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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] KVM: Add wrapper script around QEMU to test ker
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Sasha Levin |
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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] KVM: Add wrapper script around QEMU to test kernels |
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Tue, 8 Nov 2011 16:55:57 +0200 |
On Tue, Nov 8, 2011 at 4:52 PM, Christoph Hellwig <address@hidden> wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 08, 2011 at 04:41:40PM +0200, Avi Kivity wrote:
>> On 11/06/2011 03:35 AM, Alexander Graf wrote:
>> > To quickly get going, just execute the following as user:
>> >
>> > $ ./Documentation/run-qemu.sh -r / -a init=/bin/bash
>> >
>> > This will drop you into a shell on your rootfs.
>> >
>>
>> Doesn't work on Fedora 15. F15's qemu-kvm doesn't have -machine or
>> -virtfs. Even qemu.git on F15 won't build virtfs since xattr.h
>> detection is broken (patch posted).
>
> Nevermind that running virtfs as a rootfs is a really dumb idea. You
> do now want to run a VM that has a rootfs that gets changed all the
> time behind your back.
>
> Running qemu -snapshot on the actual root block device is the only
> safe way to reuse the host installation, although it gets a bit
> complicated if people have multiple devices mounted into the namespace.
Using block devices also requires root.
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] KVM: Add wrapper script around QEMU to test kernels, (continued)
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] KVM: Add wrapper script around QEMU to test kernels, Ted Ts'o, 2011/11/07
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] KVM: Add wrapper script around QEMU to test kernels, Pekka Enberg, 2011/11/07
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] KVM: Add wrapper script around QEMU to test kernels, Pekka Enberg, 2011/11/07
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] KVM: Add wrapper script around QEMU to test kernels, Karel Zak, 2011/11/08
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] KVM: Add wrapper script around QEMU to test kernels, Pekka Enberg, 2011/11/08
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] KVM: Add wrapper script around QEMU to test kernels, Pekka Enberg, 2011/11/06
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] KVM: Add wrapper script around QEMU to test kernels, Alexander Graf, 2011/11/06
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] KVM: Add wrapper script around QEMU to test kernels, Pekka Enberg, 2011/11/06
Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] KVM: Add wrapper script around QEMU to test kernels, Avi Kivity, 2011/11/08
Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] KVM: Add wrapper script around QEMU to test kernels, Jan Kiszka, 2011/11/08
Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] KVM: Add wrapper script around QEMU to test kernels, Pekka Enberg, 2011/11/08
Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] KVM: Add wrapper script around QEMU to test kernels, Christoph Hellwig, 2011/11/08