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Tsirkin" To: Peter Maydell Cc: Pierrick Bouvier , qemu-devel@nongnu.org, Cleber Rosa , John Snow , Michael Roth , Alexandre Iooss , Konstantin Kostiuk , Stefano Garzarella , Thomas Huth , Daniel =?iso-8859-1?Q?P=2E_Berrang=E9?= , Paolo Bonzini , Philippe =?iso-8859-1?Q?Mathieu-Daud=E9?= , =?iso-8859-1?Q?Marc-Andr=E9?= Lureau , Alex =?iso-8859-1?Q?Benn=E9e?= , Mahmoud Mandour Subject: Re: [PATCH 12/12] docs: add information on how to setup build environments Message-ID: <20241104110814-mutt-send-email-mst@kernel.org> References: <20241031040426.772604-1-pierrick.bouvier@linaro.org> <20241031040426.772604-13-pierrick.bouvier@linaro.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Received-SPF: pass client-ip=170.10.133.124; envelope-from=mst@redhat.com; helo=us-smtp-delivery-124.mimecast.com X-Spam_score_int: -23 X-Spam_score: -2.4 X-Spam_bar: -- X-Spam_report: (-2.4 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIMWL_WL_HIGH=-0.34, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE=-0.0001, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H3=0.001, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_WL=0.001, RCVD_IN_VALIDITY_CERTIFIED_BLOCKED=0.001, RCVD_IN_VALIDITY_RPBL_BLOCKED=0.001, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: qemu-devel@nongnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: qemu-devel-bounces+qemu-devel=archiver.kernel.org@nongnu.org Sender: qemu-devel-bounces+qemu-devel=archiver.kernel.org@nongnu.org On Mon, Nov 04, 2024 at 03:58:19PM +0000, Peter Maydell wrote: > On Thu, 31 Oct 2024 at 04:07, Pierrick Bouvier > wrote: > > > > MacOS and Linux are straightforward, but Windows needs a bit more > > details. > > > > Signed-off-by: Pierrick Bouvier > > We have documentation on the wiki currently about how to > build on various platforms: > > https://wiki.qemu.org/Hosts/Linux > https://wiki.qemu.org/Hosts/Mac > https://wiki.qemu.org/Hosts/W32 > > I agree that we ought to move this into the main documentation. > Some of the information in those wiki pages is probably > out of date, but some of it looks like useful extra detail > that we could incorporate here. Also, as that wiki notes: 32 bit Linux target on a 64 bit Linux host would be useful for build bots > > --- > > docs/about/build-platforms.rst | 4 +- > > docs/devel/build-system.rst | 100 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > I don't think this is the best place to put this information. > "How do I build from source?" is a question that most beginning > developers and some end users will have. The information in > build-system.rst is mostly about the internals of our > build system and how to modify it, which is a more niche topic. > > I would be inclined to put this in a new file, maybe even > in docs/about/ rather than docs/devel. > > thanks > -- PMM