[uml-devel] Re: [stable] [patch 1/1] uml: fix TT mode by reverting "use fork instead of clone"

[Blaisorblade <blaisorblade@yahoo.it>]

On Tuesday 12 July 2005 20:50, Chris Wright wrote:
> * blaisorblade@yahoo.it (blaisorblade@yahoo.it) wrote:
> > Revert the following patch, because of miscompilation problems in
> > different environments leading to UML not working *at all* in TT mode; it
> > was merged lately in 2.6 development cycle, a little after being written,
> > and has caused problems to lots of people; I know it's a bit too long,
> > but it shouldn't have been merged in first place, so I still apply for
> > inclusion in the -stable tree. Anyone using this feature currently is
> > either using some older kernel (some reports even used 2.6.12-rc4-mm2) or
> > using this patch, as included in my -bs patchset.

> > For now there's not yet a fix for this patch, so for now the best thing
> > is to drop it (which was widely reported to give a working kernel).

> And upstream will leave this in, working to real fix?
Preferably yes, but this depends on whether the fix is found. Otherwise this 
exact patch will be merged upstream too.
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