[Debian] Re: Bug#417540: vzctl: /etc/init.d/vz should load simfs

Ola Lundqvist opal at debian.org
Tue Apr 3 14:21:23 EDT 2007


Hi David

On Tue, Apr 03, 2007 at 09:01:28AM -0700, David Muir Sharnoff wrote:
> I compiled my own kernel.  I generated the config myself.   I suspect the
> pre-made config has simfs compiled in and quotas turned on (among
> other things).

Sounds likely, yes.

> Unfortunantly, I didn't find the README.   I did find the openvz wiki and
> discovered the Debian instructions there didn't work -- perhaps because
> I run sid rather than etch or sarge.

Sounds likely, yes. I have not read those pages lately so I do not know
what they contain...

> If someone can come up with a list of required config options and
> modules, I'm willing to write a better version of kernel_check_config
> for the startup script.

I'll forward this question to the openvz team.

Regards,

// Ola

> Thanks,
> 
> -Dave
> 
> On 4/2/07, Ola Lundqvist <opal at debian.org> wrote:
> >Hi David
> >
> >On Mon, Apr 02, 2007 at 10:54:05PM -0700, David Sharnoff wrote:
> >> Package: vzctl
> >> Version: 3.0.11-15
> >> Severity: important
> >>
> >>
> >> "vzctl start" didn't work until I added "simfs" to the list of
> >> modules that /etc/init.d/vz should load.
> >
> >Interesting! I have not had the same problem. Do you have some
> >kind of special setup, or a stripped down kernel?
> >
> >> This is my first time trying openvz and building the right kernel
> >> and makeing vzctl work has been more than a little difficult.
> >> I found out that the kernel needs quota support in general.
> >
> >I'm sorry to hear that. Did you read the README and followed the
> >instructions on downloading a pre-compiled kernel?
> >
> >> Perhaps /etc/init.d/vz should check the output of "modprobe -l" and
> >> "zcat /proc/config.gz" to verify that everything that's needed to
> >> run openvz is present...
> >
> >That would be a good thing, yes. Unfortunatly I will not be able
> >to correct this for etch as it will be released in just a few days
> >now, and they do not accept any changes.
> >
> >> Perhaps something like:
> >>
> >> function check_kernel_config()
> >> {
> >>         local i
> >>         local j
> >>         if [ -r /proc/config.gz -a -x /bin/zcat -a -r 
> >/etc/vz/kconfiglist ]; then
> >>                 for i in `awk '/^[A-Z].*:/ { print $1 }' 
> >/etc/vz/kconfiglist`; do
> >>                         j=`echo $i | sed s/:/=/`
> >>                         zcat /proc/config.gz \
> >>                                 | grep -v /^#/ \
> >>                                 | grep -s $j
> >>                         if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
> >>                                 echo Missing kernel config option: \
> >>                                         `grep $i /etc/vz/kconfiglist`
> >>                         fi
> >>                 done
> >>         fi
> >> }
> >
> >I'll Cc the openvz team to see what their opinion is.
> >
> >Regards,
> >
> >// Ola
> >
> >> -Dave
> >>
> >>
> >> -- System Information:
> >> Debian Release: 4.0
> >>   APT prefers unstable
> >>   APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable')
> >> Architecture: i386 (i686)
> >> Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
> >> Kernel: Linux 2.6.18
> >> Locale: LANG=en_US, LC_CTYPE=en_US (charmap=ISO-8859-1)
> >>
> >> Versions of packages vzctl depends on:
> >> ii  iproute                     20061002-4   Professional tools to 
> >control the
> >> ii  libc6                       2.3.6.ds1-13 GNU C Library: Shared 
> >libraries
> >> ii  vzquota                     3.0.8-2      server virtualization 
> >solution - q
> >>
> >> Versions of packages vzctl recommends:
> >> ii  rsync                         2.6.9-3    fast remote file copy 
> >program (lik
> >>
> >> -- no debconf information
> >>
> >>
> >
> >--
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> 

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