From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Avi Kivity Subject: Re: KVM-36 compile error on Fedora 7 Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2007 02:25:37 +0300 Message-ID: <46D20BF1.20600@qumranet.com> References: <68676e00708241813w6005c57eu2ee22f2e9dcb5f96@mail.gmail.com> <20070825172144.GA13727@dreamland.darkstar.lan> <68676e00708251219r110a134bsbdb90261c17716d4@mail.gmail.com> <68676e00708251246n7a4a1792j27137b84caa8994@mail.gmail.com> <78171f0a0708261136r14b12a13g7381bdc54e830f3b@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Mark Bidewell , kvm-devel-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org To: Frank Phillips Return-path: In-Reply-To: <78171f0a0708261136r14b12a13g7381bdc54e830f3b-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org> List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: kvm-devel-bounces-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org Errors-To: kvm-devel-bounces-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org List-Id: kvm.vger.kernel.org Frank Phillips wrote: >> >> Odd I thought fedora built the appropriate modules or does this option have >> another meaning? >> > > Historically, --with-patched-kernel was for those running a -mm > kernel, which was the only tree that contained the kvm patch. > > These days it's a bit of a misnomer. It's just a question of whether > you want to use the (likely outdated) modules included in the kernel, > or build from the source package. > Yes. --with-patched-kernel really means "I'm a developer using kvm.git". -- Any sufficiently difficult bug is indistinguishable from a feature. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/