Re: [RFC] Proposed new directory layout for kvm and virtualization

Sam Ravnborg
2007-12-11T16:08:53Z

On Tue, Dec 11, 2007 at 11:47:39AM +0200, Avi Kivity wrote:
> KVM is due to receive support for multiple architectures (ppc, ia64, and
> s390, in addition to the existing x86), hopefully in time for the 2.6.25
> merge window. It is awkward to place the new arch support in
> drivers/kvm/, so I'd like to propose the following new layout:
>
> virt/ top-level directory for hypervisors
> virt/kvm/ kvm common code
> virt/lguest/ the other hypervisor
> arch/*/kvm/ arch dependent kvm code

The arch/*/dir shall use same dir-name as used
in top-level directory.
So use arch/*/virt/kvm/ if kvm really requires
a subdirectory of it own. Preferably not.
A handful of files named kvm* does not warrant their own
subdirectory IMO.

Sam