From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Christoph Hellwig Subject: Re: kvm-userspace fails to compile Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2008 17:05:49 +0000 Message-ID: <20080115170549.GA19485@infradead.org> References: <1199711682.23380.7.camel@frecb07144> <1199712415.4234.2.camel@localhost.localdomain> <1199712901.23380.12.camel@frecb07144> <47822FBA.8090004@qumranet.com> <1199715950.23380.18.camel@frecb07144> <20080115154952.GA15974@infradead.org> <478CD768.7030003@qumranet.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Christoph Hellwig , Laurent Vivier , kvm-devel To: Avi Kivity Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <478CD768.7030003-atKUWr5tajBWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org> List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: kvm-devel-bounces-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org Errors-To: kvm-devel-bounces-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org List-Id: kvm.vger.kernel.org On Tue, Jan 15, 2008 at 05:55:20PM +0200, Avi Kivity wrote: > That's the plan, but since things work for most people that area is not > seeing much attention. The problem areas are compiling userspace against > older kernels, and that's not something we do often. Well, the point is there should be no compiling against older kernels or kernels in general. A userspace tarball should be entirely self-contained and not care about any kind of kerneldir or similar. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/