From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from sc8-sf-mx1-b.sourceforge.net ([10.3.1.91] helo=mail.sourceforge.net) by sc8-sf-list1-new.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1H7wHn-0001A1-Sf for user-mode-linux-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Fri, 19 Jan 2007 08:08:16 -0800 Received: from nemesis.fprintf.net ([66.134.112.218]) by mail.sourceforge.net with esmtps (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.44) id 1H7wHg-0006y4-Oh for user-mode-linux-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Fri, 19 Jan 2007 08:08:12 -0800 From: Daniel Gryniewicz In-Reply-To: <45B0A4B7.7050702@nagafix.co.uk> References: <200701171715.35504.blaisorblade@yahoo.it> <45AE684D.7070802@theshore.net> <45AE67C0.5080003@nagafix.co.uk> <45AE7DFC.9050704@nagafix.co.uk> <45B0A4B7.7050702@nagafix.co.uk> Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2007 11:07:38 -0500 Message-Id: <1169222858.11134.52.camel@athena.fprintf.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: [uml-devel] buggy UML AMD64? List-Id: The user-mode Linux development list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="===============0288879491==" Sender: user-mode-linux-devel-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net Errors-To: user-mode-linux-devel-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net To: Antoine Martin Cc: user-mode-linux-devel@lists.sourceforge.net --===============0288879491== Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-cfbPVkYjzG3ymgbxP7Wi" --=-cfbPVkYjzG3ymgbxP7Wi Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, 2007-01-19 at 11:00 +0000, Antoine Martin wrote: > Is anyone else having stability problems on AMD64? Or am I the only one=20 > using it? > Not only is x86 UML broken on AMD64, I am also getting (seemingly)=20 > random crashes running 64-bit UML. > The Gentoo guests in particular randomly fail to compile code - failing=20 > in completely random places. When you try again, it might work or just=20 > fail later when you run the binary... > These used to work reliably before so I am not just doing it wrong (as=20 > is often the case ;) > To summarize, that leaves us with: > * x86 unable to run kernels 2.6 due to a bug in host >2.6.16 > (and most x86 guests require 2.6 to use latest glibc) > * amd64 unable to run x86 guests > * amd64 unable to run amd64 guests reliably > ... >=20 I'm the gentoo usermode-sources maintainer, and I run UML almost exclusively on amd64. I have, at any given time, from 4 to 20 UMLs running on my main dev box, most of them 32-bit, and I haven't had any stability problems. Is your RAM OK? Which kernels do you have inside and outside? How are you trying to build the 32-bit UMLs? Daniel --=-cfbPVkYjzG3ymgbxP7Wi Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQBFsOzKomPajV0RnrERAniSAJ4o9mBXgI5hNuvhWjHMX1TB4xi4eACfYCP+ 0eCan9mb26WWxk6ZaNESNks= =A4lv -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-cfbPVkYjzG3ymgbxP7Wi-- --===============0288879491== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV --===============0288879491== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline _______________________________________________ User-mode-linux-devel mailing list User-mode-linux-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/user-mode-linux-devel --===============0288879491==--