From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S965975AbXDBVsa (ORCPT ); Mon, 2 Apr 2007 17:48:30 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S965977AbXDBVsa (ORCPT ); Mon, 2 Apr 2007 17:48:30 -0400 Received: from saraswathi.solana.com ([198.99.130.12]:41601 "EHLO saraswathi.solana.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S965975AbXDBVsa (ORCPT ); Mon, 2 Apr 2007 17:48:30 -0400 Date: Mon, 2 Apr 2007 17:44:34 -0400 From: Jeff Dike To: roland Cc: Antoine Martin , Blaisorblade , user-mode-linux-devel@lists.sourceforge.net, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [uml-devel] [RFC] UML kernel & rootfs bundle with every kernel release ? Message-ID: <20070402214434.GA10205@c2.user-mode-linux.org> References: <1712880100@web.de> <200704012108.14597.blaisorblade@yahoo.it> <46100EF5.7040802@nagafix.co.uk> <20070402020530.GA589@c2.user-mode-linux.org> <4610D937.20002@nagafix.co.uk> <005601c77567$1ceddb60$eeeea8c0@aldipc> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <005601c77567$1ceddb60$eeeea8c0@aldipc> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.2i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, Apr 02, 2007 at 10:40:10PM +0200, roland wrote: > btw - i think besides that packaged uml+rootfs, the same thing could be > distributed in other formats, i.e. qemu, vmware, M$ virtual pc (add your > favourite v12n solution here) There are sites (http://uml.nagafix.co.uk/ being the best one I know of) where, with two downloads, two uncompressions, and one command line later, you have a booted UML. The only way I know of to improve on this, aside from inprovements in the booted distro, is to package the filesystem as a rootfs within the UML kernel binary. I've considered this, but haven't done anything with it. Jeff -- Work email - jdike at linux dot intel dot com