On Sun, Jan 02, 2011 at 08:57:19PM +0000, Ben Hutchings wrote: > On Sun, 2011-01-02 at 20:41 +0100, cfchris6 wrote: > > What has to be done until the proposed solution to blacklist the module > > could > > be implemented? > > > > I do think that it is not very nice to have a big part of those with a newer > > amd64 box unable to use this functionality. > > > > If I get it correctly, the main reason for the decision to disable that > > module > > is that it's not playing nice with a T400. What is the number of the bug > > report > > with upstream on that matter? > > I don't know of one. There is a Fedora bug report > <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=571577> and if I read that > correctly then this is not a model-specific bug - the module was > actually completely broken in 2.6.32 if CONFIG_CRYPTO_FIPS=y (which it > is in Debian packages). However, it also looks like this was fixed in > 2.6.32.19, which is incorporated in the source for the current package. > > Please can you test whether aesni-intel loads and works in: > > 1. Package version 2.6.32-12 > <http://snapshot.debian.org/package/linux-2.6/2.6.32-12/>. This was the > last version with aesni-intel included. > > 2. Package version 2.6.32-29, modified to reenable aesni-intel. See the > instructions at > <http://kernel-handbook.alioth.debian.org/ch-common-tasks.html#s-common-official>. > a. Follow section 4.2.1. > b. Change '# CONFIG_CRYPTO_AES_NI_INTEL is not set' to > 'CONFIG_CRYPTO_AES_NI_INTEL=m' in > debian/config/kernelarch-x86/config-arch-64. > c. Follow section 4.2.4.
fyi, 2.6.32-12 & 2.6.32-29 w/ CONFIG_CRYPTO_AES_NI_INTEL=m both boot successfully w/ the aesni_intel module on my Lenovo T410. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-kernel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110103043033.ga2...@dannf.org
