[Bug 537601] [NEW] Disable VMI from Ubuntu 10.04 32bit kernels.

[Alok Kataria]

Public bug reported:

Hi,

I see that VMI (paravirt support for VMware) is still enabled in the
Ubuntu 10.04 alpha3 32bit kernels. VMware has started retiring VMI from
its  products and I have also marked it for removal from the mainline
kernel. I did mark the CONFIG_VMI option as deprecated, but the patch
seems to have missed the 2.6.32 release. Anyways given that it is marked
as deprecated with 2.6.33, can you guys please consider disabling it
from the next release for 10.04  ?

Commit details from mainline.

commit d0153ca35d344d9b640dc305031b0703ba3f30f0
Author: Alok Kataria <akataria at vmware.com>
Date:   Tue Sep 29 10:25:24 2009 -0700

    x86, vmi: Mark VMI deprecated and schedule it for removal
    
    Add text in feature-removal.txt indicating that VMI will be removed in
    the 2.6.37 timeframe.

Let me know if you have more questions. 
Thanks.

** Affects: linux (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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Disable VMI from Ubuntu 10.04 32bit kernels.
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