On Wed, 19 Mar 2008 19:24:25 +0800 "Jaya Kumar" <jayakumar.lkml@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Wed, Mar 19, 2008 at 6:45 PM, Markus Armbruster <armbru@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > Any progress on this? > > > > Considering that fb_defio is utterly broken without the fix (writing > > the frame buffer makes the VM endlessly invoke vm_ops.page_mkwrite()), > > wouldn't it make sense to merge the fix even if it still has issues? > > > > Yes, Andrew has merged the fix into -mm. I see it in mmotm > > http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/fbdev-defio-and-metronomefb-v4.patch > Do we need some of all of that patch in 2.6.25? I wasn't aware of such a need. If the drivers/video/fb_defio.c hunk of that patch fixes something then I'd be inclined to merge the whole thing - adding a new driver won't hurt anyone. _______________________________________________ Virtualization mailing list Virtualization@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.linux-foundation.org/mailman/listinfo/virtualization
