Changing kernel API / Breaking VirtualBox - update criteria violation?

Reindl Harald h.reindl at thelounge.net
Mon Nov 21 20:46:30 UTC 2011



Am 21.11.2011 21:32, schrieb Till Maas:
> Hi,
> 
> a recent kernel update[0] broke Fedora's ability to be a VirtualBox
> host, because asm/amd_iommu.h was removed. The removal of the file was
> noticed during testing, but it seems nobody noticed that this affects
> VirtualBox. Is this kind of change sanctioned by the
> current update criteria?

virtualbox is not part of fedora
and vmware is running great after some changes of version.checks
but vmware is also not part of fedora

better breaking some non-distribution-stuff than as happened with
F14 that current intel machiens with sandy-bridge was not supportted
and forced eople with new hardware way too early to F15/systemd

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