Re: Unable to continue testing of 2.6.25

[Arjan van de Ven]

On Tue, 19 Feb 2008 22:55:01 +0100
Frans Pop <elendil@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Sunday 17 February 2008, Adrian Bunk wrote:
> > The real problem is that the kernel seems to lack functionality you
> > require for doing some work.
> 
> Not sure how you reached that conclusion.
> 
> > Why does your work on the Debian Installer depend on VirtualBox and
> > can't be done with what the kernel already ships?
> 
> Work on the installer does not so much hard depend on VirtualBox (or
> any other emulator), but can be done much more effectively and
> efficiently using one.
> 
> It allows me to run the installer inside the emulator without the
> need for a second computer (and using the same keyboard). It allows
> me to take snapshots just before stages I'm interested in and then
> add debugging or try changes. If what I tried does not work, I can
> just revert to the snapshot and try something else without having to
> run the full installation from scratch. It allows me to easily test
> RAID setups without having multiple physical disks. Etc.
> 
> The fact that VirtualBox does not (yet) work for me with 2.6.25 means
> that I'm unable to run 2.6.25 on my main desktop and do any real
> work. Rebooting my desktop whenever I want to use VirtualBox is just
> not a realistic option.
> That in turn means that I cannot do any more testing of 2.6.25,

I assume you've read the other mails right and went to the virtualbox form
to get the small patch to make it work on .25 right?


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