Thanks to Tibor Keri from the University of Glasgow for bringing the following to our attention:<\/p>\n
In kernel 3.7-rc1, the flag VM_RESERVED is removed<\/pre>\nThe implication is, that sis11_mmap.c requires the following patch:<\/p>\n
\/*\u00a0\u00a0 offset in bytes\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 + size of mapping\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 *\/<\/p>\n
if ((vma->vm_pgoff<<PAGE_SHIFT)+(vma->vm_end-vma->vm_start)><\/p>\n
PAGE_ALIGN(size))<\/p>\n
return -EINVAL;<\/p>\n
\/* start of patch\u00a0 *\/<\/p>\n
#ifndef VM_RESERVED<\/p>\n
# define\u00a0 VM_RESERVED\u00a0\u00a0 (VM_DONTEXPAND | VM_DONTDUMP)<\/p>\n
#endif<\/p>\n
\/* end of patch\u00a0 *\/<\/p>\n
vma->vm_flags |= VM_RESERVED;<\/p>\n
vma->vm_flags |= VM_IO;<\/p>\n
vma->vm_flags |= VM_DONTEXPAND;<\/p>\n
vma->vm_page_prot = pgprot_noncached(vma->vm_page_prot);<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Refer to the following links also:<\/p>\n
https:\/\/www.virtualbox.org\/pipermail\/vbox-dev\/2012-October\/005392.html<\/a><\/p>\n
https:\/\/www.virtualbox.org\/pipermail\/vbox-dev\/2012-October\/005395.html<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Thanks to Tibor Keri from the University of Glasgow for bringing the following to our attention: In kernel 3.7-rc1, the flag VM_RESERVED is removed The implication is, that sis11_mmap.c requires the following patch: \/*\u00a0\u00a0 offset in bytes\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 + size of … Continue reading