178531 – Updated alpha UAC patch for 2.6.21+ kernels

Bug 178531 - Updated alpha UAC patch for 2.6.21+ kernels

Summary: Updated alpha UAC patch for 2.6.21+ kernels

Status:	RESOLVED FIXED

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Linux
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	[OLD] Core system (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All Linux

Importance:	High normal (vote)
Assignee:	Daniel Drake (RETIRED)

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Reported:	2007-05-14 17:04 UTC by Bryan Østergaard (RETIRED)
Modified:	2007-05-19 05:33 UTC (History)
CC List:	2 users (show)

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Updated UAC patch. (4405_alpha-sysctl-uac.patch,5.64 KB, patch) 2007-05-14 17:05 UTC, Bryan Østergaard (RETIRED)	Details \| Diff
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Description Bryan Østergaard (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2007-05-14 17:04:32 UTC

The UAC (unaligned access control) patch for Alpha breaks due to changes in ctl_table structure and register_sysctl_table function. Here's an updated patch fixing these issues + an issue where the kernel would break if the UAC option wasn't enabled.

Comment 1 Bryan Østergaard (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2007-05-14 17:05:02 UTC

Created attachment 119239 [details, diff]
Updated UAC patch.

Comment 2 Daniel Drake (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2007-05-15 22:34:11 UTC

Thanks, patch looks fine

Comment 3 Daniel Drake (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2007-05-19 05:33:05 UTC

Fixed in gentoo-sources-2.6.21-r1 (genpatches-2.6.21-2)