Thread (2 messages) 2 messages, 2 authors, 2020-02-22

Re: [PATCH] Documentation: update UserModeLinux-HOWTO.txt

From: Anton Ivanov <anton.ivanov@cambridgegreys.com>
Date: 2020-02-22 18:18:07
Also in: linux-um, lkml


On 22/02/2020 17:19, Manbing wrote:
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Original content is obsolete. Which is based on kernel 2.4.0-prerelease.
Updating content according to kernel 5.5.1.

Signed-off-by: Manbing <redacted>
---
  Documentation/virt/uml/UserModeLinux-HOWTO.txt | 42 +++++---------------------
  1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 34 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/virt/uml/UserModeLinux-HOWTO.txt b/Documentation/virt/uml/UserModeLinux-HOWTO.txt
index 87b80f5..08ee28d 100644
--- a/Documentation/virt/uml/UserModeLinux-HOWTO.txt
+++ b/Documentation/virt/uml/UserModeLinux-HOWTO.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
    User Mode Linux HOWTO
    User Mode Linux Core Team
-  Mon Nov 18 14:16:16 EST 2002
+  Mon Feb 10 08:27:24 EST 2020
  
    This document describes the use and abuse of Jeff Dike's User Mode
    Linux: a port of the Linux kernel as a normal Intel Linux process.
@@ -215,26 +215,17 @@
  
  
    Compiling the user mode kernel is just like compiling any other
-  kernel.  Let's go through the steps, using 2.4.0-prerelease (current
+  kernel.  Let's go through the steps, using 5.5.1 (current
    as of this writing) as an example:
  
  
-  1. Download the latest UML patch from
-
-     the download page <http://user-mode-linux.sourceforge.net/
-
-     In this example, the file is uml-patch-2.4.0-prerelease.bz2.
-
-
-  2. Download the matching kernel from your favourite kernel mirror,
+  1. Download the matching kernel from your favourite kernel mirror,
       such as:
  
-     ftp://ftp.ca.kernel.org/pub/kernel/v2.4/linux-2.4.0-prerelease.tar.bz2
-     <ftp://ftp.ca.kernel.org/pub/kernel/v2.4/linux-2.4.0-prerelease.tar.bz2>
-     .
+     wget https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/linux-5.5.1.tar.xz
  
  
-  3. Make a directory and unpack the kernel into it.
+  2. Make a directory and unpack the kernel into it.
  
  
  
@@ -255,31 +246,14 @@
  
  
         host%
-       tar -xzvf linux-2.4.0-prerelease.tar.bz2
-
-
-
-
-
-
-  4. Apply the patch using
-
-
-
-       host%
-       cd ~/uml/linux
-
-
-
-       host%
-       bzcat uml-patch-2.4.0-prerelease.bz2 | patch -p1
+       tar xvf linux-5.5.1.tar.xz
  
  
  
  
  
  
-  5. Run your favorite config; `make xconfig ARCH=um' is the most
+  3. Run your favorite config; `make xconfig ARCH=um' is the most
       convenient.  `make config ARCH=um' and 'make menuconfig ARCH=um'
       will work as well.  The defaults will give you a useful kernel.  If
       you want to change something, go ahead, it probably won't hurt
@@ -293,7 +267,7 @@
  
  
  
-  6. Finish with `make linux ARCH=um': the result is a file called
+  4. Finish with `make linux ARCH=um': the result is a file called
       `linux' in the top directory of your source tree.
  
    Make sure that you don't build this kernel in /usr/src/linux.  On some
I am rewriting the whole thing at the moment.

I will publish the finished sections for review at some point during the 
coming week.

It needs to be rewritten from scratch, fixing a few things like this is 
not enough.

Brgds,

-- 
Anton R. Ivanov

Cambridge Greys Limited, England and Wales company No 10273661
http://www.cambridgegreys.com/
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