Re: [uml-devel] /dev/random problems _not_ solved in 2.6.26

2008-08-05 Thread Brock, Anthony - NET
> -Original Message- > I am aware of the implications, but unfortunately it did > not help either. > > # ls -l /dev/*random* > crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 1, 8 2008-08-05 17:41 /dev/oldrandom > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root7 2008-08-05 17:41 /dev/random -> urandom > crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 1, 9 200

Re: [uml-devel] [PATCH] UML - host VDSO fix

2007-03-23 Thread Brock, Anthony - NET
Jeff, Is this going into stable or devel? If stable, what version? Also, do you know what version of the host kernels introduced this behavior? Sorry for all the questions, but I believe this is the bug I've been waiting on for a while (affecting host kernels greater than 2.6.17, or something of

Re: [uml-devel] Wiki situation (was: Re: [uml-user] 2.6.17.10)

2006-08-28 Thread Brock, Anthony - NET
> -Original Message- > However, since the wiki is privately hosted what happens if, > for instance, the > admin decides to close it because he doesn't support any more UML? The same could be said for either Jeff or yourself. It wouldn't hurt to have additional mirrors/backups of the dat

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 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

RE: [uml-devel] Randomize on MAC address when bringing up ethernet iface

2006-05-31 Thread Brock, Anthony - NET
> -Original Message- > On Tue, May 30, 2006 at 08:12:59PM +0200, Blaisorblade wrote: > > I've being thinking to this and I'm wondering why we > shouldn't do it. When we > > have set no IP or 0.0.0.0, which is not a unique IP, and we > bring it up, we > > should choose a random MAC to use

RE: [uml-devel] Re: TLS, Debian and 2.6.16.5

2006-04-19 Thread Brock, Anthony - NET
Sven, You can see the list of patches at: https://lists.ous.edu/mailman/admin/testlist2/logout Or, you can download the broken-out patches from: http://www.user-mode-linux.org/~blaisorblade/patches/guest/uml-2.6.16-bb1/uml-2.6.16-bb1-broken-out.tar.bz2 Tony > -Original Message- > Fro

RE: [uml-devel] Re: [RFC] PATCH 0/4 - Time virtualization

2006-04-14 Thread Brock, Anthony - NET
I'm assuming that this pulls "UTC" from the host and allows the guest to have an offset "UTC" ... is this essentially correct? Tony > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Jeff Dike > Sent: Thursday, April 13, 2006 6:53 PM > To: john st

[uml-devel] RE: [uml-user] guest soft lockup after mounting root fs in skasmode

2005-12-27 Thread Brock, Anthony - NET
> -Original Message- > > My kernel does not support modules -> easier upgrades, just > compile and > > edit a symlink than powercycle. its more secure too. > because I have some > > users with root rights in their uml`s, so they could in > theory (if they > > were smart and evil) compile

RE: [uml-devel] Quick and dirty UML howto.

2005-10-17 Thread Brock, Anthony - NET
Rob, Have you looked at the wiki yet? It can be found at: http://uml.harlowhill.com/ It holds a lot of documentation (some old, some new). Once your howto is ready, you may want to list it here: http://uml.harlowhill.com/index.php/UMLArticles Good luck! Tony > -Original Message- > F