build uml from standard kernel sources

[Jeff Waugh]

It would be rad to build a user mode linux package from the standard kernel
sources (particularly once we get the next version of skas and stuff like that
going)

[Matt Zimmerman (mdz)]

This is way, way down the list at this point :-)

[Chuck Short (zulcss)]

We are looking at xen rather than uml.

[Fabio Massimo Di Nitto (fabbione)]

(In reply to comment #2)
> We are looking at xen rather than uml.

We will see what to ship later on. User requirements are very different, but
yes, right now i am looking into xen that appears to be better implementation.

Fabio

[Fabio Massimo Di Nitto (fabbione)]

*** Bug 19212 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

[Ben Collins (ben-collins)]

This bug has been flagged because it is old and possibly inactive. It may or may
not be fixed in the latest release (Breezy Badger 5.10). It is being marked as
"NEEDSINFO". In two weeks time, if the bug is not updated back to "NEW" and
validated against Breezy, it will be closed.

This is needed in order to help manage the current bug list for the kernel. We
would like to fix all bugs, but need users to test and help with debugging.

If this change was in error for this bug, please respond and make the
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Thanks for your help.

[Ben Collins (ben-collins)]

Let's not forget about the OpenVZ that's out now too :)

It actually looks pretty nice aswell, and also offers useful management features
for non-virtual systems. Doesn't support booting other non-Linux though.
Basically it will partition a new system (mem, cpu, fs limits). So it runs the
same kernel as you booted with.

[Ben Collins (ben-collins)]

Looks like we are probably going to go with Xen.

However, post-dapper, please feel free to create a spec on launchpad.net to
propose uml.