Apr 15, 2011 at 01:43:27PM +0100, Ben Hutchings wrote: Which driver, hv_netvsc or the one for the emulated hardware (whatever that is)? Anyway, bug reports against the current upstream version should go upstream. hv_netvsc. I'll see if the patch I linked to actually fixes the issue (Microsoft seems to claim it does): We don't usually expect people to upgrade the kernel to get new hardware support. If these drivers are so useful then they ought to be in squeeze. Well, yes, if you're adding new stuff to squeeze I'd say a backport of the 2.6.38 drivers would be excellent. You basically can't run Debian in Hyper-V except as a toy without them (and debian-installer with out-of-tree modules is a pain). /* Steinar */ -- Homepage: http://www.sesse.net/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-kernel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110415130640.ga8...@uio.no
