Re: [ANNOUNCE] kvm-guest-drivers-linux-1

[Anthony Liguori <anthony@codemonkey.ws>]

Alexey Eremenko wrote:
> Very nice !
>
> 1. How about releasing those in ISO format instead (or in addition
> to...) tarballs?
>   

It's not a bad idea.  What we really need is for people to submit 
spec/deb files for older distros.  Then it's a matter of compiling those 
RPMs/debs and putting them on an ISO.

> 2. I have a problem compiling it.
> "make sync LINUX=." fails.
>
> I have read the README:
> "Where /path/to/kernel is the path to a recent kernel tree containing virtio
> drivers.  At the moment, this must be Rusty Russell's virtio patch queue[1]
> applied on top of Linus' git tree[2]."
>   

The released tarball has already done a "make sync".  The README is out 
of date, it should work against Linus' latest git tree.

> What does it means ? That I need kernel-2.6.25 sources?
> Well, since we release a tarball, can we include part of 2.6.25 ?
> It is a bit unclear, what must I do to compile it.
>   

It should just be a matter of doing a make && make install in the guest.

Regards,

Anthony Liguori



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