Re: raw disks no longer work in latest kvm (kvm-88 was fine)

[Antoine Martin <antoine@nagafix.co.uk>]

On 03/08/2010 02:17 AM, Avi Kivity wrote:
> On 03/07/2010 09:13 PM, Antoine Martin wrote:
>>> What version of glibc do you have installed?
>>
>> Latest stable:
>> sys-devel/gcc-4.3.4
>> sys-libs/glibc-2.10.1-r1
>>
>
> $ git show glibc-2.10~108 | head
> commit e109c6124fe121618e42ba882e2a0af6e97b8efc
> Author: Ulrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com>
> Date:   Fri Apr 3 19:57:16 2009 +0000
>
>     * misc/Makefile (routines): Add preadv, preadv64, pwritev, pwritev64.
>
>         * misc/Versions: Export preadv, preadv64, pwritev, pwritev64 for
>         GLIBC_2.10.
>         * misc/sys/uio.h: Declare preadv, preadv64, pwritev, pwritev64.
>         * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/kernel-features.h: Add entries for 
> preadv
>
> You might get away with rebuilding glibc against the 2.6.33 headers.
>
The latest kernel headers available in gentoo (and they're masked unstable):
sys-kernel/linux-headers-2.6.32

So I think I will just keep using Christoph's patch until .33 hits portage.
Unless there's any reason not to? I would rather keep my system "clean".
I can try it though, if that helps you clear things up?