Re: [kvm-ia64-devel] [PATCH] ia64 kvm fixes for O=... builds

[Al Viro <viro@ZenIV.linux.org.uk>]

On Mon, Apr 28, 2008 at 09:46:44PM +0800, Zhang, Xiantao wrote:
> >  kvm-intel-objs = vmm.o vmm_ivt.o trampoline.o vcpu.o optvfault.o
> >  	mmio.o \ vtlb.o process.o
> >  #Add link memcpy and memset to avoid possible structure assignment
> > error -kvm-intel-objs += memset.o memcpy.o
> > +kvm-intel-objs += ../lib/memset.o ../lib/memcpy.o
> >  obj-$(CONFIG_KVM_INTEL) += kvm-intel.o
> 
> I don't think it is workable for kvm-ia64.  Currently,  kvm-intel module
> needs to be relocated at insertion time, so the code is
> position-indenpent. Howerver, lib/*.memset.o(memcoy.o) are not compiled
> as position independent code, they can't be linked into the module
> correctly in your way. That is why we use symbol link instead of linking
> the objects under /lib. 

symlinks won't work as you use them.  If you really need separately
compiled, use file with a couple of #include "../lib/......S" and
be done with that.