Bug#419943: linux-2.6: CONFIG_PARAVIRT breaks some external modules

2007-04-19 Thread Russ Allbery
There's an ugly hack of a workaround in OpenAFS that looks like it will deal with the current CONFIG_PARAVIRT brokenness at the cost of some performance. I'll go that route with the next upload. Hopefully upstream will remove the (incorrect) GPL-only designation on this interface soon. NVidia, b

Bug#419943: linux-2.6: CONFIG_PARAVIRT breaks some external modules

2007-04-19 Thread maximilian attems
On Wed, Apr 18, 2007 at 03:18:22PM -0700, Russ Allbery wrote: > maximilian attems <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > kvm is a too interesting tech to be disabled, > > checkout buildserver trunk builds to see if it is solved in 2.6.21-rcX > > -> wiki.debian.org/DebianKernel > > The same problem is

Bug#419943: linux-2.6: CONFIG_PARAVIRT breaks some external modules

2007-04-18 Thread Russ Allbery
maximilian attems <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > kvm is a too interesting tech to be disabled, > checkout buildserver trunk builds to see if it is solved in 2.6.21-rcX > -> wiki.debian.org/DebianKernel The same problem is still present in those builds. Given the invasiveness of what PARAVIRT does

Bug#419943: linux-2.6: CONFIG_PARAVIRT breaks some external modules

2007-04-18 Thread Russ Allbery
maximilian attems <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > kvm is a too interesting tech to be disabled, > checkout buildserver trunk builds to see if it is solved in 2.6.21-rcX > -> wiki.debian.org/DebianKernel Okay, we'll check. Thanks. -- Russ Allbery ([EMAIL PROTECTED])

Bug#419943: linux-2.6: CONFIG_PARAVIRT breaks some external modules

2007-04-18 Thread maximilian attems
On Wed, Apr 18, 2007 at 02:47:17PM -0700, Russ Allbery wrote: > > The 2.6.20 kernels in unstable for 686 and k7 have CONFIG_PARAVIRT enabled. > This apparently redefines various operations widely used by kernel modules > (or included via inlined functions) to redirect through a paravirts_ops > tab

Bug#419943: linux-2.6: CONFIG_PARAVIRT breaks some external modules

2007-04-18 Thread Russ Allbery
Package: linux-2.6 Version: 2.6.20-2 Severity: important The 2.6.20 kernels in unstable for 686 and k7 have CONFIG_PARAVIRT enabled. This apparently redefines various operations widely used by kernel modules (or included via inlined functions) to redirect through a paravirts_ops table, but the par