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From: Avi Kivity <avi@qumranet.com>
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] KVM fixes for 2.6.26-rc7
Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2008 15:52:47 +0300
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(copying the guilty party)

Anthony Liguori wrote:
> The ubuntu kernel has a newer KVM module backported to it so it's 
> really 2.6.25-rcX.


That's a big no-no.  We only guarantee binary compatibility for 
kernel.org releases.  kvm-blah releases may break compatibility 
temporarily as issues are worked out.

-- 
Do not meddle in the internals of kernels, for they are subtle and quick to panic.