Re: port-i386/44694 (kernel: supervisor trap page fault, VirtualBox 4.0.4 r70112 on Ubuntu 10.04 amd64)

[Jukka Ruohonen <jruohonen%iki.fi@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR port-i386/44694; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Jukka Ruohonen <jruohonen%iki.fi@localhost>
To: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost
Cc: port-i386-maintainer%NetBSD.org@localhost, 
install-manager%NetBSD.org@localhost,
        netbsd-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost, gnats-admin%NetBSD.org@localhost, 
dholland%NetBSD.org@localhost,
        stef.gruber%gmail.com@localhost
Subject: Re: port-i386/44694 (kernel: supervisor trap page fault, VirtualBox 
4.0.4 r70112 on Ubuntu 10.04 amd64)
Date: Sat, 19 Mar 2011 22:29:40 +0200

 On Wed, Mar 16, 2011 at 06:10:41AM +0000, dholland%NetBSD.org@localhost wrote:
 > Synopsis: kernel: supervisor trap page fault, VirtualBox 4.0.4 r70112 on 
 > Ubuntu 10.04 amd64
 > 
 > Responsible-Changed-From-To: install-manager->port-i386-maintainer
 > Responsible-Changed-By: dholland%NetBSD.org@localhost
 > Responsible-Changed-When: Wed, 16 Mar 2011 06:10:40 +0000
 > Responsible-Changed-Why:
 > problem occurs booting on virtualbox.
 
 From watching the discussions on IRC, I think VirtualBox 3.0 is supposed to
 work. No guarantees though.
 
 I think we need some sort of policy or guideline about how to deal with
 these numerous emulators -- and their flaws. Many of the issues I've seen
 touch code sections that are highly sensitive to causing regressions for
 real hardware.
 
 - Jukka.