Bug#366915: [Pkg-uml-pkgs] Bug#366915: [uml-devel] Re: Bug#366915: user-mode-linux: fails when host kernel is linux-image-2.6.16-1-k7

Tue May 16 01:23:19 UTC 2006

On Mon, May 15, 2006 at 09:55:09PM +0200, Mattia Dongili wrote:
> Does this mean that UML will run on a non-standard-vm-split _only_ if
> the host has CONFIG_VMSPLIT_2G=y ?

The question is not clear.  The host will only have a nonstandard
split if it has CONFIG_VMSPLIT_2G or equivalent enabled.

Do you instead mean whether UML will run on a nonstandard split host
if IT (not the host) has CONFIG_HOST_2G_2G (not CONFIG_VMSPLIT_2G)
enabled?

If so, the answer for now is yes.

> If so is this considered a bug or a feature? :)

More a bug.  We are considering ways of detecting the host vmsplit at
run time and adapting to it, but added back the CONFIG_HOST_2G_2G as
an interim measure.

				Jeff