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Bug#929557: linux: restore __kernel_fpu needed for zfs for AES-NI/AVX support [mainline not in debian yet]

From Bastian Blank <bblank@thinkmo.de>
Newsgroups linux.debian.bugs.dist, linux.debian.kernel
Subject Bug#929557: linux: restore __kernel_fpu needed for zfs for AES-NI/AVX support [mainline not in debian yet]
Date 2019-05-26 14:10 +0200
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Hi Chris

On Sat, May 25, 2019 at 10:03:07PM -0400, Chris Zubrzycki wrote:
> GKH has been purging __kernel_fpu_{begin,end}() from all kernels
> including LTS (4.19/5) and it's needed for AES-NI/AVX support in the zfs
> package.

The commit also tells you why this was done.  Please bring this up to
upstream and Greg, not to us.

>            Arch Linux has already reverted the offending commit in their
> distro. Patch available at
> https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Mic92/nixpkgs/7b77c27caa8617c82df5c5af6b9ce6ae010d7f9a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/export_kernel_fpu_functions.patch

How is this change not a copyright violation?

Regards,
Bastian

-- 
Punishment becomes ineffective after a certain point.  Men become insensitive.
		-- Eneg, "Patterns of Force", stardate 2534.7

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Bug#929557: linux: restore __kernel_fpu needed for zfs for AES-NI/AVX support [mainline not in debian yet] Chris Zubrzycki <debian@mid-earth.net> - 2019-05-26 04:20 +0200
  Bug#929557: linux: restore __kernel_fpu needed for zfs for AES-NI/AVX support [mainline not in debian yet] Bastian Blank <bblank@thinkmo.de> - 2019-05-26 14:10 +0200
    Bug#929557: linux: restore __kernel_fpu needed for zfs for AES-NI/AVX support [mainline not in debian yet] Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> - 2019-05-26 19:00 +0200
  Processed: Re: Bug#929557: linux: restore __kernel_fpu needed for  zfs for AES-NI/AVX support [mainline not in debian yet] "Debian Bug Tracking System" <owner@bugs.debian.org> - 2019-05-26 19:00 +0200
  Bug#929557: Please revert LTS kernel change that will break ZFS for Buster point releases Mo Zhou <lumin@debian.org> - 2019-06-04 03:50 +0200
  Processed: Re: Bug#929557: Please revert LTS kernel change that  will break ZFS for Buster point releases "Debian Bug Tracking System" <owner@bugs.debian.org> - 2019-06-04 04:50 +0200
  Bug#929557: additional point of view Geert Stappers <stappers@stappers.nl> - 2019-06-04 07:30 +0200
  Bug#929557: Some Thoughts Sam Hartman <hartmans@debian.org> - 2019-06-06 18:30 +0200
  Bug#929557: Some Thoughts Chris Zubrzycki <debian@mid-earth.net> - 2019-06-18 00:30 +0200

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