Re: [PATCH][VT] add a directory for para-driver support in unmodified linux.

[Xiaofeng Ling <xiaofeng.ling@intel.com>]

Ian Pratt wrote:
>>This patch adds a directory for para-driver support in 
>>unmodified linux.
>>The event channel is made to a pci device, the event is 
>>delivered by this device.
>>The build script will create the symbol link to linux-sparse 
>>tree for all the front end driver. A prinstine kernel path 
>>shall be given in compile.sh.
> 
> 
> Does this follow 'best practice' for building out of tree linux kernel
> modules? Or at least copy the build practice for other common modules?
I think it follows Documents/kbuild/modules.txt
some CFLAGS are come from xenlinux like NOSTDINC_FLAGS

> I don't think its really a sparse tree, so we should probably change the
> name.
> Perhaps 'hve-drivers/linux-2.6'?  (I forget what name we settled on for
> the generic VT/Pacifica abstraction, I think it was 'hve'.)
Yes, The sparse just mean to driver/xen/, not linux.
so maybe hvm-drivers/linux-2.6 is better.