From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Christoph Hellwig Subject: Re: [PATCH 1 of 4] Add "make sync" to sync need kernel headers to kvm-userspace Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2008 07:54:03 -0400 Message-ID: <20080414115403.GA27703@infradead.org> References: <5b1798e467ce791db9ae.1208162224@thinkpadL> <20080414085002.GA15541@infradead.org> <48034444.6000208@qumranet.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Christoph Hellwig , kvm-devel@lists.sourceforge.net, Jerone Young , kvm-ppc-devel@lists.sourceforge.net, hollisb@us.ibm.com To: Avi Kivity Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <48034444.6000208@qumranet.com> List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: kvm-devel-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net Errors-To: kvm-devel-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net List-Id: kvm.vger.kernel.org On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 02:47:16PM +0300, Avi Kivity wrote: >> Please just keep a copy of the kernel headers in the userspace tree so >> it can be built standalone. >> >> > > The tarballs do contain a copy of the kernel headers; the 'make sync' > mechanism is for developers to generate the tarballs without keeping the > sources duplicated in git. It would be nice to just be able to build kvm from git without a kernel around. The lack of that is what in fact keeps from hacking kvm userspace currently. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by the 2008 JavaOne(SM) Conference Don't miss this year's exciting event. There's still time to save $100. Use priority code J8TL2D2. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;198757673;13503038;p?http://java.sun.com/javaone