Package: linux-2.6 Version: 2.6.26-13 Severity: grave I consider this RC. We'll break X.org either for r0 or r1.
debian-sparc: Please provide someone who wants to take over sparc
architecture maintenance of the Linux packages.
On Sat, Feb 07, 2009 at 10:45:31AM +0000, Jurij Smakov wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 06, 2009 at 11:11:44PM -0800, David Miller wrote:
> >
> > The patch:
> >
> > debian/patches/bugfix/sparc/arch_pci_hostcontroller_workaround.patch
> >
> > causes ultra45 (and other PCI-Express based workstations) to
> > hard reset when the PCI bus is initially scanned by the kernel.
> >
> > Please revert this patch from the debian kernel in Lenny and
> > anywhere else it appears.
> >
> > The code in that patch creating dummy PCI root host controller nodes
> > is wrong and does nothing other than cause trouble. If it fixes some
> > problem with the X server for PCI devices on sparc64 that problem
> > needs to be fixed some other way.
> >
> > Thank you.
>
> I believe that we are just a few days from Lenny release, so uploading
> a new kernel and rebuilding debian-installer might not be an option
> at this point, unfortunately. The best we can probably do is include
> the fixed kernel in the point release, but that's up to kernel team
> to decide.
Bastian
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