>>> Blaisorblade <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 04/14/05 02:16PM >>> >On Tuesday 12 April 2005 19:42, Anthony Brock wrote: >> The most advanced, stable and mature UML kernel (IMHO) is a 2.6.10 (or >> newer) host kernel with v7 or newer of the SKAS patch. This host should be >> able to run >> almost any functional UML host. You can download the SKAS patch from: >I would correct that, 2.6.11 is better. The 2.6.9 and 2.6.10 kernels trigger a >"hang at exit" and "thousands of threads left alive" problem with some older >UML. This is workarounded in current UMLs, but not in older ones. > >For the "real" host, however, even a recent 2.4 kernel with a SKAS patch is >perfectly stable. What I would avoid is to run a 2.4 UML (i.e.*guest*) >kernel, because a 2.6 kernel is better.
Okay, now I'm a little confused. Are you saying that 2.6.11 is better than 2.6.9 and 2.6.10 as a HOST kernel, or as a GUEST kernel? I would agree that 2.6.11 is better as a guest kernel. However, I'm not aware of any stability issues with 2.6.10 that were resolved in the 2.6.11 host kernel. Tony ------------------------------------------------------- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_ide95&alloc_id396&op=click _______________________________________________ User-mode-linux-user mailing list User-mode-linux-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/user-mode-linux-user
