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Request to disable vmwgfx driver in default config

Bug #606139 reported by deepak murarkar
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This bug affects 3 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
linux (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Medium
Leann Ogasawara

Bug Description

Hi ,

In Ubuntu 10.10 Alpha we noticed that the kernel enables the vmwgfx driver from the staging tree.
At this time we ( VMware) feel that the driver is not stable enough to use and would prefer users to get the drivers
from our VMware-Tools package.

Once we feel that the vmwgfx driver in mainline is mature enough and it is promoted from stable into regular tree we would
love distributions to ship it , however in the mean time we would like you to disable it in your kernels.

Thanks
VMware QA Team

Revision history for this message
Mitch Towner (kermiac) wrote :

Re-assigning this to the "linux" package so that it is noticed by the right people.

affects: ubuntu → linux (Ubuntu)
Leann Ogasawara (leannogasawara)
Changed in linux (Ubuntu):
assignee: nobody → Leann Ogasawara (leannogasawara)
importance: Undecided → Medium
status: New → In Progress
Revision history for this message
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package linux - 2.6.35-9.14

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linux (2.6.35-9.14) maverick; urgency=low

  [ Andy Whitcroft ]

  * ubuntu: AUFS -- add BOM and automated update script
  * ubuntu: AUFS -- update to b37c575759dc4535ccc03241c584ad5fe69e3b25

  [ John Johansen ]

  * [Config] Enable DRBD as a module

  [ Kees Cook ]

  * SAUCE: Yama: verify inode is symlink to avoid bind mounts
    - LP: #604407

  [ Leann Ogasawara ]

  * [Config] Disable CONFIG_DRM_VMWGFX (staging driver)
    - LP: #606139
  * [Config] ports: Disable CONFIG_DRM_VMWGFX (staging driver)
    - LP: #606139
  * [Config] Enable CONFIG_DEBUG_STRICT_USER_COPY_CHECKS=y
  * [Config] ports: Enable CONFIG_DEBUG_STRICT_USER_COPY_CHECKS=y

  [ Lee Jones ]

  * Stop ARM boards crashing when CUPS is loaded
    - LP: #601226

  [ Upstream Kernel Changes ]

  * perf probe: Support tracing an entry of array
  * perf probe: Support static and global variables
 -- Leann Ogasawara <email address hidden> Fri, 16 Jul 2010 14:38:17 -0700

Changed in linux (Ubuntu):
status: In Progress → Fix Released
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