Re: [uml-devel] [PATCH 19/19] UML - Make mconsole versionrequestshappen in a process

[Jeff D. <jd...@ad...>]

On Fri, Jul 07, 2006 at 10:07:25AM -0700, Brock, Anthony - NET wrote:
> What is the recommended means for verifying that a UML process is
> running?

Depends on what level of "running" you want to check for.  Ping will
tell you if the kernel can respond to interrupts.  mconsole version
(now) will tell you whether it can schedule processes.  mconsole sysrq
is another way to check that it is alive enough to respond to
interrupts.

				Jeff