Re: [PATCH][QEMU] Use a separate device for in-kernel PIT

[Anthony Liguori <anthony@codemonkey.ws>]

Avi Kivity wrote:
> Anthony Liguori wrote:
>   
>> Hollis Blanchard wrote:
>>     
>>> This patch solves annoying qemu build breakage hitting PowerPC around
>>> struct kvm_pit_state, so that's another vote in favor...
>>>   
>>>       
>> I have an updated version of the patch but it's breaking the build b/c 
>> something fouled up right now with configure.  libkvm pulls in 
>> linux/kvm.h which wants to pull in linux/compiler.h.  We don't ship a 
>> linux/compiler.h though so it's pulling from /usr/include/linux which 
>> on my system doesn't have a compiler.h.
>>
>> The lack of this header is causing the configure test to fail.  I've 
>> attached the patch here for you to use and I'll send it out again once 
>> I figure out the fix for this linux/compiler.h.
>>
>>     
>
> The patch suffers from the same problem as the apic split; the 
> save/restore code is needlessly duplicated.
>   

The updated patch addresses this problem.  I have to fix the 
linux/compiler.h issue first though before it can be applied or it will 
break the build.

Regards,

Anthony Liguori



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