Bug 1214939 - outdated kernel parameter nopvspin is still supported
Summary: outdated kernel parameter nopvspin is still supported
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
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Product: ALP Bedrock
Classification: SUSE ALP - SUSE Adaptable Linux Platform
Component: Kernel (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Hardware: Other Other
: P5 - None : Minor
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Assignee: Oliver Neukum
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Reported: 2023-09-04 14:20 UTC by Oliver Neukum
Modified: 2024-06-25 17:55 UTC (History)
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Description Oliver Neukum 2023-09-04 14:20:00 UTC 
The SP6 kernel needs to keep supporting the nopvspin, which was present in SLE15GA, but was dropped in updted upstream kernels and hence readded in the SLE kernels, which includes SP6. In ALP, however, it is not needed.

I asked in the ALP meeting and the answer was that old stuff should be removed, even if the kernels diverge
Comment 1 Takashi Iwai 2023-09-04 14:24:17 UTC 
Just put #ifdef CONFIG_SUSE_PRODUCT_SLE around the code you added in the patch instead. Then we can avoid the code divergence.
Comment 2 Oliver Neukum 2023-09-05 11:23:42 UTC 
Ifdefed away