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 1RTChW-0007Nb-Lp for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 23 Nov 2011 13:17:22 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 2758121C076; Wed, 23 Nov 2011 13:17:14 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtpq1.tb.mail.iss.as9143.net (smtpq1.tb.mail.iss.as9143.net [212.54.42.164]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B5A5321C034 for ; Wed, 23 Nov 2011 13:16:27 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [212.54.42.146] (helo=smtp15.tb.mail.iss.as9143.net) by smtpq1.tb.mail.iss.as9143.net with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RTCgd-0000yr-5v for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Wed, 23 Nov 2011 14:16:27 +0100 Received: from 5ed027a1.cm-7-1a.dynamic.ziggo.nl ([94.208.39.161] helo=data.antarean.org) by smtp15.tb.mail.iss.as9143.net with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RTCgc-0007O0-UD for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Wed, 23 Nov 2011 14:16:27 +0100 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by data.antarean.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 058811A98 for ; Wed, 23 Nov 2011 14:17:18 +0100 (CET) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at antarean.org Received: from data.antarean.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (data.antarean.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 2CuFnBk7eviP for ; Wed, 23 Nov 2011 14:17:16 +0100 (CET) Received: from www.antarean.org (net.antarean.org [10.10.11.5]) by data.antarean.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BE7AC153C for ; Wed, 23 Nov 2011 14:17:16 +0100 (CET) Received: from 62.132.204.84 (SquirrelMail authenticated user joost) by www.antarean.org with HTTP; Wed, 23 Nov 2011 14:17:16 +0100 Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <20111123125945.GD2423@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> Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2011 14:17:16 +0100 Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: A helping hand with virtual machines, please. From: "J. Roeleveld" To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org User-Agent: SquirrelMail/1.4.21 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=iso-8859-1 X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Importance: Normal Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Ziggo-spambar: / X-Ziggo-spamscore: -0.9 X-Archives-Salt: 1a4c59c8-2d4c-4a73-aa5d-9dc3b9b549e9 X-Archives-Hash: 1246a05be8645c81741a711d8b78bcee On Wed, November 23, 2011 1:59 pm, Nicolas Sebrecht wrote: > The 23/11/11, Joseph Davis wrote: >> 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! ;-) > > I've already said "random memory curruption". "random" is the key word > explaining why not much details can be given. :) 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? -- Joost