On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 09:11:33AM +0000, Guido Trotter wrote: > Package: libc6-dev > Version: 2.10.1-7 > Severity: wishlist > Tags: patch > > Hi, > > It would be nice if we could ship a glibc with KSM support, which is > very useful for people running virtualization environments. I proposed a > patch at: > http://www.eglibc.org/archives/patches/msg00784.html > > But at: > http://www.eglibc.org/archives/patches/msg00793.html > > I was told to wait for upstream GNU glibc support, for a routine merge.
That's actually the reverse. You should submit the patch to upstream GNU libc, so that it is merged later in EGLIBC. > KSM will be present in the 2.6.32 kernel, which is going to be released > soon. It might be nice if Debian could include this patch earlier, since > for us eglibc is the default libc, so that as soon as that kernel is out > and the kvm/qemu people package a version with KSM support, the > compilers will pick up the flag and KSM will work in unstable/squeeze. > (qemu/kvm code has an #ifdef which means that they will be compiled > without kvm if glibc doesn't have the flag) > Given it changes the API, I would prefer to see it accepted upstream first. -- Aurelien Jarno GPG: 1024D/F1BCDB73 [email protected] http://www.aurel32.net -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
