Re: [PATCH 4/4] KVM: Add support for in-kernel LAPIC model

[Avi Kivity <avi-atKUWr5tajBWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org>]

Avi Kivity wrote:
>
>   
>> +
>> +/*
>> + *-----------------------------------------------------------------------
>> + * KERNEL-TIMERS
>> + *
>> + * Unfortunately we really need HRTIMERs to do this right, but they might
>> + * not exist on olders kernels (sigh).  So we roughly abstract this interface
>> + * to support nanosecond resolution, and then emulate it as best we can if
>> + * the real HRTIMERs arent available
>> + *-----------------------------------------------------------------------
>> + */
>>   
>>     
>
> The correct way to use non-hrtimer kernels is to write the hrtimer api 
> in terms of the old api, in external-module-compat.h.
>
>   

An alternative is to just put a patch adding the #ifdef and the 
non-hrtimer case in the kernel/ directory, and to have 'make sync' apply 
the patch.  This is annoying to maintain but easier to generate.

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error compiling committee.c: too many arguments to function


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