On Monday, May 14, 2012 3:22 PM, Ben Hutchings [mailto:b...@decadent.org.uk] wrote:
> > Let me introduce myself - my team is part of the Open Source > > Technology Center at Microsoft, and we're responsible for a set of > > drivers in the Linux kernel to provide an optimized experience for > > running paravirtualized Linux on top of Microsoft's hypervisor, > > Hyper-V. The drivers have exited the kernel as of 3.4 and now exist in > > the following locations: > > > > /drivers/hv (core Hyper-V bus driver, provides communication between > > Dom0 and DomU, as well as the hv_utils driver, which provides time > > synchronization, heartbeat, and integrated shutdown) > > /drivers/scsi/storvsc_drv.c (storage driver) /drivers/net/hyperv > > (network driver) /tools/hv (KVP - key value pair exchange, a way to > > pass messages and datagrams between virtual machines and the root) > > > > We've done a lot of work with Andy Whitcroft at Canonical to get the > > drivers integrated into Ubuntu 12.04 and higher. What we'd like to > > discuss is doing the same thing for Debian. > > > > What would be the best way to start or discuss this effort? > > The drivers were already updated (in 3.2.15-1). Great, thanks. We've done some investigation into the current status of Wheezy on Hyper-V, and as of 3.2.0-2, there's about a five patch differential between linux-next and the 3.2.0-2 kernel. How can I update to the 3.2.15-1 kernel? I installed Wheezy using the latest testing ISO, but apt-get doesn't want to show a new kernel. > I have a to-do item to look at tools/hv and build those tools from the linux- > tools source package, but it wouldn't hurt for you to open a bug report > requesting it. If you can provide a patch then that would make it a lot > easier > to fix. > > Currently the linux-tools source package in Debian builds binary packages > that are specific to upstream kernel versions (linux-kbuild-3.2, linux-tools- > 3.2), I assume tools/hv is not version-specific and therefore it would belong > in a new package, say, 'linux-tools-common' (*not* 'linux-tools', which > somewhat confusingly is a meta-package). I'm going to sync with my developers to see if we can get a patch created - but in the meantime I'll open a bug. Thanks! -M mike sterling | program manager open source technology center http://www.microsoft.com/opensource/ t: +1 425 707 7730 f: +1 425 708 1799 e: mike.sterl...@microsoft.com t: http://twitter.com/mikester01 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-kernel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/a19259d4d4d02a429e578f34e2857f9d51c63...@tk5ex14mbxc287.redmond.corp.microsoft.com
