From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754456AbZF0JHn (ORCPT ); Sat, 27 Jun 2009 05:07:43 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1753388AbZF0JHh (ORCPT ); Sat, 27 Jun 2009 05:07:37 -0400 Received: from mail-fx0-f218.google.com ([209.85.220.218]:36736 "EHLO mail-fx0-f218.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752724AbZF0JHg (ORCPT ); Sat, 27 Jun 2009 05:07:36 -0400 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=ETlPEzuPAwm1TY2Ci0nf5F28Q2P5Mba8kG5b7c8k8BfvXvQN+N5idNyVHf3h2d+EYU Kzx+2GPQC8dBRRzc4351EYqZEWhsq5zFUeMLlq/EKTroWJ4RuW1cFz9frH9CAkSqJ1S6 Ei3c14o7ZjnA7YHSM6LUSxiwWl1x8h6mt76jg= MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20090627185749.065bcab4@linux-uvcl.site> References: <20090627185749.065bcab4@linux-uvcl.site> Date: Sat, 27 Jun 2009 11:07:39 +0200 Message-ID: <8db1092f0906270207j7dafab3ak69fe52358e5eda98@mail.gmail.com> Subject: Re: Kernel testing in a VM good idea? From: Maciej Rutecki To: James Dolan Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org 2009/6/28 James Dolan : > Are there any disadvantages to testing/developing a kernel in a VM ? (i > luck the availability of hardware) To testing I use 2 machines: PC (mainly use for development, multimedia) and laptop (work, home etc.). Firstly I test kernel on PC. When I'm sure, that kernel doesn't cause any filesystem/hardware error, lost data, then I test it also on laptop. When You can't use more than one computer, I think that is good idea testing/development on VM, before use real machine. Regards -- Maciej Rutecki http://www.maciek.unixy.pl