[Pkg-uml-pkgs] Bug#384881: UML for amd64 - status?

[Mattia Dongili]

On Tue, May 08, 2007 at 07:55:39PM +0200, Martin Stigge wrote:
> On Tue, 2007-05-08 at 09:05 +0900, Mattia Dongili wrote:
> > > I'm wondering about the kernel version: Since the source packet as it is
> > > now is build-depending on linux-source-2.6.18 which is not in sid
> > > anymore, it will not build on sid right now, I guess? Do you expect the
> > > kernel version upgrade to be a big issue? Which steps are needed?
> > 
> > exactely. Well, I already updated the x86_32 config and necessary files
> > so you should repeat all of the above using sid's 2.6.20 and the current
> > svn[1] files for user-mode-linux (or a snapshot package I made
> > yesterday[2]). Then send me the diff (or the source package stuff, I'll
> > diff it here), I'm going to upload uml-2.6.20 asap.
> > 
> > [1]: svn://svn.debian.org/svn/pkg-uml
> > [2]: http://people.debian.org/~malattia/packages/uml/
> 
> I just tested the sources from [2], package built fine with the supplied
> config.amd64 (except for lots of questions of course). I also installed
> it, and an uml with etch booted up nicely. 

the many questions were expected as that config was still a 2.6.18 one
and in 2.6.20 many options have changed. I had lots of them here on i386
too.

> I'll do a bit more testing and will send you a diff for the adjusted
> config.amd64 in the next 1-2 days.

great, thanks!
could you try using the i386 config as a starting point? or eventually
just make sure that most of the modules/options enabled there are
enabled on amd64 as well.

Many thanks again!
-- 
mattia
:wq!