Re: [Qemu-devel] [RFC] FDT as a git submodule?

[Alexander Graf]

Am 26.01.2013 um 03:05 schrieb Peter Crosthwaite <address@hidden>:

> Hi All,
> 
> For us CONFIG_FDT is compulsory, we cannot build a sensible QEMU
> without it. To make the build for us a little more user friendly could
> we add it as a git submodule the same way as its handled for pixman?
> By default FDT is not enable, but if at configure stage you specify
> --enable-fdt and you dont have it, you get the instructions to
> submodule init it? (pixman style)

This really is more of a distro problem than a QEMU one. If your distro doesn't 
package libfdt, chances are quite good it just sucks. Nobody would think of 
bundling glib as a git submodule.

However, I wouldn't object to a patch that uses it. Apparently sucky distros a 
quite commonly used :).

Alex

> 
> Regards,
> Peter