[uml-devel] TLS support - status - need for re-testing

2006-03-22 Thread Blaisorblade
I've integrated "linux-unistd" from Jeff series, while leaving out "user-desc" (I've solved the problem another way, which should work on both host header set - we give our own definition for userspace files, and use our one for kernelspace, but give the resulting type the name of "user_desc_t")

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Re: [uml-devel] Cannot debug UML

2006-03-22 Thread Jeff Dike
On Wed, Mar 22, 2006 at 11:18:02PM +0700, Mikado wrote: > I wonder why "kernel debugging (under TT mode)" is accessed directly on > UML homepage when TT mode is "old". The site is in desperate need of an update (which I have planned). Jeff ---

Re: [uml-devel] memory option crashes the uml bootstrap phase

2006-03-22 Thread Jeff Dike
On Wed, Mar 22, 2006 at 04:30:39PM +0100, Blaisorblade wrote: > I remember this, I didn't have many other things to suggest (apart TT mode) > and that setting is needed anyway (actually it's needed when you go _over_ > 256M per guest). To be precise, it's necessary when you have UML processes wi

Re: [uml-devel] Cannot debug UML

2006-03-22 Thread Mikado
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Blaisorblade wrote: > For SKAS mode use the normal debug sequence: > > $ gdb vmlinux > (gdb) > (gdb) run > > More info at the "debugging UML" link, "SKAS" subsection on the main site. Thank you Blaisorblade, Oh sorry, I didn't keep my eyes open.

Re: [uml-devel] memory option crashes the uml bootstrap phase

2006-03-22 Thread Blaisorblade
On Wednesday 22 March 2006 12:04, Stefano Melchior wrote: > On Tue, Mar 21, 2006 at 07:54:08PM +0100, Blaisorblade wrote: > Dear all, > > > No, that crash is likely a race condition and the code treats > > mem=256{m,M} the same way. > > Verified in arch/um/kernel/physmem.c:uml_mem_setup and > > lib

Re: [uml-devel] Cannot debug UML

2006-03-22 Thread Blaisorblade
On Wednesday 22 March 2006 15:13, Mikado wrote: > Stefano Melchior wrote: > > On Wed, Mar 22, 2006 at 08:32:48PM +0700, Mikado wrote: > > Hi Mikado, > Debugging UML requires running it under TT mode. Normally I run UML > under SKAS mode, everything is OK. I cannot get into GDB under SKAS mode > wh

Re: [uml-user] Re: [uml-devel] memory option crashes the uml bootstrap phase

2006-03-22 Thread Jeff Dike
On Wed, Mar 22, 2006 at 12:04:00PM +0100, Stefano Melchior wrote: > thus the point is if you need to disable TT mode by default, isn't it? > Now user-mode-linux is in debian "unstable" [1] and I need to provide a > config file as default configuration for the pkg: you suggested me to act > this way

Re: [uml-devel] Cannot debug UML

2006-03-22 Thread Jeff Dike
On Wed, Mar 22, 2006 at 09:13:35PM +0700, Mikado wrote: > Debugging UML requires running it under TT mode. No, it doesn't. Never has. > Normally I run UML > under SKAS mode, everything is OK. I cannot get into GDB under SKAS mode > whenever I use 'debug' option. Because it's not needed. In sk

Re: [uml-devel] Cannot debug UML

2006-03-22 Thread Stefano Melchior
On Wed, Mar 22, 2006 at 09:47:32PM +0700, Mikado wrote: Hi Mikado, > > ./linux mode=tt debug ubd0=root_fs ubd1=swap eth0=tuntap,,,192.168.0.254 > ./linux mode=tt debug ubd0=root_fs ubd1=swap mem=128m > eth0=tuntap,,,192.168.0.254 > ./linux mode=tt debug ubd0=root_fs ubd1=swap mem=128M > eth0=tunta

Re: [uml-devel] memory option crashes the uml bootstrap phase

2006-03-22 Thread Blaisorblade
On Tuesday 21 March 2006 21:51, Jeff Dike wrote: > On Tue, Mar 21, 2006 at 07:54:08PM +0100, Blaisorblade wrote: > > However, test increasing /proc/sys/vm/max_map_count > > This only bites you when you have large UML processes - I don't think it > can cause a crash on boot. I remember this, I didn

Re: [uml-devel] Cannot debug UML

2006-03-22 Thread Mikado
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Stefano Melchior wrote: > On Wed, Mar 22, 2006 at 09:13:35PM +0700, Mikado wrote: > Hi Mikado, >>> same problem as mine: >>> ./linux mode=tt debug ubd0=root_fs ubd1=swap mem=128MB >>> eth0=tuntap,,,192.168.0.254 >>> >>> You wrongly used "mem" option!

Re: [uml-devel] Cannot debug UML

2006-03-22 Thread Mikado
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Stefano Melchior wrote: > On Wed, Mar 22, 2006 at 08:32:48PM +0700, Mikado wrote: > Hi Mikado, Hi Stex > same problem as mine: > ./linux mode=tt debug ubd0=root_fs ubd1=swap mem=128MB > eth0=tuntap,,,192.168.0.254 > > You wrongly used "mem" option!

Re: [uml-devel] memory option crashes the uml bootstrap phase

2006-03-22 Thread Stefano Melchior
On Tue, Mar 21, 2006 at 07:54:08PM +0100, Blaisorblade wrote: Dear all, > > No, that crash is likely a race condition and the code treats mem=256{m,M} > the > same way. > Verified in arch/um/kernel/physmem.c:uml_mem_setup and lib/cmdline.c:memparse. > > However, test increasing /proc/sys/vm/ma