Re: [PATCH 0/7][RFC] Enable kvm/ia-64 to build kvm components in userspace.

[Avi Kivity <avi@qumranet.com>]

Zhang, Xiantao wrote:
>>
>> I agree that for automatic testing it's more of a burden; but it needs
>> to be done, especially as some kvm features are only enabled on newer
>> kernels.
>>
>> The external module is convenient, but it's not a substitute for the
>> real thing.
>>     
>
> So, I have a question here, When will you drop external module support?
>   

I don't really know.

> You know, it blocks our auto-testing system now, we have to re-evaulate
> the effort without external module support. 
>   

I think it's very worthwhile to update the autotester to be able to 
build kernels. kvm will soon depend on core functionality (mmu 
notifiers) and since currently kvm is the only user (well, gru will be 
added soon, but ...) we need to test it ourselves.

> If it won't be dropped in a few weeks, we are eager to get its support
> for kvm-ia64.
>
>   

Okay, please send the patches, but with diff -M so they're readable.

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