[Pkg-xen-devel] Including the dm-ioband patch in the Debian kernel

[Thomas Goirand]

Hi there,

I was wondering if you think it would be possible to include the
dm-ioband patch in the Debian kernel for Squeeze. Here's the site:

http://sourceforge.net/apps/trac/ioband/

This patch will sooner or later be upstreamed in the kernel.org kernels,
I believe. I also think that missing that feature if kernel.org doesn't
include it would be a mistake.

I have applied the patch to a 2.6.31.5 with pvops patch, and it applied
without any issue (even though I didn't try to compile and test this
version, some earlier worked without issue).

This patch is particularly important when you are running a bunch of
virtual machines in production.

Thanks for considering,

Thomas