Re: [Qemu-devel] Re: [PATCH] create kvm-shared-all.c and kvm-shared.h

[Glauber Costa]

On Tue, Jun 09, 2009 at 07:26:58PM +0300, Avi Kivity wrote:
> Jan Kiszka wrote:
>> Glauber Costa wrote:
>>   
>>> Following a suggestion given by Jan, the idea here is to
>>> move shared pieces between qemu and qemu-kvm.git into a common
>>> file, so we can do sharing while avoid clashes.
>>>
>>> In the future, this files should disappear.
>>>
>>>     
>>
>> OK for the header - but why do we have to push the ioctl services into a
>> separate module? Will all functions qemu-kvm start to use from upstream
>> have to be pushed around? Or what is special about the ioctls?
>>
>> I rather think qemu-kvm should build kvm-all.c and #ifdef out those
>> parts which collide with its own implementation. Moreover, when we morph
>> qemu-kvm services for upstream, this could already happen where they
>> shall once be located: in kvm-all.c or target-*/kvm.c.
>>   
>
> Yes, we could simply append libkvm-all.c and qemu-kvm.c to kvm-all.c,  
> and gradually include more of kvm-all.c as we delete parts of libkvm.c  
> and qemu-kvm.c.
I tried it myself, and it generates tons of conflicts. So scary.
I'd prefer to do it in the way I propose, until there is nothing left on 
kvm-all.c