Re: UML support in 2.6

[Christophe Lucas <clucas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

HC (hcubitt@xxxxxxxxx) wrote:
> I am experimenting with ext3 and thought I will try it using UML. This
> incomplete thread talks about UML support as being already there in
> the 2.6 kernel:-
> 
> http://fedoraforum.org/forum/showthread.php?t=49586&highlight=UML
> 
> Is it true that UML support is already the in 2.6?
> 
> The official UML homepage
> [http://user-mode-linux.sourceforge.net/dl-sf.html], seems outdated
> with mostly discussions about 2.4 kernel and gives the impression that
> it is buggy. So I want to know if any of you folks have successfully
> used UML on 2.6.10?

Yes it works. I have using it. I have wrote one article on "how build it
on 2.6 and create a root_fs", but it will not help you, iit is in
french.
Sorry, but you will find some kind of paper on net...

> Can anyone suggest an better alternative to using UML for testing my
> changes to ext3 on 2.6?

UML is a good start.. You could test your changes on root_fs file :)


	~Christophe


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