[kvm-devel] kvm-36 breaks Solaris 10 VM

2007-08-31 Thread Simon Gao
Hi, After installing kvm-36, existing solaris 10 vm would crash during booting up. New installation crashes also. With interactive GUI installation, the vm would hang after X server comes up before language can be selected. Mouse cursor would be stuck and without response. With interactive text c

Re: [kvm-devel] Stable distro

2007-08-31 Thread gerryw
Hi, Thanks guys. I'm trying Fedora 7 again. I tried to update kvm to the latest, but configure complains about not finding gcc version 3. Is gcc 3 necessary to build kvm? Thanks, -G - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Spl

Re: [kvm-devel] Réf. : Re: [PATCH][RFC] Allo wing QEMU to directly executeadirectory (and storing command line options in it)

2007-08-31 Thread Daniel P. Berrange
On Fri, Aug 31, 2007 at 10:13:11PM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I think passing only the directory name is better because it can be like a > "black box" : the user don't have to know how it is inside. And it is much > more simple to use "qemu my_pc" than "qemu -c my_pc/config". If you need th

Re: [kvm-devel] Réf. : Re: [PATCH][RFC ] Allowing QEMU to directly executeadirectory (and storing command line options in it)

2007-08-31 Thread Anthony Liguori
On Fri, 2007-08-31 at 22:13 +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi Anthony, > > I think passing only the directory name is better because it can be like a > "black box" : the user don't have to know how it is inside. And it is much > more simple to use "qemu my_pc" than "qemu -c my_pc/config". You

Re: [kvm-devel] [Qemu-devel] Réf. : Re: [PATCH][RFC] Allowing QEMU to directly executeadir ectory (and storing command line options in it)

2007-08-31 Thread Johannes Schindelin
Hi, On Fri, 31 Aug 2007, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I think passing only the directory name is better because it can be like > a "black box" : the user don't have to know how it is inside. I consider this a super downside. "If you think your users are idiots, only idiots will use it [your sof

[kvm-devel] Réf. : Re: [Qemu-devel] R éf. : Re: [kvm -devel] [PATCH][RFC] Al lowingQEMU to directly executeadirectory (and storing co mmand line options in it)

2007-08-31 Thread laurent . vivier
> Hi, > > On Fri, 31 Aug 2007, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > I think passing only the directory name is better because it can be like > > a "black box" : the user don't have to know how it is inside. > > I consider this a super downside. > > "If you think your users are idiots, only idiots will u

Re: [kvm-devel] [PATCH 0/5] Split the emulator: decode & execute

2007-08-31 Thread Andi Kleen
On Wednesday 29 August 2007 18:39:45 Laurent Vivier wrote: > These patches split the emulator in two parts: one to decode the instruction, > the other to execute it. The decode part is then called only when needed. Is the same change done to the Xen version? It might be better to make it easier to

Re: [kvm-devel] [RFC] 9p Virtualization Transports

2007-08-31 Thread Andi Kleen
On Tuesday 28 August 2007 20:52:36 Eric Van Hensbergen wrote: > This patch set contains a set of virtualization transports for the 9p file > system intended to provide a mechanism for guests to access a portion of the > hosts name space without having to go through a virtualized network. It migh

[kvm-devel] Réf. : Re: [PATCH][RFC ] Allowing QEMU to directly executeadirectory (and st oring command line options in it)

2007-08-31 Thread laurent . vivier
Hi Anthony, I think passing only the directory name is better because it can be like a "black box" : the user don't have to know how it is inside. And it is much more simple to use "qemu my_pc" than "qemu -c my_pc/config". Regards, Laurent --

Re: [kvm-devel] [PATCH][RFC] Allowing QEMU to directly execute a directory (and storing command line options in it)

2007-08-31 Thread Anthony Liguori
On Fri, 2007-08-31 at 16:05 -0300, Jorge Lucángeli Obes wrote: > On 8/31/07, Anthony Liguori <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > It makes little sense to pass a directory when you can pass a config > > file and assume that the directory the config file is in is the CWD. > > > > For instance, if vm.cfg

Re: [kvm-devel] [PATCH][RFC] Allowing QEMU to directly execute a directory (and storing command line options in it)

2007-08-31 Thread Jorge Lucángeli Obes
On 8/31/07, Anthony Liguori <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It makes little sense to pass a directory when you can pass a config > file and assume that the directory the config file is in is the CWD. > > For instance, if vm.cfg contained just the command line arguments, you > could have: > > MyImage/v

Re: [kvm-devel] [PATCH][RFC] Allowing QEMU to directly execute a directory (and storing command line options in it)

2007-08-31 Thread Anthony Liguori
It makes little sense to pass a directory when you can pass a config file and assume that the directory the config file is in is the CWD. For instance, if vm.cfg contained just the command line arguments, you could have: MyImage/vm.cfg:-hda disk0.qcow -m 512 MyImage/disk0.qcow: And t

[kvm-devel] [PATCH][RFC] Allowing QEMU to directly execute a directory (and storing command line options in it)

2007-08-31 Thread Jorge Lucángeli Obes
Hi all, The last time this issue was discussed, the executable-directory idea gained more consensus than the snapshot-based idea. This patch implements my perception of the first idea. Non-Windows for now, as I can't test on a Windows system. Suggestions and constructive criticism more than welcom

Re: [kvm-devel] Stable distro

2007-08-31 Thread Alexey Eremenko
On 8/31/07, Jorge Lucángeli Obes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 8/31/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Hello Folks, > > > > I've been trying to get kvm going, but I can't seem to find a stable distro > > to test with. I've tried Fedora (which I've never liked anyway) and Ce

Re: [kvm-devel] Stable distro

2007-08-31 Thread Jorge Lucángeli Obes
On 8/31/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hello Folks, > > I've been trying to get kvm going, but I can't seem to find a stable distro > to test with. I've tried Fedora (which I've never liked anyway) and CentOS, > but it crashes when installing w2k3. May I ask what distro y'al

[kvm-devel] KVM & VMX root mode

2007-08-31 Thread Sander van Leeuwen
Hi, We have had several reports of users saying our product VirtualBox crashes their (Linux) host. It turned out that KVM is responsible, because it leaves the CPU in VMX root mode. Doing this changes the way the cpu operates: updates to reserved bits in control registers cause general protecti