RE: [Xen-devel] XCP: update dom0 kernel?

[yamamoto@xxxxxxxxxxxxx (YAMAMOTO Takashi)]

hi,

> On Thu, 2010-05-27 at 09:09 +0100, Ian Pratt wrote:
>> > >> i want to use linux md driver in xcp's dom0.
>> > >> however, unfortunately the kernel shipped with xcp build20719 seems to
>> > >> have a known deadlock bug and unusable for my purpose.
>> > >>
>> > >> in git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-
>> > 2.6.git,
>> > >> the bug was introduced by:
>> > >>         449aad3e25358812c43afc60918c5ad3819488e7
>> > >> and fixed by:
>> > >>         c8c00a6915a2e3d10416e8bdd3138429beb96210
>> > >>
>> > >> any chance for it to be fixed for xcp soon?
>> > >
>> > > Thanks for the pointer -- it can definitely be fixed in the next update.
>> > 
>> > i heard that the next release will use the same kernel and thus will
>> > have the bug intact.  it's a bit disappointing.  is it true?
>> 
>> XCP 0.5 will use the same 2.6.27 kernel as earlier versions, but bug fixes 
>> such as this will certainly be backported to it.
> 
> I can confirm that the above fix is already in the tree which will be
> used for the 0.5 release.

i've tested XCP 0.5 RC1 and it worked for me.  thanks!

YAMAMOTO Takashi

> 
> Ian.

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