Bug#586772: [Pkg-xen-devel] Bug#586772: Bug#586772: blktap2 Support

2012-03-14 Thread Niccolò Belli
Il 14/03/2012 14:34, Ian Campbell ha scritto: I should have asked -- what exactly didn't work, what was the failure mode? (I'm wondering if my thoughts about this compatibility issue I mentioned above might have been jumping to a conclusion without sufficient data?) As soon as you load the blkt

Bug#586772: [Pkg-xen-devel] Bug#586772: Bug#586772: blktap2 Support

2012-03-14 Thread Ian Campbell
On Thu, 2012-03-08 at 21:03 +0100, Niccolò Belli wrote: > Il 08/03/2012 18:47, Ian Campbell ha scritto: > > There was a breakage of the blktap userspace<-> kernel ABI at one > > point, which might stop 4.1 working with 2.6.32 era kernel wihch might > > also explain this. > > That may be the probl

Bug#586772: [Pkg-xen-devel] Bug#586772: Bug#586772: Bug#586772: blktap2 Support

2012-03-09 Thread Niccolò Belli
Il 09/03/2012 18:56, Thomas Goirand ha scritto: Have you considered using the backported Linux 3.2 kernel? I don't see why blktap-dkms would fail there. I do apply 15 different patches and I wasted lots of time trying to get rid of the kernel panics and the tons of issues I had, switching to

Bug#586772: [Pkg-xen-devel] Bug#586772: Bug#586772: Bug#586772: blktap2 Support

2012-03-09 Thread Thomas Goirand
On 03/09/2012 04:03 AM, Niccolò Belli wrote: > Il 08/03/2012 18:47, Ian Campbell ha scritto: >> There was a breakage of the blktap userspace<-> kernel ABI at one >> point, which might stop 4.1 working with 2.6.32 era kernel wihch might >> also explain this. > > That may be the problem indeed, the

Bug#586772: [Pkg-xen-devel] Bug#586772: Bug#586772: blktap2 Support

2012-03-08 Thread Niccolò Belli
Il 08/03/2012 18:47, Ian Campbell ha scritto: There was a breakage of the blktap userspace<-> kernel ABI at one point, which might stop 4.1 working with 2.6.32 era kernel wihch might also explain this. That may be the problem indeed, the only reason Squeeze didn't get blktap2 was a stupid lic

Bug#586772: [Pkg-xen-devel] Bug#586772: Bug#586772: blktap2 Support

2012-03-08 Thread Ian Campbell
On Thu, 2012-03-08 at 18:44 +0100, Niccolò Belli wrote: > Uh? Really? I'm pretty sure blktap2 did work with upstream > xen-4.0-rc$something (not the debian packages) and the official > (pre-)Squeeze 2.6.32 xen kernel. Hmm. Perhaps I'm confused then. There was a breakage of the blktap userspace <-

Bug#586772: [Pkg-xen-devel] Bug#586772: Bug#586772: blktap2 Support

2012-03-08 Thread Niccolò Belli
Uh? Really? I'm pretty sure blktap2 did work with upstream xen-4.0-rc$something (not the debian packages) and the official (pre-)Squeeze 2.6.32 xen kernel. On Thu, Mar 8, 2012 at 5:44 PM, Ian Campbell wrote: > There is no kernel side in Squeeze so backporting the userspace side > will not work.

Bug#586772: [Pkg-xen-devel] Bug#586772: Bug#586772: blktap2 Support

2012-03-08 Thread Ian Campbell
On Thu, 2012-03-08 at 11:19 +0100, Niccolò Belli wrote: > Forget about blktap2 in Squeeze... Unfortunately it doesn't work even > backporting 4.1.2-3. There is no kernel side in Squeeze so backporting the userspace side will not work. You could try backporting the blktap-dkms stuff from Sid/Whee

Bug#586772: [Pkg-xen-devel] Bug#586772: blktap2 Support

2012-03-08 Thread Niccolò Belli
Forget about blktap2 in Squeeze... Unfortunately it doesn't work even backporting 4.1.2-3. Niccolò -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Bug#586772: blktap2 Support

2012-03-07 Thread Jayson Vantuyl
We have a great many VMs that are stuck on Lenny because of this. Probably can build it ourselves, but would prefer to avoid the maintenance nightmare. Please make this happen, as we really like Debian. Thanks, -- Jayson Vantuyl jay...@gogrid.com 417-207-6962 (mobil