From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1RTDLG-000194-Jm for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 23 Nov 2011 13:58:26 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id E140F21C076; Wed, 23 Nov 2011 13:58:15 +0000 (UTC) Received: from arsenic.logifi.fr (arsenic.logifi.fr [217.108.178.219]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2580421C0EB for ; Wed, 23 Nov 2011 13:57:09 +0000 (UTC) Received: from nicolas-desktop (unknown [192.168.8.78]) by arsenic.logifi.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id 895E91FFDF; Wed, 23 Nov 2011 14:07:02 +0100 (CET) Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2011 14:57:08 +0100 From: Nicolas Sebrecht To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Cc: Nicolas Sebrecht Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: A helping hand with virtual machines, please. Message-ID: <20111123135708.GE2423@nicolas-desktop> References: <20111122192021.GA3364@acm.acm> <20111122222923.7c1a6901@rohan.example.com> <20111123091707.GB2423@nicolas-desktop> <20111123132123.544dcbb4@rohan.example.com> <20111123114530.GC2423@nicolas-desktop> <4ECCE503.7000109@uh.edu> <20111123125945.GD2423@nicolas-desktop> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) X-Archives-Salt: 59ecaabe-230e-4706-8a1c-9368a3b97390 X-Archives-Hash: 9c95ac66368f09c23d7d2c45e689dbcb The 23/11/11, J. Roeleveld wrote: > I also got "random memory corruption" when compiling large packages with > simple kernel configurations and no "out-of-tree" modules present on the > system. > > Do you have any evidence to proof that this randomness is actually caused > by VB modules and not something else? This is a question you should ask to the kernel developers. You're free to not trust them, of course. I'll still think they are at a much better place than yours to tell which driver are crap and which are not. -- Nicolas Sebrecht