linux-kernel - Re: [GIT PULL] x86/hyperv fix for v3.15-rc1

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Message-ID: <53483743.9060500@linux.intel.com>
Date:	Fri, 11 Apr 2014 11:41:07 -0700
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...ux.intel.com>
To:	KY Srinivasan <kys@...rosoft.com>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
CC:	"stable@...r.kernel.org" <stable@...r.kernel.org>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	"Olaf Hering (olaf@...fle.de)" <olaf@...fle.de>
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] x86/hyperv fix for v3.15-rc1

On 04/11/2014 11:39 AM, KY Srinivasan wrote:
> 
> Peter,
> 
> It may be better not to include the patch titled:
> 
> x86, hyperv: When on Hyper-v use NULL legacy PIC (2014-04-03 22:00:13 -
> 0700)
> 
> Without this patch, kexec will not work on Hyper-V efi firmware and that is the way it has been.
> While I tested this patch on both legacy and EFI firmware on Hyper-V, Olaf is reporting that on the
> configurations he is building, this patch causes problems on Hyper-V legacy firmware.
> 
> I am currently working on the idea you have had - using NULL legacy PIC only when
> PIC is not there.
> 

OK, Linus, please drop this pull request (the above patch is the only
patch in the pull anyway.)

	-hpa


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