On Fri, Jun 23, 2006 at 05:46:23PM -0400, Jeff Dike wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 23, 2006 at 05:07:14PM -0400, Theodore Tso wrote:
> > Well, because my host kernel is running a completely stock 2.6.17
> > kernel and so I don't have the SKAS patch applied. If the goal is to
> > abandon tt mode, it would be really nice if the SKAS patch gets
> > integrated into mainline first....
>
> UML has a form of skas which runs on stock hosts. defconfig will give
> you a CONFIG_MODE_SKAS, !CONFIG_MODE_TT UML which will run on an
> unmodified host.
It might be good to explicitly state that in the Kconfig
documentation, in particular in the documentation for CONFIG_MODE_TT.
Note that the entry for CONFIG_MODE_SKAS still mentions the need for
an external patch, and I tried searching 2.6.17-mm1's x86 config
options to see if the SKAS patch had been applied, and I couldn't find
anything, so I assumed that SKAS still required the out-of-tree patch.
If the situation is changed,
config MODE_SKAS
bool "Separate Kernel Address Space support" if MODE_TT
default y
help
This option controls whether skas (separate kernel address space)
support is compiled in. If you have applied the skas patch to the
host, then you certainly want to say Y here (and consider saying N
to CONFIG_MODE_TT). Otherwise, it is safe to say Y. Disabling this
option will shrink the UML binary slightly.
Also, just as a suggestion, it might be a good idea to update the UML
HOWTO in Documentation/uml/UserModeLinux-HOWTO.txt (or at least the
November 18, 2002 date), and also the SKAS page at:
http://user-mode-linux.sourceforge.net/skas.html
Regards,
- Ted
-
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to [email protected]
More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
[Index of Archives]
[Kernel Newbies]
[Netfilter]
[Bugtraq]
[Photo]
[Stuff]
[Gimp]
[Yosemite News]
[MIPS Linux]
[ARM Linux]
[Linux Security]
[Linux RAID]
[Video 4 Linux]
[Linux for the blind]
[Linux Resources]
