From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from sfi-mx-3.v28.ch3.sourceforge.com ([172.29.28.123] helo=mx.sourceforge.net) by 3yr0jf1.ch3.sourceforge.com with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Ks0AA-0001Tg-VC for user-mode-linux-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Mon, 20 Oct 2008 19:11:34 +0000 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([66.187.233.31]) by 3b2kzd1.ch3.sourceforge.com with esmtp (Exim 4.69) id 1Ks09w-0003rZ-2A for user-mode-linux-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Mon, 20 Oct 2008 19:11:34 +0000 Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2008 20:11:18 +0100 From: "Daniel P. Berrange" Message-ID: <20081020191118.GA20239@redhat.com> References: <20081016115012.GK27881@redhat.com> <200810201524.m9KFOSPg024776@tiffany.internal.tigress.co.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200810201524.m9KFOSPg024776@tiffany.internal.tigress.co.uk> Subject: Re: [uml-devel] [FW: [libvirt] PATCH: Experimental User Mode Linux driver for libvirt] Reply-To: "Daniel P. Berrange" List-Id: The user-mode Linux development list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Errors-To: user-mode-linux-devel-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net To: Ron Yorston Cc: user-mode-linux-devel@lists.sourceforge.net On Mon, Oct 20, 2008 at 04:24:26PM +0100, Ron Yorston wrote: > 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 The CVS snapshot tarball on the libvirt.org ftp site was out of date: > use the cvs command to fetch the source. > > My host system hadn't been set up for UML before so virsh didn't work > until I'd: > > created the directory ~/.uml (which doesn't exist if you haven't > run a UML instance yet); Ah, that's useful info - I would never have noticed that :-) > installed the UML utilities (because libvirt checks that uml_mconsole > exists, even though it doesn't use it). Yep, that check is now obsolete, so I'll remove it. > Once I'd figured that out I was able to start a virtual machine from > virsh and see it using the list command. > > However, connecting to the guest's console was very unreliable (No > console available for domain). Also, all attempts to shut down the > guest from virsh failed (libvir: Remote error : socket closed > unexpectedly). Once that had happened the domain was no longer shown > by the list command. Ok, that's a bug I'll look into. > BTW, is there a way to disconnect from the guest console? We follow the telnet defaults, and use 'Ctrl+]' sequence Thanks for taking the time to test out this initial code, hopefully I'll get this polished up and incorporated in the next libvirt release. Regards, Daniel -- |: Red Hat, Engineering, London -o- http://people.redhat.com/berrange/ :| |: http://libvirt.org -o- http://virt-manager.org -o- http://ovirt.org :| |: http://autobuild.org -o- http://search.cpan.org/~danberr/ :| |: GnuPG: 7D3B9505 -o- F3C9 553F A1DA 4AC2 5648 23C1 B3DF F742 7D3B 9505 :| ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ User-mode-linux-devel mailing list User-mode-linux-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/user-mode-linux-devel