From: Paul Sladen (vserver_at_paul.sladen.org)
Date: Sun 20 Oct 2002 - 16:35:11 BST
On Fri, 18 Oct 2002, Klavs Klavsen wrote:
>
> No one knows anything about via C3 for vserver?
Not personally; For those interested, details can be found no the VIA site:
http://www.via.com.tw/en/viac3/c3.jsp
It is a drop-in compatible Socket 370 form-factor chip.
It's a standard Intel chip. If the kernel boots; vserver will have no
problems.
> If some you would like to help me, I would very much like to figure out
> how to make vserver work on yet another platform :-)
It's a standard Intel-compatible chip. If the kernel boots; vserver will
have no problems.
> I'm guessing it's just some compile problems? with the vserver
> utilities, cause the kernel is fine. chbind works atleast. other things
> you think I should test?
The problem is else where; can you describe exactly what is not working?
> I hope you can help me make vserver work on a C3 platform.
It's a standard Intel chip. If the kernel boots; vserver will have no
problems.
> I think we are going to see a lot of the via c3 platforms, mainly due to
> their low heat generation and the low powercost - 12watts max, vs.
> 75watts max for AMD/Intel. That difference can be felt when it's a
> 24/7/365 server :-)
Yes, it's a wonder solution, it is a drop-in compatible Socket 370
form-factor chip that only requires a quater of the power.
> > I have a Via C3 (ezra core) 800mhz, that I've installed Gentoo 1.4rc1
> > (gcc-3.2) on. I've installed a vserver enabled kernel without a hitch,
> > and installed and compiled (from the .src.rpm) the vserver-0.21
> > utilities.
The problem is probably to do with Gentoo. For instance, does Gentoo use a
sysvinit setup?
> > chbind is confirmed to work, and I don't know what else to test.
You could test the other components: chcontext() and reducecap(). I'm
assuming chroot() works? Do this to check is it's made a difference:
cat /proc/self/status | grep -A99 s_context:
> > I've posted another thread on this subject, but noone seems to have
> > any idea as to what is wrong (see subj. "problem entering/starting
> > vservers on gentoo"). I get an illegal instruction message when I try
> > to run vserver main enter (main is a vserver I copiled from a working
> > vserver installation on my old server, a RH7.3 (the vserver main is
> > RH7.2).
You say ``illegal instruction''; can you tell which program is causing this
to be produced? Can you post the full, exact, error message please.
> > Is anyone else running Vserver on a Via C3 cpu? I'm asking because if
> > noone comes up with an answer (or tells me that their vserver works
> > fine on Gentoo - which would lead me to conclude that it is the cpu,
> > and not the distro) I'm going to have to try to install RH80 (or 7.3)
> > on my server to see if it works. Ofcourse I would like to avoid this,
> > if possible.
It is a drop-in compatible Socket 370 form-factor chip. It's a `standard
x86' chip. If the kernel boots; vserver will have no problems.
HTH,
-Paul
-- Nottingham, GB