From: Blaisorblade <bla...@ya...> - 2005-03-30 18:39:08
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On Tuesday 29 March 2005 11:02, Mark Burazin wrote: > Hello Paolo, > > I read on your page for uml that you're glad to hear reports about the 2.4 > patches for uml/skas. > I had a running install a few months ago which worked perfectly on a 2.4 > host, now When I installed my new host(before it was LFS, now it's gentoo), > the 2.4 kernel (guest) does not work. > When I boot a 2.6, it's ok, but I have tried a few patches(from your site) > I have found including the uml-2.4.27-bs2-pre7.patch (besides it has a > small bug, i had to fix one line manually), but every time the compile of a > package fails in the exact same place (inside a guest), segfault (and not > only that package, others fail too). Have you tried also the 2.4.27-bs1, and/or the 2.4.26-3um? Also, can you post the error message you get, just in case it can help? > I had tried on 2 computers, same problem, i tried putting 256MB ram and 512 > swap, no use... > I want a 2.4 since i work on the usb patch for uml(i took some old patch > and made it work with newer 2.4 kernels and fixed a ton of bugs), and since > it was almost finished I would not like to port it now to 2.6, but after it > works perfectly because I also develop a driver which I need to work in > 2.4. > > I can arrange you a ssh to that machine if you want, or do some kind of a > test or something, btw, i tried the host with and without the skas patch, > the problem is same. > > I only have not tried a 2.4 host. > > Any ideas? > > With regards, > Mark -- Paolo Giarrusso, aka Blaisorblade Linux registered user n. 292729 http://www.user-mode-linux.org/~blaisorblade |