From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752407Ab1JJQHo (ORCPT ); Mon, 10 Oct 2011 12:07:44 -0400 Received: from out3.smtp.messagingengine.com ([66.111.4.27]:40632 "EHLO out3.smtp.messagingengine.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752307Ab1JJQHm (ORCPT ); Mon, 10 Oct 2011 12:07:42 -0400 X-Sasl-enc: V3jqdmhotIzhSOZfn9CLK6Pl5TcaqcIr2ai/J0HkDUh4 1318262861 Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2011 07:24:18 -0700 From: Greg KH To: Pekka Enberg Cc: Frank Mehnert , Dave Jones , Linux Kernel , Andy Hall Subject: Re: RFC: virtualbox tainting. Message-ID: <20111010142418.GC21944@kroah.com> References: <20111006190526.GA13883@redhat.com> <201110071640.53827.frank.mehnert@oracle.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, Oct 10, 2011 at 10:58:48AM +0300, Pekka Enberg wrote: > Hi Frank, > > On Fri, Oct 7, 2011 at 5:40 PM, Frank Mehnert wrote: > > Please also note that we always have good relations to the open source > > community so feel free to point me an archive where all these kernel > > panic reports arrive which you've got. We fixed some bugs in our kernel > > modules in the past and it is even possible that some of the current > > bug reports are from older versions of VirtualBox which might have been > > fixed in the meantime. > > > > And of course, helpful and constructive critism is always appreciated. > > What is holding you back from submitting the vbox modules to kernel > staging tree and starting to clean it up for proper inclusion? You haven't actually read the vbox kernel code before, have you :)