Re: [Cdemu-devel] vhba trouble

[Rok M. <rok...@gm...>]

On 11. 01. 19 04:52, lie...@gr... wrote:
> I just reinstalled a clean copy of Debian stretch and created the 
> following script from the DEBS you listed.
>
>
> #!/bin/bash
>
> dpkg -i  libmirage11_3.2.0-1_amd64.deb
> dpkg -i  libmirage11-dbg_3.2.0-1_amd64.deb
> dpkg -i  libmirage11-dev_3.2.0-1_amd64.deb
> dpkg -i  libmirage11-doc_3.2.0-1_all.deb
> dpkg -i  gir1.2-mirage-3.2_3.2.0-1_amd64.deb
> dpkg -i  vhba-dkms_20170610-1_all.deb
> dpkg -i  cdemu-daemon_3.2.1-1_amd64.deb
> dpkg -i  cdemu-daemon-dbg_3.2.1-1_amd64.deb
> dpkg -i  cdemu-client_3.2.0-1_all.deb
> dpkg -i  gcdemu_3.2.0-1_all.deb
>
> exit
>
> and then it worked.
>

That's good to hear :)


> The source installation is a real pain. I have been working with Unix 
> for 20+ years and I can tell you it is better to dissuade users to use 
> the sources for this application.


Indeed. That's why my initial suggestion was to build the debs from 
source instead of building directly from source.


>
> The problem is with vhba in the sources. It seems to be of 
> questionable source as there is no support for vhba. Seems they wrote 
> it once and then abandoned it as a uni project.
>

If you are referring to the original author of the vhba module, then 
yes, they wrote it as a uni project and gave it to us. They do not 
maintain it nor are they affiliated with the CDEmu project. And besides, 
the set-up of module auto-load and permissions on /dev/vhba_ctl is 
somewhat distribution-dependent (and also cdemu-specific), and is as 
such beyond the scope of the module installation itself.


> Please consider to make the debian link you gave me prominently 
> available for users who visit your download page.
> I did not even see it.!!


To clarify, the link I gave you was to my private server, and contains 
the packages I build to verify that things work as expected on Stretch 
(i.e., it is not a permanent repository).

I am, however, planning to look into making a PPA for debian, similar to 
what we have for ubuntu (it seems launchpad also supports debian PPAs, 
but I haven't had a time to check it out).

Best regards,
     Rok