Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Mon, 16 Jun 2008 16:37:30 -0700 | From | Greg KH <> | Subject | Re: [stable] [PATCH 2/2] xen: don't drop NX bit |
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On Mon, Jun 16, 2008 at 03:51:37PM -0700, Jeremy Fitzhardinge wrote: > Greg KH wrote: >> While it's great that you tell the stable people about this, but is it >> realistic? Is anyone using Xen as contained in the mainline kernel >> these days? >> > > Yes, it's what Redhat is shipping in Fedora 9.
Wow, great, I didn't realize this! Nevermind then :)
>> If a distro were to be based on 2.6.25 and we take this patch, they will >> just revert it back out due to their very large Xen patchset they apply >> on top to get a "working" Xen version, right? >> > > No. RH is using upstream Xen now. I don't know what the other distros are > doing, but Novell is considering it, at least.
Heh, Novell isn't using it right now, look at the series of patches in opensuse 11.0 for proof of that :(
Ok, no objection from me, when these hit Linus's tree we'll add them to the -stable queue.
thanks,
greg k-h
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