Re: README: How to run kvm guests on IA64

[Amit Shah <amit.shah-atKUWr5tajBWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org>]

On Thursday 27 December 2007 13:20:06 Zhang, Xiantao wrote:
> >> It shouldn't have any confilicts, since they belong to different
> >> archs. Currently, you know source code is placed at
> >> arch/{$arch}/kvm, and Makefile and Kconfig aslo there.
> >> So, it doesn't impact any issues, since ia64 and x86_64 are totally
> >> different archs.  For example, you can define HAS_IO_PORT macro for
> >> ia64 and x86, but they don't invoke any conficlts.:)
> >
> > What about files that get shared?
>
> I think common files shouldn't use KVM_CONFIG_INTEL.

Even then I'm not sure we should use a common #define within the sources that 
will apply to two different architectures in different ways under different 
build environments. Avi, what do you think?

> > The build system should pick up the relevant files
> > from /lib/modules/`uname -r`/build/ If it doesn't, it's a bug. (It
> > works for me on x86.)
>
> If we built on target machine,  you are right. But if the build machine
> is not target machine, how to build ?

We can use the --kerneldir option in that case. However, this might be too 
much info (and very confusing) for a basic README.

>
> Xiantao

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