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#1 2007-06-21 11:18:22
- arno
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Any chance to see the linux-vserver patch included in kernel26 ?
Hi,
Is there any chance to see the vserver patch is included in the kernel26 or kernel26ck some day ?
I often use it (am I the only one ?) and I'd love to be able to use it out of the archlinux box.
Thx and congrats for the work.
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#2 2007-06-21 11:53:30
- tomk
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Re: Any chance to see the linux-vserver patch included in kernel26 ?
Could you at least post some relevant info, or a link? If you're asking for extra work to be done, please provide as much detail as possible.
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#3 2007-06-21 12:58:49
- arno
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Re: Any chance to see the linux-vserver patch included in kernel26 ?
Sorry, I can get into more details :
Lazily quoting the http://linux-vserver.org web site :
"Linux-VServer provides virtualization for GNU/Linux systems. This is accomplished by kernel level isolation".
The main advantage over Qemu, Virtualbox or Vmware, is that there is only a very little performance loss for the virtual hosts. Virtual hosts, which all are linux hosts are isolated from eachother, no hardware emulation is done. You can see it like a kind of "super chroot/jail".
Basically, this is composed of two parts : a kernel patch, ans some userland utilities. The kernel patch (http://ftp.linux-vserver.org/pub/kernel … 0-rc3.diff) applies easily against a vanila kernel. The linux-vserver guys follow very well the kernel updates and I've been applying the patches for several versions now, without problem.
Userland apps have already been ported for Archlinux (http://oldwiki.linux-vserver.org/ArchVserver), even if they look a little outdated and can't be found on the archlinux.org package search engine.
The only hitch is the need to build a home-maid kernel.
I thought this patch inclusion could be of someone else's interest.
What is Archlinux kernel patch admittance process ?
Do you provide only vanila kernels ?
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