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From: Jacques Gelinas (jack_at_solucorp.qc.ca)
Date: Fri 01 Mar 2002 - 02:19:59 GMT


  vserver 0.13
  Change log

  1. Bug fixes

  1.1. Dynamic system call number, a glitch

  Since vserver 0.11, the vserver utility are able to probe the kernel
  to find the number of the system calls new_s_context and set_ipv4root.
  The same binaries may be used with different kernels (where the new
  system calls have different numbers).

  This was done because the two system calls are not official( reserved
  in the official kernel) and probably won't be until we have covered
  more grounds...

  vserver-0.12 uncovered a flaw where the file /proc/self/status was not
  properly parsed. But there was another gotcha. When used with an older
  kernel (older than 2.4.17ctx-8), the utility were using the values in
  /usr/include/asm/unistd.h. Unfortunately, those values are dependent
  on the kernel currently installed on your computer. If it is a 2.4.18
  kernel, the system calls have different number than on older 2.4.17
  kernel.

  To make the story short, the vserver-0.13 utilities are not relying
  on kernel headers for their default, so work with older kernel as well
  as the new 2.4.17ctx-8 or 2.4.18ctx-8. They have been tested on
  2.4.17ctx-6. Please upgrade.

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Jacques Gelinas <jack_at_solucorp.qc.ca>
vserver: run general purpose virtual servers on one box, full speed!
http://www.solucorp.qc.ca/miscprj/s_context.hc


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