Re: [uml-user] Help Wanted

2006-02-21 Thread Juraj Holtak - ProAut s.r.o.
(uml_blowfis) proc cpuinfo OK processor : 0 vendor_id : User Mode Linux model name : UML mode: skas host: Linux xaser 2.6.15.2-skas3-v9-pre8 #1 SMP Sat Feb 4 16:08:58 CET 2006 i686 bogomips: 4757.91 @Blaisorblade the instance name is uml_blowfish. W

Re: [uml-user] Bridging HOWTO

2006-01-02 Thread Juraj Holtak
Am Montag, den 02.01.2006, 23:38 +0100 schrieb Markus Hochholdinger: > bridge_ports eth0 tap0 tap1 tap2 > bridge_hello 1 > bridge_fd 1 > bridge_stp on is this documented somewhere? man interfaces on sarge does not mention this stanzas. juraj ---

Re: [uml-user] Bridging HOWTO

2006-01-01 Thread Juraj Holtak
hello. dunno if this is what you are looking for, but here is my /etc/networks/interfaces, which is the debian way to setup networking. It sets up bridges and tap devices for uml`s. It`s pretty self explaining, but don`t hesitate to ask any questions. cheers, juraj Am Sonntag, den 01.01.2006,

Re: [uml-user] UML and Disk Write Cache

2005-12-31 Thread Juraj Holtak
new data: not forcing a sync mount for the guest makes the performance impact of disabling write cache very low. The question is: What`s the smaller evil??? juraj --- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Do you grep through log fil

Re: [uml-user] UML and Disk Write Cache

2005-12-31 Thread Juraj Holtak
Am Samstag, den 31.12.2005, 01:39 + schrieb Chris Lightfoot: > On Sat, Dec 31, 2005 at 12:36:50AM +0100, Juraj Holtak wrote: > > I still do not understand, why the guests became that much slow. Could > > somebody explain me why? > > Very probably you're suffering

[uml-user] UML and Disk Write Cache

2005-12-30 Thread Juraj Holtak
Hi, I`m not reporting a bug, just an experience. My server UPS died today and I can`t get a replacement because the highway is closed because of heavy heavy snowfall. :-) Of cause, a power failure is preprogrammed under this conditions. So in my paranoia, I disabled write caching for my harddriv

Re: [uml-user] guest soft lockup after mounting root fs in skas mode

2005-12-28 Thread Juraj Holtak
g" and forced static linking and build the kernel using "make > ARCH=um linux". > > It seams to help to some extense... It now boots until it tries to bring up > the network interface and freezes again. No errors... just hangs. > > I don't think it'

Re: [uml-user] uml and network QoS timers

2005-12-27 Thread Juraj Holtak
u get RTNETLINK errors no crash, oops or anything nasty it`s easy to reproduce compile a kernel install some shaping script (wondershaper), run it and watch things happen juraj Am Dienstag, den 27.12.2005, 20:53 +0100 schrieb Blaisorblade: > On Tuesday 27 December 2005 20:10, Juraj Hol

[uml-user] uml and network QoS timers

2005-12-27 Thread Juraj Holtak
CONFIG_NET_SCH_CLK_CPU does not work under UML so *don`t use it* maybe it should be disabled for ARCH=um cheers, juraj --- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Do you grep through log files for problems? Stop! Download the new A

Re: [uml-user] guest soft lockup after mounting root fs in skas mode

2005-12-27 Thread Juraj Holtak
Am Dienstag, den 27.12.2005, 17:48 + schrieb Antoine Martin: > Problematic things are in kernel hacking/debugging, and general features > (smp, 3-level pages, etc), watchdog? etc. I still didn`t figure out how the watchdog stuff works. I have HW watchdog on the host but a uml guest watchdog w

[uml-user] skas0 vs skas3 performance

2005-12-27 Thread Juraj Holtak
hi Whats the performance/speed difference between skas0 and skas3? Does somebody have benchmarks (any kind)? juraj --- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Do you grep through log files for problems? Stop! Download the new AJAX

Re: [uml-user] Not able to give 384M to guest.

2005-12-27 Thread Juraj Holtak
Am Dienstag, den 27.12.2005, 18:13 +0100 schrieb Blaisorblade: > On Tuesday 27 December 2005 16:55, M. Feenstra wrote: > > Hi, > > > I'm experimenting with UML and have 2 UML guests running on a host with > > 1024M of memory. If I give the UML guests 128M of memory all is fine. If I > > give it 38

Re: [uml-user] guest soft lockup after mounting root fs in skas mode

2005-12-27 Thread Juraj Holtak
I seams to work now. I disabled TT mode (which is broken and crashes on my server) and did a static compile (skas0 only). Right now in this moment I run 4 Uml`s with a complete ram usage in sum of 1,5GB. The biggest one has 500MB. Currently I`m setting up even more guests. I disabled everything i

Re: [uml-user] Not able to give 384M to guest.

2005-12-27 Thread Juraj Holtak
hello I was bit by the same bug. :-) Look through my posts in this list from 24. dec till yeasterday. Today I did some testing again and the guy in heaven _maybe_ started to like me again. I disabled TT Mode at all and did a forced static compile with a 2.6.15-rc7 guest kernel without any patch

Re: [uml-user] guest soft lockup after mounting root fs in skas mode

2005-12-26 Thread Juraj Holtak
and it at all :-/ How much memory is recomended for a guest? And why has the maschine been running with 2.6.11.12 6 months fine, until this christmas when some guy (me) had the crazy idea of a new kernel :-) Am Montag, den 26.12.2005, 19:15 +0100 schrieb Blaisorblade: > On Sunday 25 December 2

Re: [uml-user] guest soft lockup after mounting root fs in skas mode

2005-12-25 Thread Juraj Holtak
had no problems at all. Even the newest 2.6.15-rc7 does the job fine in skas0 mode. Its a workaround, but it`s not a solution. cheers, juraj Am Sonntag, den 25.12.2005, 00:12 +0100 schrieb Juraj Holtak: > hi > > more weird stuff here > > i just wanted to get you the output so I

Re: [uml-user] guest soft lockup after mounting root fs in skas mode

2005-12-24 Thread Juraj Holtak
hi more weird stuff here i just wanted to get you the output so I booted the 2.6.14-bs3 gust kernel and it booted! right after that I shut it diwn and booted again, but the problem was back. > Just to clarify, you have three working guests and one hung one, and they > are all the same version?

[uml-user] guest soft lockup after mounting root fs in skas mode

2005-12-24 Thread Juraj Holtak
hello, I`ve just upgraded my host maschine to 2.6.14.4-skas3-v8.2 #1 SMP Sat Dec 24 13:13:11 CET 2005 i686 GNU/Linux and my guests to 2.6.14.4-bs3 #1 Sat Dec 24 14:25:47 CET 2005 i686 GNU/Linux I`m using the skas mode for the guests (cmdline mode=skas) The maschine has 4 guests. Three guests r