Re: [uml-devel] "New Challenges in Virtualization" devroom @ FOSDEM 2011

[Renzo D. <re...@cs...>]

Pros=+ Cons=- Pros(umview/kmview can be used instead)=++
Richard:
- IMHO it's dead as virtualization technology.
+ But it's still used as playground for kernel developers.
+ You can easily implement and test new kernel features.

Geert:
+ It's easy to get it running
++ I can run it without needing root access, so I can run it on any
Linux machine I have an account on
++ I can use it to do things that are limited to root-only
+ I even use it to debug/develop code for the Amiga Zorro bus

Stanislav:
- From a plain user's view: basically dead:
- SKAS3 is against 2.6.23 and unmaintained
- SKAS4 is against 2.6.24 and marked as experimental
+ As a help tool to run at the workstation, yes
- As a serious tool to virtualize services: no

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>From this overview you can see that user-mode linux is still
useful but there are new problems to address.

I think that this is a good topic for a brainstorming session on
user-mode linux at FOSDEM 2011.

You are all invited to join the "new challenges in virtualization"
dev-room, proposing talks and new ideas.

nciv2011.v2.cs.unibo.it

ciao
	renzo

PS: I beg your pardon for the wrong subject in the first message of this thread.
copy&paste (middle button of the mouse for X) is a powerful tool but
sometimes creates damages...