Re: kvm-userspace fails to compile

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

Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> I have to add that having compile of userspace code depend on a kernel
> dir is completely broken.  Any chance the kvm maintainers can fix
> userspace code to compile standalone and not depend on a kernel?  

That's the plan, but since things work for most people that area is not 
seeing much attention.  The problem areas are compiling userspace 
against older kernels, and that's not something we do often.

> Best
> would be to have userspace and the standalone kernel module in entirely
> different repositories.
>   

The standalone kernel module is actually not kept in source control; 
instead it is generated by copying the files from a standard kernel tree 
and gently massaging them with a big hammer.

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error compiling committee.c: too many arguments to function


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