From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Avi Kivity Subject: Re: kvm-userspace fails to compile Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2008 17:55:20 +0200 Message-ID: <478CD768.7030003@qumranet.com> References: <1199711682.23380.7.camel@frecb07144> <1199712415.4234.2.camel@localhost.localdomain> <1199712901.23380.12.camel@frecb07144> <47822FBA.8090004@qumranet.com> <1199715950.23380.18.camel@frecb07144> <20080115154952.GA15974@infradead.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: kvm-devel , Laurent Vivier To: Christoph Hellwig Return-path: In-Reply-To: <20080115154952.GA15974-wEGCiKHe2LqWVfeAwA7xHQ@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 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. -- error compiling committee.c: too many arguments to function ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/