Re: [uml-user] 2.6.9-bb1, 2.4.27-bs1, SKAS3/2.6-V7 released

[Blaisorblade <bla...@ya...>]

On Friday 05 November 2004 03:59, nils toedtmann wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 04, 2004 at 07:32:31PM +0100, Blaisorblade wrote:
> > You can find all on http://www.user-mode-linux.org/~blaisorblade/.

> > The SKAS3/2.6-v7 was already released, but I probably forgot to announce
> > it. So I'm announcing it now.

> [...]

> > Any testing and report is welcome.

> A combo patch is a good thing. Number of source trees reduce to the half
> :-) I buy those "make mrproper". As guest kernel 2.6.9-bb1 runs smoothly,
> at least inside a 2.6.8.1-skas3-v5 host. Only the uname
> ("2.6.9-skas3-v7-bb1") is a bit confusing in a guest ...

Yes, sorry. Delete localversion-skas or rename it so that it does not start 
with "localversion-".

> Is 2.6.9 + host-skas3-2.6.9-v7.patch (as a host kernel) any different from
> 2.6.9 + uml-2.6.9-bb1.patch?
It should not. However, it is anyway possible that I missed something.

Also, it's anyway better to use two separate trees for UML and host kernel, to 
avoid doing always "make mrproper" (it's not a big problem if you use 
ccache).

The better setup is (I don't know if you know this, but it's a good idea to 
explain it anyway):

1) unpack a vanilla 2.6.9 kernel tree to linux-2.6.9

2) rename it as you like:
mv linux-2.6.9 linux-2.6.9-x86

3) create an hardlinked tree:
cp -al linux-2.6.9-x86 linux-2.6.9-uml

4) Do "du ." and realize that the hardlinked tree uses 0 byte

5) Apply SKAS patch to the X86 one and the UML patch to the UML one.

6) Build and enjoy.

Note that when editing by hand one source tree, you could be changing the 
other, too. This can be setup in more Unix-oriented editors (see ":help 
backupcopy" inside Vim; maybe Emacs already has the right behaviour, I don't 
use it.).

This does not happen when applying patches (the "patch" tool is aware of 
this).

Bye
-- 
Paolo Giarrusso, aka Blaisorblade
Linux registered user n. 292729