On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 01:50:40PM +0100, Aurelien Jarno wrote: > On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 11:44:02AM +0100, Guido Trotter wrote: > > On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 10:37:03AM +0100, Aurelien Jarno wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > > > 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. > > > > > > > Yes, that's what I meant. > > Unless I missed something, I have seen no submission. I'll submit it > during the afternoon.
Done. The patch has been merged upstream in the meanwhile. > > > > 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. > > > > > > > But given that it's in the upcoming kernel, and also a feature the newest > > Fedora > > is shipping with it > > (http://www.internetnews.com/dev-news/article.php/3848441/Fedora+12+Linux+Tackles+Virtualization.htm) > > is there any reason why this wouldn't reach upstream anyway? > > I see no reason for it not to be accepted upstream. But waiting for > the upstream patch also means that we have the correct patch, including > all the architectures (even those in ports/). > > I don't expect it to be long, it's probably a matter of days after the > patch has been submitted, probably even before 2.6.32 is released. > The patch is also in the pkg-glibc's SVN, it will be included in the next upload. -- 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]
