On Wed, 2011-12-14 at 07:10 +0100, Mathieu Simon wrote: > Package: linux-image-amd64 > Severity: wishlist > > > Dear Maintainers > > With the release of the 3.2 kernel (yet to happen), some of the > modules improving the glue for Linux VMs running on a MS Hyper-V > hypervisor have left the staging area (drivers/hv).
There is no need to wait for drivers to leave staging, in general. I think there was some problem with them earlier that meant we didn't enable them (possibly limitations on building as modules?). Also, MS abandoned them for a while. But it seems that they are being properly maintained now. > Could this be taken as an opportunity to enable them in the default > kernel image in experimental (i386, amd64) allowing testing with Debian? > Currently they are not unloadable, if that is a problem, I know there is > a patch floating in the upstream. Do you have a reference for that? (Commit hash, message ID, URL...) > What would they enable? > - add virtual SMP support for VMs > - time provider support from the hypervisor Yes, all this paravirt stuff is useful. Ben. -- Ben Hutchings Computers are not intelligent. They only think they are.
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