On Wednesday 20 April 2005 07:49, Shavian Shakes wrote: > Hi again, the uml kernel I compiled seems to be running fine except > that the config name and config release are missing from the output of > "uname -r ". eg: > > # uname -r > 2.6.5-0- > > # uname -a > Linux um4_lnx21 2.6.5-0- #1 Mon Apr 18 07:56:34 PDT 2005 i586 i586 i386 > GNU/Linux Where did you get this kernel from? > I unzipped the /proc/config.gz in the UML and it is using these values: > > # Build options > # > CONFIG_SUSE_KERNEL=y > CONFIG_CFGNAME="um" > CONFIG_RELEASE="7.97" None of these options are ever been used on vanilla kernels; they seem a SuSE patch...
That said, it's possible that UML has problems with such options (it overrides some versioning settings), but I cannot help a lot on such a old kernel from an unknown source (because an "official" UML kernel never sees those options). > On the host kernel 7.97-um is appended to the uname -r output correctly. > > This causes problems while loading modules. I'd suggest removing the versioning options and recompiling... > I saw a similar post by > another poster but with no response. Am I missing any option in make > menuconfig ? -- Paolo Giarrusso, aka Blaisorblade Linux registered user n. 292729 http://www.user-mode-linux.org/~blaisorblade ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: New Crystal Reports XI. Version 11 adds new functionality designed to reduce time involved in creating, integrating, and deploying reporting solutions. Free runtime info, new features, or free trial, at: http://www.businessobjects.com/devxi/728 _______________________________________________ User-mode-linux-user mailing list User-mode-linux-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/user-mode-linux-user
