Actually I figured that Debian has a package for the skas patch which made it very easy for me to patch and rebuild the host kernel. It is a 2.6.18 kernel since I'm planning to run Debian Stable (Etch 4.0). Debian Testing (lenny) is coming with kernel 2.6.22 and I'm reluctant to run even that. After all, it will defeat the whole purpose of Debian Stable. If I really need to run some more recent kernel let me know. The guest kernel that I compiled is a 2.6.23 kernel. This is how UML was intended, to run more recent kernels on older kernels, right!
- Martin On Jan 6, 2008 12:57 AM, Anthony Brock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > -----Original Message----- > > Just to make sure I understand, the patch posted above is for > > kernel 2.6.23 and > > it is a host patch, right. If I want to patch kernel 2.6.18 (the > > kernel coming with > > Debian stable) should I use a patch for 2.6.18, for example this one: > > > > http://www.user-mode-linux.org/~blaisorblade/patches/skas3-2.6/ska > > s-2.6.18-v8.2/skas-2.6.18-v8.2.patch.bz2 > > That is correct. However, I would recommend that you stay with 2.6.23 if at > all possible. It is true that Debian will have applied security patches to > the older version, but the newer kernels nearly always work better, have > more functionality and are better supported. Also, the newest SKAS patch is > the first version that listed any "bug fixes" in a long time (probably 2 or > more years). Most of the others were merely a port to a newer kernel version > (which means they include bugs that are now fixed in the most recent > version). > > > I assume that blaisorblade's (first link above is a host patch) and > > that I don't need to > > patch the guest since uml is already in the mainline. Am I correct? > > This is true for modern kernels. As with the host kernel, I would suggest > that you stay a close to the current kernel. Something as old as 2.6.18 is > likely to have some issues that have been resolved since then (and > potentially more resolved issues that were newly introduced). However, if > you want to stay with something that old, you're advised to download and > apply Blaisorblade's patches. > > Good luck! > > Tony > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ User-mode-linux-user mailing list User-mode-linux-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/user-mode-linux-user
