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

[Mattia Dongili]

On Mon, May 15, 2006 at 09:23:19PM -0400, Jeff Dike wrote:
> 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.

Aah! thanks for clarifing and sorry for the confusion on my side..

> 
> > 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.

Thanks, will enable it in the .17 release of the debian package.

-- 
mattia
:wq!