Re: [uml-devel] [PATCH 4/19] UML - timer initialization cleanup

2006-07-07 Thread Andrew Morton
Jeff Dike <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > + err = request_irq(TIMER_IRQ, um_timer, SA_INTERRUPT, "timer", NULL); SA_INTERRUPT is deprecated - I'll change this to IRQF_DISABLED. We have a compatibility layer for now, but we need to start getting used to using INTF_*. Using Tomcat but need to d

Re: [uml-devel] [PATCH 1/19] UML - Clean up address space limits code

2006-07-07 Thread Andrew Morton
Jeff Dike <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I was looking at the code of the UML and more precisely at the functions > set_task_sizes_tt and set_task_sizes_skas. I noticed that these 2 > functions take a paramater (arg) which is not used : the function is > always called with the value 0. > > I suppo

Re: [uml-devel] [PATCH 19/19] UML - Make mconsole versionrequestshappen in a process

2006-07-07 Thread Jeff Dike
On Fri, Jul 07, 2006 at 10:07:25AM -0700, Brock, Anthony - NET wrote: > What is the recommended means for verifying that a UML process is > running? Depends on what level of "running" you want to check for. Ping will tell you if the kernel can respond to interrupts. mconsole version (now) will t

Re: [uml-devel] [PATCH 19/19] UML - Make mconsole versionrequestshappen in a process

2006-07-07 Thread Brock, Anthony - NET
> -Original Message- > > Also, can this command still be used > > to "wake up" a UML process? Is this still the recommended means for > > verifying that a UML process if running? > > No, and no. What is the recommended means for verifying that a UML process is running? Tony Using Tomca

Re: [uml-devel] [PATCH 19/19] UML - Make mconsole version requestshappen in a process

2006-07-07 Thread Jeff Dike
On Fri, Jul 07, 2006 at 08:31:50AM -0700, Brock, Anthony - NET wrote: > I'm running UML on an SMP machine, but have never encountered the "hang" > issue. Is this text still accurate? No, it's ancient history. No one ever figured out what the problem was, but it hasn't been seen in ages. > Also,

Re: [uml-devel] [PATCH 19/19] UML - Make mconsole version requestshappen in a process

2006-07-07 Thread Brock, Anthony - NET
So what impact does this have on the following quote from http://user-mode-linux.sourceforge.net/mconsole.html : It's a simple no-op which can be used to check that a UML is running. It's also a way of sending an interrupt to the UML. This is sometimes useful on SMP hosts, where there's a bug whi