Please enable vmware-balloon driver in kernel config

This patch is already in the v2.6.35-rc3 kernel which Maverick is based on. Config option is not enabled, will spin a patch to enable for Maverick.

This bug was fixed in the package linux - 2.6.35-5.6

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linux (2.6.35-5.6) maverick; urgency=low

  [ Amit Kucheria ]

  * [Config] update omap flavour description

  [ Andy Whitcroft ]

  * update to ubuntu-debian:508b7aa34b578c0d1e51bfb571f2bfb824dc65ac
    - LP: #570500, #576274
  * SAUCE: add option to hand off all kernel parameters to init
    - LP: #586386
  * [Config] enable passing all kernel command line to init
    - LP: #586386
  * [Config] disable CONFIG_VMI
    - LP: #537601
  * [Config] enable CONFIG_IPV6_SIT_6RD
    - LP: #591869
  * [Config] enable CONFIG_VMWARE_BALOON as module
    - LP: #592039

  [ Leann Ogasawara ]

  * Revert "SAUCE: pm: Config option to disable handling of console during
    suspend/resume"
    - LP: #594885
  * [Config] Remove CONFIG_PM_DISABLE_CONSOLE
  * [Config] ports: enable passing all kernel command line to init
    - LP: #586386
  * [Config] Enable CONFIG_FB_VESA=y for x86
  * [Config] Add CONFIG_FRAMEBUFFER_CONSOLE=y to config enforcer
  * [Config] Add CONFIG_FB_VESA=y for x86 to config enforcer
  * [Config] Enable CONFIG_TASK_DELAY_ACCT=y
    - LP: #493156

  [ Mathieu Poirier ]

  * ARM: Adding MosChip MCS7830 to nic-usb
    - LP: #584920

  [ Upstream Kernel Changes ]

  * Revert "[Upstream] docbook: need xmldoclinks for all doc types"
  * docbook: need xmldoclinks for all doc types
  * perf probe: Add kernel source path option
 -- Leann Ogasawara <email address hidden> Thu, 17 Jun 2010 08:05:29 -0700

Unfortunately the driver is still missing from "linux-virtual" package.

Please add the driver to "linux-virtual" package so that all flavors of kernel woudl have it by default.

Natty: confirmed that the module is configured on but not included in the virtual.inclusion-list. Added and pushed to natty.

Any chance it could also make to Maverick updates? I am not quite familiar with Ubuntu work flow so please bear with me...

Thanks,
Dmitry

This bug was fixed in the package linux - 2.6.37-11.25

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linux (2.6.37-11.25) natty; urgency=low

  [ Andy Whitcroft ]

  * [Config] d-i -- add hpsa to the list of block devices
    - LP: #684304
  * [Config] add vmw-balloon driver to -virtual flavour
    - LP: #592039
  * rebase to v2.6.37-rc7

  [ Upstream Kernel Changes ]

  * rebase to v2.6.37-rc7
 -- Andy Whitcroft <email address hidden> Tue, 21 Dec 2010 13:35:28 +0000

Accepted into maverick-proposed, the package will build now and be available in a few hours. Please test and give feedback here. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to enable and use -proposed. Thank you in advance!

This bug is awaiting verification that the kernel in -proposed solves the problem. Please test the kernel and update this bug with the results. If the problem is solved, change the tag 'verification-needed' to 'verification-done'.

If verification is not done by one week from today, this fix will be dropped from the source code, and this bug will be closed.

See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to enable and use -proposed. Thank you!

Verified that the driver is present in package linux-image-2.6.35-25-virtual. Thanks!

This bug was fixed in the package linux - 2.6.35-25.44

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linux (2.6.35-25.44) maverick-proposed; urgency=low

  [ Upstream Kernel Changes ]

  * Revert "drm/radeon/kms: properly compute group_size on 6xx/7xx"
    - LP: #703553

linux (2.6.35-25.43) maverick-proposed; urgency=low

  [ Brad Figg ]

  - LP: #697948

  [ Andy Whitcroft ]

  * [Config] add vmware-balloon driver to -virtual flavour
    - LP: #592039

  [ Manoj Iyer ]

  * SAUCE: Enable jack sense for Thinkpad Edge 13
    - LP: #685015

  [ Robert Hooker ]

  * Revert "(pre-stable): input: Support Clickpad devices in ClickZone
    mode"
    - LP: #669399

  [ Stefan Bader ]

  * Set virtual flavour maximum of domain visible memory to 70G
    - LP: #667796

  [ Takashi Iwai ]

  * SAUCE: input: Support Clickpad devices in ClickZone mode
    - LP: #516329

  [ Tim Gardner ]

  * [Config] Add nfsd modules to -virtual flavour
    - LP: #688070
  * [Config] Added autofs4.ko to -virtual flavour
    - LP: #692917

  [ Upstream Kernel Changes ]

  * intel_idle: delete substates DEBUG modparam
    - LP: #684888
  * intel_idle: delete power_policy modparam, and choose substate functions
    - LP: #684888
  * intel_idle: add support for Westmere-EX
    - LP: #684888
  * intel_idle: recognize Lincroft Atom Processor
    - LP: #684888
  * x86, mwait: Move mwait constants to a common header file
    - LP: #684888
  * intel_idle: Change mode 755 => 644
    - LP: #684888
  * intel_idle: add missing __percpu markup
    - LP: #684888
  * cpuidle: extend cpuidle and menu governor to handle dynamic states
    - LP: #684888
  * intel_idle: Voluntary leave_mm before entering deeper
    - LP: #684888
  * intel_idle: enable Atom C6
    - LP: #684888
  * intel_idle: simplify test for leave_mm()
    - LP: #684888
  * intel_idle: delete bogus data from cpuidle_state.power_usage
    - LP: #684888
  * intel_idle: add initial Sandy Bridge support
    - LP: #684888
  * intel_idle: do not use the LAPIC timer for ATOM C2
    - LP: #684888
  * staging: usbip: Notify usb core of port status changes
    - LP: #686158
  * staging: usbip: Process event flags without delay
    - LP: #686158
  * Staging: phison: fix problem caused by libata change
    - LP: #686158
  * perf_events: Fix bogus AMD64 generic TLB events
    - LP: #686158
  * perf_events: Fix bogus context time tracking
    - LP: #686158
  * powerpc/perf: Fix sampling enable for PPC970
    - LP: #686158
  * pcmcia: synclink_cs: fix information leak to userland
    - LP: #686158
  * sched: Drop all load weight manipulation for RT tasks
    - LP: #686158
  * sched: Fix string comparison in /proc/sched_features
    - LP: #686158
  * bluetooth: Fix missing NULL check
    - LP: #686158
  * futex: Fix errors in nested key ref-counting
    - LP: #686158
  * cifs: fix broken oplock handling
    - LP: #686158
  * libahci: fix result_tf handling after an ATA PIO data-in command
    - LP: #686158
  * mm, x86: Saving vmcore with non-lazy freeing of vmas
    - LP: #686158
  * x86, cpu: Fix renamed, not-yet-shipping AMD CPUID feature bit
    - LP: #686158
  * x86, kexec: Make sure to stop all CPUs before exiting the kernel
    - LP: #686158
  * x86, olpc: Don...