Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 31 Mar 2012 21:37:38 +0100 | From | Alan Cox <> | Subject | Re: [ 086/149] video:uvesafb: Fix oops that uvesafb try to execute NX-protected page |
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On Sat, 31 Mar 2012 11:03:17 -0700 Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 30, 2012 at 09:30:52PM +0000, Florian Tobias Schandinat wrote: > > Hi Greg, > > > > On 03/30/2012 07:49 PM, Greg KH wrote: > > > 3.2-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. > > > > the same as for 3.3: This patch would require exporting > > 'pcibios_enabled' to not break building uvesafb as a module. As Alan did > > not agree with this approach it is not suitable for stable as is. > > Oops, sorry about that, now removed, thanks for letting me know.
Actually for the backport its probably the right thing to do - its simple, clear and slightly ugly, but its fairly provably safe.
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