From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Avi Kivity Subject: Re: kvm-kmod.git Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2009 13:53:26 +0300 Message-ID: <49F6E026.9020409@redhat.com> References: <49F5A5DD.4090504@redhat.com> <20090428102030.GB24494@redhat.com> <49F6D96C.1060809@redhat.com> <20090428103409.GC24494@redhat.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: KVM list To: "Michael S. Tsirkin" Return-path: Received: from mx2.redhat.com ([66.187.237.31]:52241 "EHLO mx2.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754617AbZD1KxZ (ORCPT ); Tue, 28 Apr 2009 06:53:25 -0400 Received: from int-mx2.corp.redhat.com (int-mx2.corp.redhat.com [172.16.27.26]) by mx2.redhat.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id n3SArQg8016523 for ; Tue, 28 Apr 2009 06:53:26 -0400 In-Reply-To: <20090428103409.GC24494@redhat.com> Sender: kvm-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Michael S. Tsirkin wrote: >> Or maybe, add a s/CONFIG_KVM_TRACE/CONFIG_KMOD_KVM_TRACE/ to make the >> two options independent. >> > > You decide. Well, I think it's less confusing. > I also wonder what happens if one tries to build on > a machine with kvm built into kernel. Ideally one would get > a clear error message. > kvm-kmod is really designed for those running on pre-kvm distro kernels, and for those testing newer kvm versions on distro kernels. If you can compile your own kernel, download kvm.git and run that. -- Do not meddle in the internals of kernels, for they are subtle and quick to panic.