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 1RTBpP-00023n-RF for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 23 Nov 2011 12:21:28 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id DCD2821C076; Wed, 23 Nov 2011 12:21:17 +0000 (UTC) Received: from sophos0.cc.uh.edu (sophos0.cc.uh.edu [129.7.234.205]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6517B21C034 for ; Wed, 23 Nov 2011 12:20:25 +0000 (UTC) Received: from sophos0.cc.uh.edu (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by localhost (Postfix) with SMTP id ADAC51BB477 for ; Wed, 23 Nov 2011 06:09:10 -0600 (CST) Received: from paluxy.mail.uh.edu (paluxy.mail.uh.edu [172.21.9.25]) by sophos0.cc.uh.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP id A7DFE1BB366 for ; Wed, 23 Nov 2011 06:09:10 -0600 (CST) 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-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-type: text/plain; CHARSET=US-ASCII; format=flowed Received: from [192.168.1.100] (crimson-vlan2001.cc.uh.edu [129.7.97.1]) by mail.uh.edu (Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 7u2-7.05 64bit (built Jul 30 2009)) with ESMTPA id <0LV4007CP4XV7E50@mail.uh.edu> for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Wed, 23 Nov 2011 06:20:24 -0600 (CST) Sender: joseph@mail.uh.edu Message-id: <4ECCE503.7000109@uh.edu> Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2011 06:20:19 -0600 From: Joseph Davis User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.24 (X11/20101027) To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: A helping hand with virtual machines, please. References: <20111122192021.GA3364@acm.acm> <20111122222923.7c1a6901@rohan.example.com> <20111123091707.GB2423@nicolas-desktop> <20111123132123.544dcbb4@rohan.example.com> <20111123114530.GC2423@nicolas-desktop> In-reply-to: <20111123114530.GC2423@nicolas-desktop> X-Archives-Salt: 8c983655-c82d-495c-adf6-a4988c7260de X-Archives-Hash: 37db51e5ad870e9a71d4a9a1215e759f I agree a list of issues, just broad ones, would be helpful. I am interested in VMs, so knowing which ones have what problems, and my own needs, would be help me make a good choice. Please, disparage with details! ;-) Thanks - Joseph Nicolas Sebrecht wrote: > The 23/11/11, Alan McKinnon wrote: >> On Wed, 23 Nov 2011 10:17:07 +0100 >> Nicolas Sebrecht wrote: > >>> You're wrong. Using the virtualbox module means you turn the kernel to >>> "tained crap" because of the number of problems it causes, including >>> random memory curruption. >> Care to back that up with something resembling evidence? >> >> EVERY out-of-tree module will taint the kernel. > > But not all virtualization solutions use out-of-tree module and from > those coming out-of-tree, few are taint as "crap". > >> As to whether it >> deserves the "crap" moniker is a matter of opinion > > ...I'd rather say a matter of facts. :-) > > Every one is free to support virtualbox but forgetting to talk about > this taint level is not very fair, FMPOV. > -- University of Houston, Cougar Card services support.