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On Nov 15, 2011 11:19 PM, "Alan McKinnon" <alan.mckinnon@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> On Tue, 15 Nov 2011 14:44:58 +0700 |
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> Pandu Poluan <pandu@××××××.info> wrote: |
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> > > Create the file if it doesn't already exist. You now have a |
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> > > totally udev-free machine |
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> > Sounds nice! |
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> > However, my Gentoo systems are all virtual servers (DomU VMs on |
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> > XenServer). So, the hardware devices are static. Will switching over |
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> > to mdev give any benefits? |
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> > I even am toying around with the idea of having a completely |
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> > static /dev, but still can't find any guide/pointers yet. |
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> > (Apologies if my email is OOT) |
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> A VM can be surprisingly useful for this. If you can emulate different |
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> hardware you can generate useful testing scenarios quickly. The tests |
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> won't be conclusive (emulated hardware is not the same thing as real |
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> hardware) but you *can* test to a standard. |
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True. Unfortunately, I don't have 'exotic' hardware to test mdev against, |
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and USB pass-through is not yet supported on XenServer 5.6 (which I'm using |
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right now). |
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I can try it inside VirtualBox on my Windows workstation though. Will that |
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help? |
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Rgds, |
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