On 08/25/2017 10:29 AM, Cornelia Huck wrote: > On Fri, 25 Aug 2017 10:21:58 +0200 > Christian Borntraeger <borntrae...@de.ibm.com> wrote: > >> On 08/25/2017 09:20 AM, Cornelia Huck wrote: > >>> OK, to recap: >>> >>> - the current pre-built bios seems fine >>> - rebuilding the bios may yield a version that fails on some systems >>> (different compiler?) >>> - adding aligned(8) looks like the right thing to do >>> - it seems to fix the problem, but on at least one system something >>> still seems off (under investigation) >> >> Yes. I am out of office today, so for any aligned(8) patch >> Acked-by: Christian Borntraeger <borntrae...@de.ibm.com> >> even for 2.10. > > I fear the 2.10 train has already left the station, but any aligned(8) > patch should be cc:stable.
I think this could be a topic for QEMU summit. Our process of not allowing fixes in rcx without requiring an rc(x+1) seems a bit odd. The Linux kernel style (there are fixes between the last rc and release) seems more balanced as long as we establish some safety nets.
