VIRTIO_CONSOLE=y on armhf

[Paolo Pisati]

SRU Justification:

Impact: Qemu mach-virt requires VIRTIO_CONSOLE=y as is the only available console option there, and having it as =m doesn't let you see the boot messages until initrd is mounted

Fix: apply the attached config patch and recompile a kernel

Testcase:

try booting a qemu mach-virt instance with and without a patched kernel

[Brad Figg (brad-figg)]

This bug is missing log files that will aid in diagnosing the problem. From a terminal window please run:

apport-collect 1237982

and then change the status of the bug to 'Confirmed'.

If, due to the nature of the issue you have encountered, you are unable to run this command, please add a comment stating that fact and change the bug status to 'Confirmed'.

This change has been made by an automated script, maintained by the Ubuntu Kernel Team.

[Brad Figg (brad-figg)]

This bug is awaiting verification that the kernel in -proposed solves the problem. Please test the kernel and update this bug with the results. If the problem is solved, change the tag 'verification-needed-saucy' to 'verification-done-saucy'.

If verification is not done by 5 working days from today, this fix will be dropped from the source code, and this bug will be closed.

See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to enable and use -proposed. Thank you!

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package linux - 3.11.0-13.20

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linux (3.11.0-13.20) saucy; urgency=low

  [ Brad Figg ]

  * Release Tracking Bug
    - LP: #1242793

  [ Paolo Pisati ]

  * [Config] amhf: VIRTIO_CONSOLE=y
    - LP: #1237982
  * [Config] AHCI_IMX=y
    - LP: #1240038

  [ Tim Gardner ]

  * [Config] CONFIG_USB_OTG=n for all arches
    - LP: #1047527
  * dm-raid4-5: Fix compile issues
    - LP: #1241086
  * [Config] CONFIG_DM_RAID45=m
    - LP: #1241086

  [ Upstream Kernel Changes ]

  * Revert "cw1200: Don't perform SPI transfers in interrupt context"
    - LP: #1237530
  * block: Fix bio_copy_data()
    - LP: #1237530
  * sysv: Add forgotten superblock lock init for v7 fs
    - LP: #1237530
  * bcache: Fix a dumb journal discard bug
    - LP: #1237530
  * bcache: Strip endline when writing the label through sysfs
    - LP: #1237530
  * bcache: Fix for when no journal entries are found
    - LP: #1237530
  * bcache: Fix a writeback performance regression
    - LP: #1237530
  * bcache: Fix a flush/fua performance bug
    - LP: #1237530
  * bcache: Fix a dumb CPU spinning bug in writeback
    - LP: #1237530
  * bcache: Fix a shrinker deadlock
    - LP: #1237530
  * bcache: Fix for handling overlapping extents when reading in a btree
    node
    - LP: #1237530
  * bcache: Fix flushes in writeback mode
    - LP: #1237530
  * kernel/reboot.c: re-enable the function of variable reboot_default
    - LP: #1237530
  * x86/reboot: Add quirk to make Dell C6100 use reboot=pci automatically
    - LP: #1237530
  * tools lib lk: Uninclude linux/magic.h in debugfs.c
    - LP: #1237530
  * x86, efi: Don't map Boot Services on i386
    - LP: #1237530
  * mei: make me client counters less error prone
    - LP: #1237530
  * mei: bus: stop wait for read during cl state transition
    - LP: #1237530
  * mei: cancel stall timers in mei_reset
    - LP: #1237530
  * tty: Fix SIGTTOU not sent with tcflush()
    - LP: #1237530
  * serial: tegra: fix tty-kref leak
    - LP: #1237530
  * serial: pch_uart: fix tty-kref leak in rx-error path
    - LP: #1237530
  * serial: pch_uart: fix tty-kref leak in dma-rx path
    - LP: #1237530
  * ARM: 7837/3: fix Thumb-2 bug in AES assembler code
    - LP: #1237530
  * staging: vt6656: [BUG] main_usb.c oops on device_close move flag
    earlier.
    - LP: #1237530
  * staging: vt6656: [BUG] iwctl_siwencodeext return if device not open
    - LP: #1237530
  * drm/i915/tv: clear adjusted_mode.flags
    - LP: #1237530
  * cw1200: Use a threaded oneshot irq handler for cw1200_spi
    - LP: #1237530
  * xhci: Ensure a command structure points to the correct trb on the
    command ring
    - LP: #1237530
  * xhci: Fix oops happening after address device timeout
    - LP: #1237530
  * USB: fix PM config symbol in uhci-hcd, ehci-hcd, and xhci-hcd
    - LP: #1237530
  * xhci: Fix race between ep halt and URB cancellation
    - LP: #1237530
  * USB: OHCI: accept very late isochronous URBs
    - LP: #1237530
  * USB: UHCI: accept very late isochronous URBs
    - LP: #1237530
  * USB: Fix breakage in ffs_fs_mount()
    - LP: #1237530
  * fsl/usb: Resolve PHY_CLK_VLD instability issue for ULPI phy
    - LP: #1237530
  *...