Disable VMI from Ubuntu 10.04 32bit kernels.
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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linux (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Wishlist
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Andy Whitcroft |
Bug Description
Hi,
I see that VMI (paravirt support for VMware) is still enabled in the Ubuntu 10.04 alpha3 32bit kernels. VMware has started retiring VMI from its products and I have also marked it for removal from the mainline kernel. I did mark the CONFIG_VMI option as deprecated, but the patch seems to have missed the 2.6.32 release. Anyways given that it is marked as deprecated with 2.6.33, can you guys please consider disabling it from the next release for 10.04 ?
Commit details from mainline.
commit d0153ca35d344d9
Author: Alok Kataria <email address hidden>
Date: Tue Sep 29 10:25:24 2009 -0700
x86, vmi: Mark VMI deprecated and schedule it for removal
Add text in feature-removal.txt indicating that VMI will be removed in
the 2.6.37 timeframe.
Let me know if you have more questions.
Thanks.
tags: | added: kernel-series-unknown |
tags: |
added: lucid removed: kernel-series-unknown |
Changed in linux (Ubuntu): | |
assignee: | nobody → Andy Whitcroft (apw) |
importance: | Undecided → Wishlist |
status: | New → Triaged |
Changed in linux (Ubuntu): | |
status: | Triaged → In Progress |
milestone: | none → maverick-alpha-3 |
I assume turning this off will prevent our kernels being used on very old Vmware? Could compatibility be an inssue if we turn it off? Which versions of vmware would stop working if we do this?