Disable VMI from Ubuntu 10.04 32bit kernels.
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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| linux (Ubuntu) |
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 |
Andy Whitcroft (apw) wrote : | #1 |
Alok Kataria (akataria) wrote : | #2 |
There are no compatibility issues, VMI (paravirtualiza
My post on LKML has some details about the performance impact.
http://
Changed in linux (Ubuntu): | |
status: | Triaged → In Progress |
milestone: | none → maverick-alpha-3 |
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote : | #3 |
This bug was fixed in the package linux - 2.6.35-5.6
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linux (2.6.35-5.6) maverick; urgency=low
[ Amit Kucheria ]
* [Config] update omap flavour description
[ Andy Whitcroft ]
* update to ubuntu-
- LP: #570500, #576274
* SAUCE: add option to hand off all kernel parameters to init
- LP: #586386
* [Config] enable passing all kernel command line to init
- LP: #586386
* [Config] disable CONFIG_VMI
- LP: #537601
* [Config] enable CONFIG_IPV6_SIT_6RD
- LP: #591869
* [Config] enable CONFIG_
- LP: #592039
[ Leann Ogasawara ]
* Revert "SAUCE: pm: Config option to disable handling of console during
suspend/resume"
- LP: #594885
* [Config] Remove CONFIG_
* [Config] ports: enable passing all kernel command line to init
- LP: #586386
* [Config] Enable CONFIG_FB_VESA=y for x86
* [Config] Add CONFIG_
* [Config] Add CONFIG_FB_VESA=y for x86 to config enforcer
* [Config] Enable CONFIG_
- LP: #493156
[ Mathieu Poirier ]
* ARM: Adding MosChip MCS7830 to nic-usb
- LP: #584920
[ Upstream Kernel Changes ]
* Revert "[Upstream] docbook: need xmldoclinks for all doc types"
* docbook: need xmldoclinks for all doc types
* perf probe: Add kernel source path option
-- Leann Ogasawara <email address hidden> Thu, 17 Jun 2010 08:05:29 -0700
Changed in linux (Ubuntu): | |
status: | In Progress → Fix Released |
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?