Re: Changing kernel API / Breaking VirtualBox - update criteria violation?

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Till Maas wrote:
> a recent kernel update[0] broke Fedora's ability to be a VirtualBox
> host, because asm/amd_iommu.h was removed. The removal of the file was
> noticed during testing, but it seems nobody noticed that this affects
> VirtualBox. Is this kind of change sanctioned by the
> current update criteria?

Till,

The amd_iommu.h header was moved from asm/ to linux/ in kernel 3.1. The 
VirtualBox source has a define for version < 3.1 use asm/, else use 
linux/. This problem won't be seen by F16 users. It's a small 
side-effect in F15 as it is still using 2.6.x kernel versioning.

As to the update criteria, it would be allowed. VirtualBox is not a 
Fedora package. AFAIK the only thing stopping VBox from being a Fedora 
package is its required kernel module and Fedora's policy against 
out-of-kernel modules.
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