Re: [uml-devel] [PATCH v3] um: Print minimum physical memory requirement

2015-04-04 Thread Ron Yorston
Thomas Meyer wrote: >+ printf("Too few physical memory! Needed=%d, given=%d\n", I think 'Too little physical memory' would be more correct. Or maybe 'Insufficient physical memory'. Ron -- Dive into the Worl

Re: [uml-devel] X11 vfb forward ported to 3.2

2012-06-22 Thread Ron Yorston
I played with the framebuffer code a few years ago, but haven't touched it for a while. My web page about it is still around: http://intgat.tigress.co.uk/rmy/shmfb/index.html Ron -- Live Security Virtual Conference E

[uml-devel] [PATCH] uml: clean up OS wrapper functions

2009-09-01 Thread Ron Yorston
Several OS wrapper functions are no longer used. Signed-off-by: Ron Yorston --- diff -up linux-2.6.30.5/arch/um/include/shared/os.h.os-wrapper-cleanup linux-2.6.30.5/arch/um/include/shared/os.h --- linux-2.6.30.5/arch/um/include/shared/os.h.os-wrapper-cleanup 2009-08-16 22:19

Re: [uml-devel] A shared memory framebuffer for UML

2008-11-24 Thread Ron Yorston
I was in too much of a hurry yesterday and didn't include some useful information about shmfb clients. To make use of the framebuffer the client needs to know its details. It also needs to be able to send keyboard and mouse events to the guest and to receive information about updates to the guest'

Re: [uml-devel] A shared memory framebuffer for UML

2008-11-24 Thread Ron Yorston
root <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Now my question: would this framebuffer help in the video part >of the sip communication? Could the sip application transmit >images to the host's display? Could the sip application receive >from a real webcam? I don't think so, at least not as I understand what yo

[uml-devel] [PATCH] uml: shared memory framebuffer

2008-11-23 Thread Ron Yorston
This patch implements a shared memory framebuffer for User Mode Linux. Separate host programs can be used to view the contents of the framebuffer. Signed-off-by: Ron Yorston <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- diff -up linux-2.6.27.7/arch/um/drivers/Makefile.shm-fb linux-2.6.27.7/arch/um/drivers/Ma

[uml-devel] A shared memory framebuffer for UML

2008-11-23 Thread Ron Yorston
I've done some work on a patch to implement a shared memory framebuffer for UML. (Patch to follow in a separate message, or pick it up from my website: http://intgat.tigress.co.uk/rmy/shmfb/index.html) Apply the patch and build the kernel in the usual way: tar xfj linux-2.6.27.7.tar.bz2 c

Re: [uml-devel] [FW: [libvirt] PATCH: Experimental User Mode Linux driver for libvirt]

2008-10-20 Thread Ron Yorston
I've now had a chance to try out the UML driver for libvirt. My host platform was CentOS 5 and the guest CentOS 4, with a 2.6.27.2 kernel configured as 'make defconfig ARCH=um'. I used uml:///session as an unprivileged user. The CVS snapshot tarball on the libvirt.org ftp site was out of date: u

Re: [uml-devel] [FW: [libvirt] PATCH: Experimental User Mode Linux driver for libvirt]

2008-10-17 Thread Ron Yorston
"Daniel P. Berrange" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Support for User Mode Linux in libvirt[1] may be of interest to people >on this list. Very much so. Thanks Daniel, I'll certainly have a look at thing when I have a chance. Ron -