From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:54002) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Zf4a0-0006Qw-Sn for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Thu, 24 Sep 2015 07:20:49 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Zf4Zv-00078M-Vp for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Thu, 24 Sep 2015 07:20:48 -0400 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:59997) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Zf4Zv-00077z-Ky for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Thu, 24 Sep 2015 07:20:43 -0400 Received: from int-mx10.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (int-mx10.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.11.23]) by mx1.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id A1A9191595 for ; Thu, 24 Sep 2015 11:20:42 +0000 (UTC) From: Laszlo Ersek References: <1443088173-3449-1-git-send-email-berrange@redhat.com> Message-ID: <5603DC88.9090303@redhat.com> Date: Thu, 24 Sep 2015 13:20:40 +0200 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <1443088173-3449-1-git-send-email-berrange@redhat.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v3] docs: describe the QEMU build system structure / design List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: "Daniel P. Berrange" , qemu-devel@nongnu.org Cc: John Snow , Paolo Bonzini On 09/24/15 11:49, Daniel P. Berrange wrote: > Developers who are new to QEMU, or have a background familiarity > with GNU autotools, can have trouble getting their head around the > home-grown QEMU build system. This document attempts to explain > the structure / design of the configure script and the various > Makefile pieces that live across the source tree. > > Signed-off-by: Daniel P. Berrange > --- > > Changed in v3: > > - More speling eror fixes > - Rephrased more paragraphs as suggested > > Changed in v2: > > - Misc speling eror fixes > - Rephrased some paragraphs as suggested > - Added note about config-host.h file generation & use > > docs/build-system.txt | 507 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > 1 file changed, 507 insertions(+) > create mode 100644 docs/build-system.txt Diffed this against v2; I have only one comment: > +the userspace emulator targets as the global $(LIBS), or more targetted This is new in v3, and it seems to reintroduce the (otherwise correct en_GB?) spelling of "targetted". If I recall correctly, it has been suggested to spell it as "targeted" (and that form can in fact be found in the same paragraph). Otherwise, ACK. Thanks Laszlo