[Debian] Re: What version of debian kernel to use?

[Ola Lundqvist]

Hi

On Sat, Mar 03, 2007 at 12:44:15AM +0300, Kir Kolyshkin wrote:
> It is just checkpointing that is not supported for SPARC. For this arch, 
> you have to compile w/out checkpointing feature.

Ah! Good to know.

> No, unfortunately it's not easy to patch -- at least a few weeks of work 
> of our very best developer.

Not necessary. I'll skip the checkpointing functionality then.

Regards,

// Ola

> Ola Lundqvist wrote:
> >Hi again
> >
> >Sparc do not seem to be supported anymore...
> >
> >cpt_context.c
> >
> >#ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
> >        hdr.cpt_os_arch = CPT_OS_ARCH_EMT64;
> >#elif defined(CONFIG_X86_32)
> >        hdr.cpt_os_arch = CPT_OS_ARCH_I386;
> >#elif defined(CONFIG_IA64)
> >        hdr.cpt_os_arch = CPT_OS_ARCH_IA64;
> >#else
> >#error  Arch is not supported
> >#endif
> >
> >Is that easy to patch?
> >
> >Regards,
> >
> >// Ola
> >
> >On Thu, Mar 01, 2007 at 07:19:48PM +0300, Vasily Tarasov wrote:
> >  
> >>Hello, Ola,
> >>
> >>This is a fixed patch:
> >>http://download.openvz.org/~vass/diff-ovz-2.6.18-028test015-deb-2.gz
> >>
> >>Thanks,
> >>Vasily
> >>
> >>Ola Lundqvist wrote:
> >>    
> >>>Privet Vasily (and others)
> >>>
> >>>On amd64, 486 and sparc architecture I got this build error:
> >>>
> >>>kernel/sched.c: In function '__activate_task':
> >>>kernel/sched.c:1565: warning: implicit declaration of function 
> >>>'ve_stop_idle'
> >>>kernel/sched.c:1565: error: 've' undeclared (first use in this function)
> >>>kernel/sched.c:1565: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only 
> >>>once
> >>>kernel/sched.c:1565: error: for each function it appears in.)
> >>>kernel/sched.c: In function 'deactivate_task':
> >>>kernel/sched.c:1718: error: 'pcpu' undeclared (first use in this 
> >>>function)
> >>>kernel/sched.c:1735: warning: implicit declaration of function 
> >>>'ve_strt_idle'
> >>>kernel/sched.c:1735: error: 've' undeclared (first use in this function)
> >>>kernel/sched.c:1735: error: 'cpu' undeclared (first use in this function)
> >>>kernel/sched.c: In function 'pull_task':
> >>>kernel/sched.c:3037: error: 've' undeclared (first use in this function)
> >>>kernel/sched.c: In function 'vsched_add_vcpu':
> >>>kernel/sched.c:8218: warning: implicit declaration of function 
> >>>'VE_CPU_STATS'
> >>>kernel/sched.c:8218: error: 'struct fairsched_node' has no member named 
> >>>'owner_env'
> >>>kernel/sched.c:8219: error: invalid application of 'sizeof' to 
> >>>incomplete type 'struct ve_cpu_stats' kernel/sched.c:8219: warning: 
> >>>passing argument 1 of 'memset' makes pointer from integer without a cast
> >>>kernel/sched.c:8221: error: 'struct fairsched_node' has no member named 
> >>>'owner_env'
> >>>make[2]: *** [kernel/sched.o] Fel 1
> >>>make[1]: *** [kernel] Fel 2
> >>>make[1]: Leaving directory 
> >>>`/home/ola/build/linux-openvz-2.6/linux-source-2.6.18'
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>It would be nice if you could fix that.
> >>>
> >>>Regards,
> >>>
> >>>// Ola
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>On Tue, Feb 27, 2007 at 03:50:35PM +0300, Vasily Tarasov wrote:
> >>>  
> >>>      
> >>>>Hej, Ola,
> >>>>
> >>>>this is OpenVZ patch against 2.6.18.dfsg.1-11 Debian kernel:
> >>>>http://download.openvz.org/~vass/patch-ovz-028.015-2.6.18.dfsg.1-11.gz
> >>>>
> >>>>Vasily
> >>>>
> >>>>Ola Lundqvist wrote:
> >>>>    
> >>>>        
> >>>>>Privet Vasily
> >>>>>
> >>>>>On Thu, Feb 22, 2007 at 02:28:52PM +0300, Vasily Tarasov wrote:
> >>>>>  
> >>>>>      
> >>>>>          
> >>>>>>Hello, Ola
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>I want to clarify one thing.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>linux-source-2.6.18 package is available now in testing and in 
> >>>>>>unstable
> >>>>>>repositories.
> >>>>>>Last version in testing repository is 2.6.18-7 and last version in
> >>>>>>unstable repository is 2.6.18.dfsg.1-11
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>As far as I understand testing repository will be transformed to 
> >>>>>>stable
> >>>>>>one as soon as Etch will be released. We want to have OpenVZ patch
> >>>>>>against Etch kernel, thus I should prepare patch against 2.6.18-7
> >>>>>>version, but not against 2.6.18.dfsg.1-11one. Should I?
> >>>>>>    
> >>>>>>        
> >>>>>>            
> >>>>>There is a special exception for the kernel currently. In general you
> >>>>>are correct but the case today is actually that the 2.6.18.dfsg.1-11
> >>>>>will be a part of stable. At least according to the release team.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>So make the patch against that version.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>Regards,
> >>>>>
> >>>>>// Ola
> >>>>>
> >>>>>  
> >>>>>      
> >>>>>          
> >>>>>>Thank you,
> >>>>>>Vasily
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>    
> >>>>>>        
> >>>>>>            
> >>    
> >
> >  
> 
> 

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