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Comment 13 for bug 917211

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Simon Déziel (sdeziel) wrote : Re: [Bug 917211] Re: Xen + nouveau + modeset = corrupted console

Joseph, I totally understand the kernel team's position on this. As far
as I'm concerned, this could be marked as "won't fix". Thanks for the
clarification though.

On 12-01-24 03:44 PM, Joseph Salisbury wrote:
> @Simon, Most folks would ask why the kernel team doesn't just apply the
> patch and fix it. The reason is that the kernel team is reluctant (not
> opposed) to apply any patch to a kernel that is not from upstream.
> Applying patches that don't come from upstream add greatly to the
> support of the kernel as other upstream patches may touch the same area
> as the non-upstream patch and may prevent them from applying cleanly.