Re: [uml-user] Re: UML/x86_64

2005-05-08 Thread Blaisorblade
On Friday 06 May 2005 19:38, Antoine Martin wrote: > Now, I've hit some real problems. I've managed to crash the host twice > within a short period of time. > I captured the messages from a serial > console the second time Would you check that you haven't got an hardware problem? The stack trace

Re: [uml-user] Re: UML/x86_64

2005-05-08 Thread Blaisorblade
On Friday 06 May 2005 17:09, Antoine Martin wrote: > > The 64-bit guest boots into existing 32-bit root_fs without problems, I > > will rebuild all my 64-bit guests and let you know how this goes. > > Actually, I got mixed up, the 64-bit filesystems worked but the 32-bit > didn't. I couldn't find a

Re: [uml-user] LiveCD and UML

2005-05-08 Thread Blaisorblade
On Friday 06 May 2005 15:12, Jason Clark wrote: > SHould be possible using COW files. Create your bootable CD, then create > a COW file that exists on the CD. Then, mount a partion as tmpfs and place > your RW file there. You will have to create the RW file at every boot > obviously. > I wonder i

Re: [uml-user] host skas patch for Debian 2.6.11

2005-05-08 Thread Blaisorblade
On Saturday 07 May 2005 21:24, Dick Middleton wrote: > Anybody got a patch for host skas which works for the Debian 2.6.11 > kernel source? The 2,6,10 patch fails with 2.6.11. Yes, the 2.6.10 patch fails even with vanilla 2.6.11. Try the one for vanilla 2.6.11, no? -- Paolo Giarrusso, aka Blaiso

Re: [uml-user] Re: UML/x86_64

2005-05-08 Thread Antoine Martin
On Sat, 2005-05-07 at 17:53 +0200, Blaisorblade wrote: > On Friday 06 May 2005 19:38, Antoine Martin wrote: > > Now, I've hit some real problems. I've managed to crash the host twice > > within a short period of time. > > > I captured the messages from a serial > > console the second time > Would

[uml-user] Re: 32bit uml guest kernel on 64bit host

2005-05-08 Thread Blaisorblade
On Sunday 08 May 2005 00:48, Chas Wareing wrote: > Good Afternoon Blaisorblade -- > > Wanted to run something quick past you - > > Can one compile a 32bit guest kernel on a 64bit host using SKAS/SYSEMU? > Special options? Something like SUBARCH=i386 CFLAGS=-m32 LDFLAGS=-m32 should more or less do

[uml-user] pcap transport and bridging?

2005-05-08 Thread Antoine Martin
I can't figure out how to use the pcap transport within a working bridged environment: do I need a dedicated interface on the host to attach to or can I reuse an interface already bound to a bridge? I've got 'eth0 up promisc' on the host, attached to a bridge, I want to start a UML instance with pc

[uml-user] Re: 32bit uml guest kernel on 64bit host

2005-05-08 Thread Antoine Martin
> > Also, will there be a performance benefit from running uml 32bit guest on a > > 64bit host (now or planned?) > Difficult question... the host OS will anyway run faster and that will > benefit > a bit UML, but I don't know how much that is. However, for now you have the > big disadvantage tha

Re: [uml-user] host skas patch for Debian 2.6.11

2005-05-08 Thread Dick Middleton
Blaisorblade wrote: On Saturday 07 May 2005 21:24, Dick Middleton wrote: Anybody got a patch for host skas which works for the Debian 2.6.11 kernel source? The 2,6,10 patch fails with 2.6.11. Yes, the 2.6.10 patch fails even with vanilla 2.6.11. Try the one for vanilla 2.6.11, no? Scrub last mess

[uml-user] UML crash at shutdown

2005-05-08 Thread Jan Evert van Grootheest
Hi, One UML instance I stopped got this in its log (screen is a useful thing...). I don't understand what's going on, but I thought I'd report it, hoping it allows you to improbe UML. By the way, this is self compiled from vanilla 2.6.11.6. I think I cannot provide the kernel configuration beca