[User-mode-linux-user] 2.3.48_devfs

[William S. <wst...@po...>]

Good day, all,
	Many thanks to Jeff, Rusty, and all the UML developers and
contributors; I've just tried out the uml kernel and it's amazing!  I see
a lot of interesting possibilities for this, and it's perfect for my
hardware.
	A few notes:
	- 2.3.48_devfs-uml is more stable than 2.3.46-uml; the latter
crashed within a few minutes and sometimes before it finished booting.  
2.3.48_devfs stays up longer.
	- For those without a devfs capable root_fs, the quick and easy
workaround is to add devfs=nomount to the command line, ala
./linux devfs=nomount
	- I'm sure it doesn't surprise you that I'm getting occasional
errors on the uml console.  The latest (on 2.3.48_devfs w/ debian root_fs):
Unimplemented syscall : 163
                           Untested (16019) [0x10154c68]: syscall_kern.c line 662
This showed up while top and ls -alR / were running.
	Am I right in guessing that you already know exactly from
execute_syscall which ones need work, or is it useful to hear about these,
either on the mailing list or privately?

	I'll try putting together my own root_fs at some point, but need a
working loop device in my host kernel first; 2.3.48-i386 doesn't quite
seem to have it yet.
	Thanks again for all your work!
	Cheers,
	- Bill

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