Bug#850425: Debian bug #850425 - mpt3sas "swiotlb buffer is full" problem only under Xen

[Ian Jackson <ian.jackson@eu.citrix.com>]

Andy Smith writes ("Debian bug #850425 - mpt3sas "swiotlb buffer is full" problem only under Xen"):
> I'm trying to get two Xen patches applied in Debian as I need it for
> Xen to work on my hardware. The bug report is here:
> 
>     https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=850425

Hi.  (Bounced this to my work account where I do Xen stuff.)

> Ben Hutchings is asking why the two patches are not yet applied
> upstream and doesn't seem to have got an answer. I was wondering if
> you could take a look.

I'm afraid I don't know.

Patches only make it into Linux upstream stable releases if someone
pushes to get them in.  I don't know whether this specific patch is
even in the current Linux tip, which would normally be the route to
getting them into stable.

Ian.