Re: [uml-devel] Re: Workaround for bug #851759 - SuSE YAST in textmode does not work

["roland" <for_spam@gmx.de>]

mhhh,
that result is different to the results i posted.
what uml on what host are you using?
regards
roland


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gerd Knorr" <kraxel@bytesex.org>
To: "Henrik Nordstrom" <hno@marasystems.com>
Cc: "roland" <for_spam@gmx.de>; <user-mode-linux-devel@lists.sourceforge.net>; "uml-user"
<user-mode-linux-user@lists.sourceforge.net>
Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2003 1:00 PM
Subject: Re: [uml-devel] Re: Workaround for bug #851759 - SuSE YAST in textmode does not work


> On Wed, Dec 10, 2003 at 10:14:07PM +0100, Henrik Nordstrom wrote:
> > On Mon, 8 Dec 2003, Gerd Knorr wrote:
> >
> > > IMHO this one is a UML kernel bug.
> >
> > The hang certainly can be considered a UML bug.
> >
> > I think the same hang should be seen on any SIGSEGV due to incorrect X86
> > I/O operations. Can you try these two simple programs to try to isolate
> > the error?
>
> > /* test1.c */
>
> > /* test2.c */
>
> Both test do hang (until doing something else in another terminal).
> test1 does *not* print a "Segmentation fault" message as it should
> (and does outside a uml machine).
>
> > The test as such will however (if not hanging) give a false positive if
> > UML is running within vmware and can be questioned unless complemented
> > with a UML test.
>
> The test seems to work correctly.  Probably it tries to access a "magic"
> i/o port which is used for communication between vmware and guest os,
> but I don't know for sure.
>
>   Gerd
>
> -- 
> You have a new virus in /var/mail/kraxel
>



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