[Lucid][pull request] Update to 2.6.32.15/16 Stable Kernel

[Stefan Bader]

On 07/21/2010 03:17 PM, Steve Conklin wrote:
> Hi All,
> 
> http://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/607824
> 
> The 2.6.32.16 stable kernel has recently been released.
> 
> http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.32.16
> http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/patch-2.6.32.16.bz2
> 
> The 2.6.32.16 upstream stable kernel brings in 143 patches
> (DRM excluded).
> 
> As we carry the DRM stack from 2.6.33, all patches that affect
> DRM have been dropped and replaced by DRM patches from 2.6.33.6
> (9 patches).]
> 
> The upstream process for stable tree updates is quite similar
> in scope to the Ubuntu SRU process. e.g: each patch demonstrably
> fixes a bug and is vetted by upstream either by originating
> directly from Linus' tree or by being minimally backported from
> some patch in Linus' tree.
> 
> 
> TEST CASE: TBD
> 
> The following patches were already in our tree, and have been
> reverted and replaced by the version from stable:
> 
> * PCI quirk: Disable MSI on VIA K8T890 systems
> * PCI quirks: disable msi on AMD rs4xx internal gfx bridges
> * UBUNTU: SAUCE: tulip: Let dmfe handle davicom on non-sparc
> * Attempt #2 to handle null nameidata
> * tipc: Fix oops on send prior to entering networked mode (v3)
> * (pre-stable) Input: psmouse - reset all types of mice before
> reconnecting
> * jbd: jbd-debug and jbd2-debug should be writable
> 
> I am attaching the review and I have pushed a preview tree to
> 
> git://kernel.ubuntu.com/sconklin/ubuntu-lucid.git stable-16
> 
> http://kernel.ubuntu.com/git?p=sconklin/ubuntu-lucid.git;a=shortlog;h=refs/heads/stable-16
> 
> This set of patches required an ABI bump.
> 

Patches seemed ok. There was one (pvclocks) which had been reported to cause
regressions, but as far as the discussion went, this was a problem which only
showed using gcc 4.3. And as Lucid is using 4.4 we should not be affected.

Ack from me  (review attached)

-Stefan


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