Re: 2.6.24-rc3-mm1 make headers_check fails

[Avi Kivity <avi@qumranet.com>]

Sam Ravnborg wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 21, 2007 at 10:44:40AM +0200, Avi Kivity wrote:
>   
>> Kamalesh Babulal wrote:
>>     
>>> Andrew Morton wrote:
>>>  
>>>       
>>>> On Wed, 21 Nov 2007 13:54:50 +0530 Kamalesh Babulal 
>>>> <kamalesh@linux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>    
>>>>         
>>>>> The make headers_check fails,
>>>>>
>>>>>  CHECK   include/linux/usb/gadgetfs.h
>>>>>  CHECK   include/linux/usb/ch9.h
>>>>>  CHECK   include/linux/usb/cdc.h
>>>>>  CHECK   include/linux/usb/audio.h
>>>>>  CHECK   include/linux/kvm.h
>>>>> /root/kernels/linux-2.6.24-rc3/usr/include/linux/kvm.h requires 
>>>>> asm/kvm.h, which does not exist in exported headers
>>>>>      
>>>>>           
>>>> hm, works for me, on i386 and x86_64.  What's different over there?
>>>>    
>>>>         
>>> Hi Andrew,
>>>
>>> It fails on the powerpc box, with allyesconfig option.
>>>
>>>  
>>>       
>> How do we fix this?  Export linux/kvm.h only on x86?  Seems ugly.
>>     
>
> Is kvm x86 specific? Then move the .h file to asm-x86.
> Otherwise no good idea...
>
>   

kvm.h is x86 specific today, but will be s390, ppc, ia64, and x86 
specific tomorrow.

What about having a asm-generic/kvm.h with a nice #error?    would that 
suit?


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