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[summit-announce] New XSVC RPM (3.0-44) for Linux available



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        There is a new xsvc rpm available in ftp://ftp.xig.com/pub/Summit/
that attempts to work around issues seen with Redhat's version of
remap_page_range() included with their latest 2.4.20 kernels.

        The previous version of xsvc would try to autodetect this case,
but the hack has started showing up in other new RH kernels for RH
versions other tha v9.  Here is a snippet from the Revision History
section of the README.xsvc file:


     This version adds an environment variable that an be used to
     force the workaround, not use the workaround, or try to auto
     detect the problem (default).

     If, while installing the RPM or compiling manually, you are
     getting errors related to remap_page_range() being called with
     too few arguements, try the following before installing the RPM
     or manually compiling:

         export RH9_REMAPHACK=1

     This will force the workaround.

     If the workaround is being used, when it shouldn't (ie: you get
     an error that there are *too many* arguments to
     remap_page_range()), try:

         export RH9_REMAPHACK=0

     The default case is to try to autodetect this mess.

     Then, re-install the RPM, or to rebuild build manually:

         cd /usr/src/xig/xsvc
         make clean
         make
         make install

     NOTE:  This issue only affects recent redhat kernels.


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