From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Avi Kivity Subject: Re: What should I do for kvm development first? Date: Sun, 18 Nov 2007 12:45:31 +0200 Message-ID: <474017CB.9070503@qumranet.com> References: <5d649bdb0711162146x32d4b74bicbf58c0f851b9ede@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: kvm-devel To: Neo Jia Return-path: In-Reply-To: <5d649bdb0711162146x32d4b74bicbf58c0f851b9ede-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 Neo Jia wrote: > hi, > > I am trying to contribute some (just starting some bug fix first) for > KVM development. > > But, I want know first what those experienced kvm developer do > everyday for the development work. > > I synced with kvm.git and kvm-userspace.git. Do I have to rebuild and > install the entire kernel every time? > > I really appreciate if you can share me your development/debugging > methods for KVM. > > I generally compile kvm.git with kvm as modules, and kvm-userspace.git with --with-patched-kernel. If I make a change to kvm, I just recompile and reload the modules; no full rebuild is necessary. Occasionally I merge mainline into kvm.git, which does require a full or partial rebuild. -- error compiling committee.c: too many arguments to function ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/