linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Fix VMI crash on boot in 2.6.27+ kernels

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Message-Id: <1228894205.8766.20.camel@bodhitayantram.eng.vmware.com>
Date:	Tue, 09 Dec 2008 23:30:05 -0800
From:	Zachary Amsden <zach@...are.com>
To:	Greg KH <gregkh@...e.de>
Cc:	"norman@...backs.co.uk" <norman@...backs.co.uk>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Yinghai Lu <yhlu.kernel@...il.com>, mingo <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Alok Kataria <alokkataria1@...il.com>,
	"bruno.premont@...tena.lu" <bruno.premont@...tena.lu>,
	"xl@...igned.net" <xl@...igned.net>,
	"dsd@...too.org" <dsd@...too.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Fix VMI crash on boot in 2.6.27+ kernels

On Tue, 2008-12-09 at 16:44 -0800, Greg KH wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 09, 2008 at 04:50:21PM -0800, Zachary Amsden wrote:
> > Patches backported into 2.6.27.4 caused a regression with VMI kernels
> > running on VMware which ends in a page fault during boot.  I have a fix
> > which still allows DMI checks to be done early.
> 
> Is this regression also present on 2.6.28-rc kernels as well?

Yes, I reproduced and fixed this on a git tree synced to mainline today.

Thanks,

Zach

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