On Sun, Nov 21, 2010 at 11:23 AM, Stanislav Meduna <st...@meduna.org> wrote: > On 21.11.2010 10:35, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote: > >>> * user-mode-linux: dead or alive? > > >From a plain user's view: basically dead > > Why? See e.g. http://user-mode-linux.sourceforge.net/downloads.html > SKAS3 is against 2.6.23 and unmaintained (my problem with > skas3 corrupting floating point registers did not get fixed > two years ago, although I tracked it to the skas3 and > provided a complete example to reproduce it). > > SKAS4 is against 2.6.24 and marked as experimental.
Do we really need SKAS3/4? SKAS0 is fine for everyone. When you want a very fast virtualization solution UML is not the best solution. Even with SKAS3/4. > So what should a new user searching for a virtualization > soultion take from it? Maybe there is an active development > running, but I don't see it, alhough I am following the > uml-devel. > > Having an unmaintained old and experimental new version > is a sure way to hell for any software product, free > or non-free... > >> Personally, I like UML because >> - 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, e.g. >> * create device nodes on file system images, >> * run wireshark to analyze network communication. >> - I even use it to debug/develop code for the Amiga Zorro bus, by >> adding a fake bus with fake devices ;-) > > As a help tool to run at the workstation, yes, by any means > As a serious tool to virtualize services: no > > Regards > -- > Stano > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Beautiful is writing same markup. Internet Explorer 9 supports > standards for HTML5, CSS3, SVG 1.1, ECMAScript5, and DOM L2 & L3. > Spend less time writing and rewriting code and more time creating great > experiences on the web. Be a part of the beta today > http://p.sf.net/sfu/msIE9-sfdev2dev > _______________________________________________ > User-mode-linux-devel mailing list > User-mode-linux-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/user-mode-linux-devel > -- Thanks, //richard ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Beautiful is writing same markup. Internet Explorer 9 supports standards for HTML5, CSS3, SVG 1.1, ECMAScript5, and DOM L2 & L3. Spend less time writing and rewriting code and more time creating great experiences on the web. Be a part of the beta today http://p.sf.net/sfu/msIE9-sfdev2dev _______________________________________________ User-mode-linux-devel mailing list User-mode-linux-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/user-mode-linux-devel
