From: Rusty Russell <rusty-8n+1lVoiYb80n/F98K4Iww@public.gmane.org>
To: Avi Kivity <avi-atKUWr5tajBWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org>
Cc: kvm-devel-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org,
Sam Ravnborg <sam-uyr5N9Q2VtJg9hUCZPvPmw@public.gmane.org>,
"Zhang,
Xiantao" <xiantao.zhang-ral2JQCrhuEAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>,
virtualization
<virtualization-cunTk1MwBs9QetFLy7KEm3xJsTq8ys+cHZ5vskTnxNA@public.gmane.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC] KVM Source layout Proposal to accommodate new CPU architecture
Date: Sat, 29 Sep 2007 23:06:51 +1000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1191071211.26950.28.camel@localhost.localdomain> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <46FB7566.9030504-atKUWr5tajBWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org>
On Thu, 2007-09-27 at 11:18 +0200, Avi Kivity wrote:
> The whole drivers/kvm/ thing was just a trick to get merged quickly. I
> think the new layout should be something like
>
> virt/kvm/, include/linux/kvm*.h -> common code
> virt/lguest/ -> the other hypervisor
> virt/virtio/ -> shared I/O infrastructure
> virt/ -> the CONFIG_VIRTIALIZATION menu
> arch/x86/kvm/, include/asm-x86/ -> x86 specific code
> arch/ia64/kvm/, include/asm-ia64/ -> ia64 specific code
The problem with this separation is that module source cannot span
directories (at least, not that I could find).
This is why lguest went for "i386_" prefix for arch separation.
Cheers,
Rusty.
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Thread overview: 40+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-09-26 8:33 [RFC] KVM Source layout Proposal to accommodate new CPU architecture Zhang, Xiantao
[not found] ` <42DFA526FC41B1429CE7279EF83C6BDC753A4E-wq7ZOvIWXbMAbVU2wMM1CrfspsVTdybXVpNB7YpNyf8@public.gmane.org>
2007-09-26 8:44 ` Laurent Vivier
[not found] ` <46FA1BDA.2060003-6ktuUTfB/bM@public.gmane.org>
2007-09-26 9:38 ` Zhang, Xiantao
2007-09-27 9:18 ` Avi Kivity
2007-09-28 2:16 ` Zhang, Xiantao
[not found] ` <46FB7566.9030504-atKUWr5tajBWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org>
2007-09-28 2:16 ` Zhang, Xiantao
[not found] ` <42DFA526FC41B1429CE7279EF83C6BDC753E73-wq7ZOvIWXbMAbVU2wMM1CrfspsVTdybXVpNB7YpNyf8@public.gmane.org>
2007-09-28 14:45 ` Avi Kivity
[not found] ` <46FD1392.1080905-atKUWr5tajBWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org>
2007-09-28 15:28 ` Zhang, Xiantao
2007-09-28 17:03 ` [kvm-devel] " Avi Kivity
[not found] ` <42DFA526FC41B1429CE7279EF83C6BDC754031-wq7ZOvIWXbMAbVU2wMM1CrfspsVTdybXVpNB7YpNyf8@public.gmane.org>
2007-09-28 17:03 ` Avi Kivity
[not found] ` <46FD33F2.9090506-atKUWr5tajBWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org>
2007-09-29 1:47 ` Zhang, Xiantao
[not found] ` <42DFA526FC41B1429CE7279EF83C6BDC754076-wq7ZOvIWXbMAbVU2wMM1CrfspsVTdybXVpNB7YpNyf8@public.gmane.org>
2007-09-30 10:52 ` Avi Kivity
[not found] ` <46FF7FF6.6090103-atKUWr5tajBWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org>
2007-09-30 13:53 ` Zhang, Xiantao
[not found] ` <42DFA526FC41B1429CE7279EF83C6BDC75421C-wq7ZOvIWXbMAbVU2wMM1CrfspsVTdybXVpNB7YpNyf8@public.gmane.org>
2007-09-30 13:56 ` Avi Kivity
2007-10-02 1:19 ` Hollis Blanchard
2007-10-02 4:11 ` Rusty Russell
[not found] ` <1191298279.6979.50.camel-bi+AKbBUZKY6gyzm1THtWbp2dZbC/Bob@public.gmane.org>
2007-10-02 6:01 ` Hollis Blanchard
2007-10-02 6:29 ` Rusty Russell
[not found] ` <1191306576.6979.91.camel-bi+AKbBUZKY6gyzm1THtWbp2dZbC/Bob@public.gmane.org>
2007-10-02 11:43 ` Carsten Otte
[not found] ` <46FFAB00.4050103-atKUWr5tajBWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org>
2007-09-30 15:01 ` Zhang, Xiantao
2007-10-08 2:36 ` Zhang, Xiantao
[not found] ` <42DFA526FC41B1429CE7279EF83C6BDC7AE225-wq7ZOvIWXbMAbVU2wMM1CrfspsVTdybXVpNB7YpNyf8@public.gmane.org>
2007-10-08 4:04 ` Hollis Blanchard
2007-10-08 4:16 ` [RFC] KVM Source layout Proposal to accommodate newCPU architecture Zhang, Xiantao
2007-10-08 9:57 ` [kvm-devel] " Avi Kivity
[not found] ` <42DFA526FC41B1429CE7279EF83C6BDC7AE2A8-wq7ZOvIWXbMAbVU2wMM1CrfspsVTdybXVpNB7YpNyf8@public.gmane.org>
2007-10-08 9:57 ` Avi Kivity
[not found] ` <4709FEF1.6010006-atKUWr5tajBWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org>
2007-10-09 1:10 ` Zhang, Xiantao
2007-10-08 4:04 ` [kvm-devel] [RFC] KVM Source layout Proposal to accommodate new CPU architecture Hollis Blanchard
2007-09-30 13:56 ` Avi Kivity
2007-09-30 10:52 ` Avi Kivity
2007-09-28 14:45 ` Avi Kivity
2007-09-28 8:20 ` Carsten Otte
[not found] ` <46FCB954.50005-tA70FqPdS9bQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2007-09-30 2:26 ` Zhang, Xiantao
2007-09-29 13:06 ` Rusty Russell [this message]
2007-09-29 14:25 ` [kvm-devel] " Sam Ravnborg
[not found] ` <1191071211.26950.28.camel-bi+AKbBUZKY6gyzm1THtWbp2dZbC/Bob@public.gmane.org>
2007-09-29 14:25 ` Sam Ravnborg
2007-09-30 2:26 ` [RFC] KVM Source layout Proposal to accommodatenew " Zhang, Xiantao
2007-09-28 8:20 ` [kvm-devel] [RFC] KVM Source layout Proposal to accommodate new " Carsten Otte
2007-09-29 13:06 ` Rusty Russell
2007-09-27 9:18 ` Avi Kivity
[not found] <FD80ED6F62DC5E41910477505FA01BDFA62D00@pdsmsx415.ccr.corp.intel.com>
[not found] ` <FD80ED6F62DC5E41910477505FA01BDFA62D00-wq7ZOvIWXbMAbVU2wMM1CrfspsVTdybXVpNB7YpNyf8@public.gmane.org>
2007-09-26 8:58 ` Zhang, Xiantao
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