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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 00/16] clean up vl.c code
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Markus Armbruster |
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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 00/16] clean up vl.c code |
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Fri, 04 Jun 2010 13:54:28 +0200 |
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Jes Sorensen <address@hidden> writes:
> On 06/04/10 10:21, Markus Armbruster wrote:
>> address@hidden writes:
>>> I have tried to be as careful as I can to not break non Linux support,
>>> but as I only have a Linux build environment handy, I would appreciate
>>> it if people with other OSes could check that I didn't break anything
>>> for them. In particular I would like to know if win32 still builds.
>>
>> I like moving stuff out of vl.c in general. Your moves of entire
>> functions look like a win to me. I have doubts about spreading the
>> option switch over three files, though.
>
> The problem is right now there are too many OS specific options, but
> having the #ifdefs plastered all over to enable/disable them accordingly
> is just a nightmare and is prone to leave in inconsistent behavior for
> various OSes. See the set_proc_name() stuff for an example.
I doubt spreading option code over separate files will help consistency.
I suspect the true root of the problem is having (too many) OS-specific
options in the first place. What about parsing options the same
everywhere, calling out to OS-specific functions to do the actual work?
Let them fail with "can't do this on this OS".
[Qemu-devel] [PATCH 13/16] Move daemonize handling to OS specific files, Jes . Sorensen, 2010/06/03
[Qemu-devel] [PATCH 15/16] Move line-buffering setup to OS specific files., Jes . Sorensen, 2010/06/03
[Qemu-devel] [PATCH 16/16] Move set_proc_name() to OS specific files., Jes . Sorensen, 2010/06/03
Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 00/16] clean up vl.c code, Markus Armbruster, 2010/06/04