Re: hard hang with reiser4-for-2.6.11-5 and VMware Workstation 5.0

[Wil Reichert <wil.reichert@gmail.com>]

Currently running rc4-mm1 on Gentoo, unsure of how to tell which
patchset its using, kernel.org broken out patchsets didn't make it
obvious.  Thanks for the advice, I rely heavily on VMWare.

Wil

On 6/17/05, scott <scottfk@yahoo.com> wrote:
> I had absolutely no troubles between VMware and
> Reiser4 until I upgraded to the -5 patchset.
> 
> Do you know which Reiser4 patchset is included in your
> -mm kernel?  If it is earlier than the -5 release, you
> might want to avoid the -5 release when it gets rolled
> into -mm since it doesn't seem like you can go back to
> a previous release.
> 
> --- Wil Reichert <wil.reichert@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > I've been running VMWare 5 on my reiser4 partition
> > for a while now and
> > haven't had any of the above issues.  Usually doing
> > CPU intensive
> > stuff too, aka WebSphere Portal servers.  I use an
> > -mm kernel, if that
> > matters.
> >
> > Wil
> >
> > On 6/17/05, E.Gryaznova <grev@namesys.com> wrote:
> > > Hello.
> > >
> > > Thank you for the report.
> > >
> > > VMWare/reiser4 is known problem, we can reproduce
> > it.  But unfortunately
> > > I can't  estimate when this will be fixed.
> > > Reiser4 format was changed in reiser4-5 patch for
> > 2.6.11, reiser4progs
> > > for this format are not ready yet.
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Lena
> > >
> > > scott wrote:
> > >
> > > >Greetings,
> > > >
> > > >I have been using Reiser4 as my primary
> > filesystem for
> > > >some time now, and for the first time have
> > encountered
> > > >a problem that keeps me from doing what I want to
> > do.
> > > >
> > > >I run VMware Workstation 5.0 with the virtual
> > disk
> > > >files on my Reiser4 / partition, which happens to
> > be a
> > > >Linux md RAID1 device.  The other day I built a
> > new
> > > >kernel, upgrading to the -5 release of the
> > reiser4
> > > >patches.  Either during boot or shortly after
> > boot of
> > > >any guest OS, my workstation becomes totally
> > > >unresponsive.  Magic SysRq keys don't even work.
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > > >To narrow down the source of the problem, I
> > applied
> > > >the Reiser4 patch to a vanilla 2.6.11 kernel
> > tree.  I
> > > >saw the exact same issue.
> > > >
> > > >I tried reverting to a previous version of the
> > Reiser4
> > > >patch, but I get VFS errors about being unable to
> > find
> > > >a Reiser4 filesystem on my rootdisk using any
> > other
> > > >Reiser4 patchset.  Did the filesystem format
> > change?
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > > >I tried recompiling the -5 release with debug
> > enabled,
> > > >but since the machine is unresponsive, I don't
> > see any
> > > >output.
> > > >
> > > >My question...  is this a known issue?  Or should
> > I
> > > >just keep pounding away at this until I can get
> > some
> > > >sort of debugging information?
> > > >
> > > >Thanks to you all for the always-interesting
> > > >discussion threads on this list.  And thanks,
> > Hans,
> > > >for reiserfs and reiser4.
> > > >
> > > >be seeing you.
> > > >
> > > >scott
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
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> 
> be seeing you.
> 
> scott
> 
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