Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 23 Feb 2012 22:52:42 +0100 | From | Willy Tarreau <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 0/5] i387: stable kernel backport |
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Hi,
On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 01:10:16PM -0800, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote: > On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 12:51:56PM -0800, H. Peter Anvin wrote: > > On 02/23/2012 12:48 PM, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote: > > > On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 12:29:56PM -0800, H. Peter Anvin wrote: > > >> On 02/23/2012 12:09 PM, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote: > > >>> > > >>> I've applied this now to the 3.0 and 3.2-stable trees. It looks like it > > >>> would work on the 2.6.32-stable tree, but it needs some tweaks, and as I > > >>> can't really test this, and the .32-stable tree is probably not going to > > >>> have problems in this area, I'll let someone else generate those patches > > >>> and test them if they feel it is needed there. > > >>> > > >> > > >> It doesn't seem to appear in the stable git tree... anywhere I can get > > >> your tree so I can test these out? > > > > > > They are in the stable-queue git tree at: > > > /pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git > > > on git.kernel.org > > > > > > Testing them out would be great, if you want, I can knock up a git tree > > > with just these patches in it on 3.2.7 or anything else you need to test > > > with, if that makes it easier for you. > > > > > > > That would be awesome. > > Ok, the patches are at: > git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/stable-test.git linux-3.2.y-i387-test > > They are on top of the 3.2.7 kernel release. > > If that doesn't work for you, please let me know.
I would test this too, but apart from ensuring my kernel still boots, how do I ensure the patches do really fix what the ought to fix ? I must admit I didn't catch the initial issue they were supposed to fix unfortunately :-/
Thanks, Willy
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