Huge PCI BAR support needed for Ubuntu 14.10

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------- Comment From <email address hidden> 2014-08-05 15:18 EDT-------
(In reply to comment #4)
> Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu
> better. It seems that your bug report is not filed about a specific source
> package though, rather it is just filed against Ubuntu in general. It is
> important that bug reports be filed about source packages so that people
> interested in the package can find the bugs about it. You can find some
> hints about determining what package your bug might be about at
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/FindRightPackage. You might also ask for help
> in the #ubuntu-bugs irc channel on Freenode.
>
Thanks. It was not clear what package to select since there is none named "kernel". I see now, per above like, the correct package for kernel is "linux".

------- Comment From <email address hidden> 2014-08-05 15:21 EDT-------
(In reply to comment #5)
> This bug is missing log files that will aid in diagnosing the problem...
>
However... there are no applicable log files in this case. The request is for Ubuntu to pick up the referenced kernel patch.

Let me know if further info is required. Otherwise please remove the "incomplete" tag. Thx.

------- Comment on attachment From <email address hidden> 2014-08-12 16:33 EDT-------

These are the patches backported over 9deefe4 UBUNTU: Ubuntu-3.16.0-7.12

This bug was fixed in the package linux - 3.16.0-8.13

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linux (3.16.0-8.13) utopic; urgency=low

  [ Tim Gardner ]

  * Release Tracking Bug
    - LP: #1356403

  [ dann frazier ]

  * [debian] Allow for package revisions condusive for branching

  [ Upstream Kernel Changes ]

  * ahci_xgene: Fix the watermark threshold for the APM X-Gene SATA host controller driver.
    - LP: #1350087
  * ahci_xgene: Use correct OOB tunning parameters for APM X-Gene SoC AHCI SATA Host controller driver.
    - LP: #1350087
  * powerpc/powernv: Enable M64 aperatus for PHB3
    - LP: #1355469
  * powerpc: Fail remap_4k_pfn() if PFN doesn't fit inside PTE
    - LP: #1352994
  * powerpc: Add machine_early_initcall()
    - LP: #1352640
  * powerpc/powernv: Switch powernv drivers to use machine_xxx_initcall()
    - LP: #1352640
  * powerpc/eeh: Avoid event on passed PE
    - LP: #1352640
  * powerpc/eeh: EEH support for VFIO PCI device
    - LP: #1352640
  * powerpc/eeh: sysfs entries lost
    - LP: #1352640
  * powerpc/powernv: Fix IOMMU table for VFIO dev
    - LP: #1352640
  * powerpc/eeh: Fetch IOMMU table in reliable way
    - LP: #1352640
  * powerpc/eeh: Refactor EEH flag accessors
    - LP: #1352640
  * powerpc/eeh: Selectively enable IO for error log
    - LP: #1352640
  * powerpc/eeh: Reduce lines of log dump
    - LP: #1352640
  * powerpc/eeh: Replace pr_warning() with pr_warn()
    - LP: #1352640
  * powerpc/eeh: Make diag-data not endian dependent
    - LP: #1352640
  * powerpc/eeh: Aux PE data for error log
    - LP: #1352640
  * PCI: Support BAR sizes up to 128GB
    - LP: #1352640
  * powerpc/powernv: Allow to freeze PE
    - LP: #1352640
  * powerpc/powernv: Split ioda_eeh_get_state()
    - LP: #1352640
  * powerpc/powernv: Handle compound PE
    - LP: #1352640
  * powerpc/powernv: Handle compound PE for EEH
    - LP: #1352640
  * powerpc/powernv: Handle compound PE in config accessors
    - LP: #1352640
  * mnt: Only change user settable mount flags in remount
    - LP: #1356318
    - CVE-2014-5206
  * mnt: Move the test for MNT_LOCK_READONLY from change_mount_flags into do_remount
    - LP: #1356318
    - CVE-2014-5206
  * mnt: Correct permission checks in do_remount
    - LP: #1356323
    - CVE-2014-5207
  * mnt: Change the default remount atime from relatime to the existing value
    - LP: #1356323
    - CVE-2014-5207
 -- Tim Gardner <email address hidden> Sun, 10 Aug 2014 09:10:51 -0600

------- Comment From <email address hidden> 2014-08-14 16:57 EDT-------
Thank you Canonical.