From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from sc8-sf-mx2-b.sourceforge.net ([10.3.1.12] helo=sc8-sf-mx2.sourceforge.net) by sc8-sf-list1.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1CNKdK-000788-T2 for user-mode-linux-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Thu, 28 Oct 2004 17:28:46 -0700 Received: from pimout2-ext.prodigy.net ([207.115.63.101]) by sc8-sf-mx2.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 4.41) id 1CNKdJ-00059y-CD for user-mode-linux-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Thu, 28 Oct 2004 17:28:46 -0700 From: Chris Wedgwood Subject: Re: [uml-devel] Re: Why UML often does not build (was: Re: [PATCH] UML: Build fix for TT w/o SKAS) Message-ID: <20041029002831.GD12434@taniwha.stupidest.org> References: <20041027053602.GB30735@taniwha.stupidest.org> <200410282254.21944.blaisorblade_spam@yahoo.it> <20041028214242.GB2269@taniwha.stupidest.org> <200410290149.31665.blaisorblade_spam@yahoo.it> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200410290149.31665.blaisorblade_spam@yahoo.it> Sender: user-mode-linux-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net Errors-To: user-mode-linux-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net List-Unsubscribe: , List-Id: The user-mode Linux development list List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: Date: Thu, 28 Oct 2004 17:28:31 -0700 To: Blaisorblade Cc: user-mode-linux-devel@lists.sourceforge.net, LKML , Andrew Morton , Jeff Dike On Fri, Oct 29, 2004 at 01:49:31AM +0200, Blaisorblade wrote: > Yes, it was using SIGKILL instead of PTRACE_KILL; this gets broken > by 2.6.9. the problem here is that ptrace semantics are not well defined to anything subtle can and will break from time to time if we can get UML in a more suitable state and perhaps get some minor QA stuff merged (a new make target using initramfs maybe?) we could 'encourage' people to test UML more often > Well, I've seen Christoph Hellwig not particularly happy about us, > see for instance: > > http://linux.bkbits.net:8080/linux-2.5/cset@41752cc9xdFXib-03VDV5akqKJZ-yA?nav=index.html|ChangeSet@-7d well, he is right in this case it's hard to find a balance between keeping it working for existing UML users (which is what i'm trying to make sure is the case) and doing cleanups which people such as hch point out really are needed > Sending a patch requires at least proof-reading it and writing a > meaningful changelog. Also, managing mails takes tons of time. im happy to take any and all fixes w/o comments in any form for now if you want to fire them off to me ------------------------------------------------------- This Newsletter Sponsored by: Macrovision For reliable Linux application installations, use the industry's leading setup authoring tool, InstallShield X. Learn more and evaluate today. http://clk.atdmt.com/MSI/go/ins0030000001msi/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ User-mode-linux-devel mailing list User-mode-linux-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/user-mode-linux-devel