Re: [PATCH] Allow blktap to build as a module

[John Byrne <john.l.byrne@hp.com>]

Keir Fraser wrote:
> IIRC blktap doesn't straightforwardly build and work as a module. Some code
> cleanup is required (getting rid of zap_page_range()?). There's no point in
> taking the trivial Makefile fragment until that is fixed satisfactorily.
> 
>  -- Keir

I thought I'd tested it. (You had me worried) zap_page_range() got 
exported in 12678:260426e3924f as part of the virtual frame buffer patch.

If Jan has a patch that doesn't change the name, that would be better. I 
didn't much like the name change, but I was being lazy.

John

> 
> On 3/1/07 8:12 am, "Jan Beulich" <jbeulich@novell.com> wrote:
> 
>> I had posted a patch for this quite a while back (no clue why it wasn't picked
>> up),
>> though allowing the module to be more logically named blktap.ko. I'd really
>> dislike to
>> now have a blktp.ko. Jan
>>
>>>>> John Byrne <john.l.byrne@hp.com> 03.01.07 01:58 >>>
>> The patch is against xen-unstable 13205:886f7312257e, but should also
>> apply to 3.0.4.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: John Byrne <john.l.byrne@hp.com>
>>
>>
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