From: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>
To: Avi Kivity <avi@qumranet.com>
Cc: linux-kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
kvm-devel <kvm-devel@lists.sourceforge.net>
Subject: Re: [RFC] Proposed new directory layout for kvm and virtualization
Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2007 17:10:32 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20071211161032.GA25769@uranus.ravnborg.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <475E5CBB.9080608@qumranet.com>
On Tue, Dec 11, 2007 at 11:47:39AM +0200, Avi Kivity wrote:
> KVM is due to receive support for multiple architectures (ppc, ia64, and
> s390, in addition to the existing x86), hopefully in time for the 2.6.25
> merge window. It is awkward to place the new arch support in
> drivers/kvm/, so I'd like to propose the following new layout:
>
> virt/ top-level directory for hypervisors
> virt/kvm/ kvm common code
> virt/lguest/ the other hypervisor
> arch/*/kvm/ arch dependent kvm code
The arch/*/dir shall use same dir-name as used
in top-level directory.
So use arch/*/virt/kvm/ if kvm really requires
a subdirectory of it own. Preferably not.
A handful of files named kvm* does not warrant their own
subdirectory IMO.
Sam
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-12-11 16:08 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 21+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-12-11 9:47 [RFC] Proposed new directory layout for kvm and virtualization Avi Kivity
2007-12-11 9:47 ` Avi Kivity
2007-12-11 13:38 ` Christian Borntraeger
2007-12-11 13:38 ` Christian Borntraeger
2007-12-11 13:46 ` Avi Kivity
2007-12-11 13:46 ` Avi Kivity
2007-12-11 15:11 ` Heiko Carstens
2007-12-11 15:52 ` [kvm-devel] " Avi Kivity
2007-12-11 15:52 ` Avi Kivity
2007-12-11 23:14 ` [kvm-devel] " Arnd Bergmann
2007-12-11 23:14 ` Arnd Bergmann
2007-12-13 8:33 ` [kvm-devel] " Avi Kivity
2007-12-13 8:33 ` Avi Kivity
2007-12-13 10:16 ` [kvm-devel] " Carsten Otte
2007-12-11 16:10 ` Sam Ravnborg [this message]
2007-12-11 16:15 ` Avi Kivity
2007-12-11 17:37 ` Sam Ravnborg
2007-12-11 17:37 ` Sam Ravnborg
2007-12-11 17:42 ` Avi Kivity
2007-12-11 17:42 ` Avi Kivity
2007-12-11 18:26 ` [kvm-devel] " Hollis Blanchard
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