Bug#276189: OpenAFS and user-mode-linux

2006-01-07 Thread Sam Hartman
> "Russ" == Russ Allbery <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Russ> Sam Hartman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> So, I agree that we definitely need to support building >> targeted at /usr/lib/uml. I also believe you need to set up >> the other way. Russ> Ah, now I understand your c

Bug#276189: OpenAFS and user-mode-linux

2005-12-27 Thread Russ Allbery
Andreas Schuldei <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > this, too comes down to the fact that uml needs some support to > build modules (and perhaps other stuff). > the most natural and really needed thing is an active maintainer > who creates this infrastructure in a sensible way. not us coming > up wit

Bug#276189: OpenAFS and user-mode-linux

2005-12-27 Thread Andreas Schuldei
* Russ Allbery <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2005-12-26 16:17:04]: > Sam Hartman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > So, I agree that we definitely need to support building targeted at > > /usr/lib/uml. I also believe you need to set up the other way. > > Ah, now I understand your concerns. > > How about

Bug#276189: OpenAFS and user-mode-linux

2005-12-26 Thread Russ Allbery
Sam Hartman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > So, I agree that we definitely need to support building targeted at > /usr/lib/uml. I also believe you need to set up the other way. Ah, now I understand your concerns. How about this: What if having ARCH set to uml changed the sysname, the build infra

Bug#276189: OpenAFS and user-mode-linux

2005-12-24 Thread Sam Hartman
That's certainly where uml puts the modules for the uml kernel in Debian. It's not in general where the modules would end up if you build your own kernel. Also, ultimately, the modules end up needing to be accessed within the uml image. I don't see why you wouldn't often want to install a module

Bug#276189: OpenAFS and user-mode-linux

2005-12-23 Thread Andreas Schuldei
* Russ Allbery <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2005-12-20 20:59:54]: > That all seems reasonable, but I don't want to apply this patch unless > someone will be in a position to test it and make sure it works. Andreas, > are you in a position to do that? If I provided a revised > openafs-modules-source packa

Bug#276189: OpenAFS and user-mode-linux

2005-12-22 Thread Russ Allbery
Sam Hartman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > The part that really does not seem reasonable to me is installing the > modules in /usr/lib/uml. As near as I can tell from reviewing the user-mode-linux documentation, this is a requirement of user-mode-linux and is where it puts all of its other kernel

Bug#276189: OpenAFS and user-mode-linux

2005-12-22 Thread Sam Hartman
The part that really does not seem reasonable to me is installing the modules in /usr/lib/uml. It seems that for different configurations you want a module to be installed in the hosted os vs the hosting OS. It seems that you need to support both and the default is unclear to me. -- To UNSUBS

Bug#276189: OpenAFS and user-mode-linux

2005-12-20 Thread Russ Allbery
tags 276189 = help severity 276189 wishlist retitle 276189 openafs-modules-source: please support user-mode-linux modules thanks user-mode-linux is no longer in testing and is currently in bad shape, so right now it's hard for me to test this since I don't run user-mode-linux myself. However, I'v