From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Avi Kivity Subject: Re: Top level kvm-userspace directory getting crowded ... need new dir for qemu dependencies Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2008 11:00:42 +0200 Message-ID: <47C283BA.8000106@qumranet.com> References: <1203922225.9895.6.camel@thinkpad.austin.ibm.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: kvm-devel To: jyoung5@us.ibm.com Return-path: In-Reply-To: <1203922225.9895.6.camel@thinkpad.austin.ibm.com> List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: kvm-devel-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net Errors-To: kvm-devel-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net List-Id: kvm.vger.kernel.org Jerone Young wrote: > The top level directory of kvm-userspace is starting to get a little > crowded as we start to bring in more external dependencies. Perhaps we > can create a folder "tools" and move directories: > bios > extboot > vgabios > > The reason I mention this is soon I will be sending a patch to the list > soon that will add libfdt (which is a library to read device trees for > ppc) as a dependency for qemu .. and it's another directory at the top > level, there will most likely be more libs and tools added in the > future. > > Not sure if "tools" is the best name .. maybe "external_libs" .. not > sure .. but just a place to put external dependencies for qemu whould be > a good thing. > > I don't really see why we need to keep the top-level directory small. However, why do we need libfdt? Is it not carried by distros, or do you need to make changes? -- Do not meddle in the internals of kernels, for they are subtle and quick to panic. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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/