linux-kernel - Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH/RFC] Fix xsave bug on older Xen hypervisors

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Message-ID: <20120910223644.GC22357@u002268147cd4502c336d.ant.amazon.com>
Date:	Mon, 10 Sep 2012 15:36:45 -0700
From:	Matt Wilson <msw@...zon.com>
To:	Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@...cle.com>
CC:	"Justin M. Forbes" <jmforbes@...uxtx.org>,
	Jan Beulich <JBeulich@...e.com>,
	Stefan Bader <stefan.bader@...onical.com>,
	<xen-devel@...ts.xen.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH/RFC] Fix xsave bug on older Xen hypervisors

On Fri, Sep 07, 2012 at 10:54:33AM -0400, Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk wrote:
> 
> Sure. Jan is asking though for actual confirmation that the upstream kernel
> does indeed go belly up without a workaround.
> And whether this patch (which I would did since Canonical is carrying it) does
> fix the issue.
> 
> I am still a newbie on the Amazon EC2 upload your kernel thing (hint, would
> appreciate somebody taking this patch and trying it out).

For what it's worth, that's super easy these days. All modern Linux
AMIs on EC2 should be using PV-GRUB. Just adjust the GRUB 0.97
configuration file in /boot/grub/menu.lst to point at your new kernel.

I have seen some OEL AMIs that, for some reason, have a partition
table and /boot on a separate partition. This means that the
configuration file is in /boot/boot/grub/menu.lst.

Matt
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