[Qemu-devel]kqemu static link?

[Qemu-devel]kqemu static link?

[Thomas Irlet]

Is it possible to statically link the kqemu module into the linux
kernel 2.6.x)? (because I would like to disable loadable modules).

If yes, how can I do it?

Thanks a lot

Thomas Irlet

Re: [Qemu-devel]kqemu static link?

[Flavio Visentin]

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Thomas Irlet wrote:
> Is it possible to statically link the kqemu module into the linux
> kernel 2.6.x)? (because I would like to disable loadable modules).

AFAIK no, at least because of the licence (not GPL). Technically there
would be broblems too, because you don't have the code for
compilation. Maybe you could try with qvm86 which is GPL, but I don't
know if it can be compiled inside a monolithic kernel.

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Re: [Qemu-devel]kqemu static link?

[Jonas Maebe]

On 18 aug 2005, at 18:44, Flavio Visentin wrote:

>> Is it possible to statically link the kqemu module into the linux
>> kernel 2.6.x)? (because I would like to disable loadable modules).
>
> AFAIK no, at least because of the licence (not GPL). Technically there
> would be broblems too, because you don't have the code for
> compilation. Maybe you could try with qvm86 which is GPL, but I don't
> know if it can be compiled inside a monolithic kernel.

The GPL only applies in case of distribution. You are free to locally  
mix GPL code with anything else in any way you want without any  
external obligations, as long as you do not distribute the result.


Jonas

Re: [Qemu-devel]kqemu static link?

[Jim C. Brown]

On Thu, Aug 18, 2005 at 05:37:28PM +0200, Thomas Irlet wrote:
> Is it possible to statically link the kqemu module into the linux
> kernel 2.6.x)? (because I would like to disable loadable modules).
> 
> If yes, how can I do it?
> 
> Thanks a lot
> 
> Thomas Irlet
> 

It is technically possible. The binary-only part of kqemu is just the core, the
wrapper that turns it into a kernel module is released with source code. So, you
can simply edit the right kernel makefiles and put the right files in the right
places, and possibly make a few tiny changes in the source of the kqemu linux
wrapper, and you should be able to get it to compile in statically. However,
I have never done this and can not offer you advice on how to do it.

Also, it may not legal to release the modified kernel source tree because you are
mixing GPL code with closed source (keeping the kernel for yourself only should
be ok though).

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