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Re: [Xen-devel] Xen 3.1.3 and Linux Kernel 2.6.18.8

To: Joshua West <jwest@xxxxxxxxxxxx>, <xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] Xen 3.1.3 and Linux Kernel 2.6.18.8
From: Keir Fraser <Keir.Fraser@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2008 21:12:22 +0000
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Feel free to submit a patch that throws the upgrade to .8 into the kernel's
patches/ directory, within the 3.1-testing repository.

 -- Keir

On 15/1/08 19:32, "Joshua West" <jwest@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Currently, linux kernel 2.6.18 is used for Xen 3.1.x.
> 
> Would it be possible (or advisable) to make kernel 2.6.18.8 the default
> for Xen 3.1.3 - just as it was done with the Xen 3.0.x branch and
> kernels like 2.6.16.26 & 2.6.16.33?  There are quite a few security (and
> regular) bugs fixed in the 2.6.18.x point releases.
> 
> Thanks.



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