reassign 498940 linux-2.6 retitle 498940 [patch] linux-2.6.26 KVM fails to boot Mach severity 498940 important tags 498940 +patch tags 498940 +fixed-upstream thanks
On Mon, Nov 03, 2008 at 11:28:53AM +0100, Samuel Thibault wrote: > Michael Banck, le Mon 03 Nov 2008 11:09:08 +0100, a écrit : > > Is it trivial to apply the fix which went into 2.6.27 to 2.6.26? > > Yes: > > commit f697554515b06e8d7264f316b25e6da943407142 > Author: Aurelien Jarno <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Fri May 2 17:02:23 2008 +0200 > > KVM: PIT: support mode 3 > > The in-kernel PIT emulation ignores pending timers if operating > under mode 3, which for example Hurd uses. > > This mode should output a square wave, high for (N+1)/2 counts and low > for (N-1)/2 counts. As we only care about the resulting interrupts, the > period is N, and mode 3 is the same as mode 2 with regard to > interrupts. > > Signed-off-by: Aurelien Jarno <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Signed-off-by: Avi Kivity <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/i8254.c b/arch/x86/kvm/i8254.c > index 735ec9a..60074dc 100644 > --- a/arch/x86/kvm/i8254.c > +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/i8254.c > @@ -308,6 +308,7 @@ static void pit_load_count(struct kvm *kvm, int channel, > u32 > create_pit_timer(&ps->pit_timer, val, 0); > break; > case 2: > + case 3: > create_pit_timer(&ps->pit_timer, val, 1); > break; > default: > OK, so reassigning to linux-2.6. Linux kernel maintainers, please apply this patch for lenny if another upload is done. thanks, Michael
