RE: [RFC PATCH 01/12] configure: Add iovisor/ubpf project as a submodule for QEMU

[Zhang, Chen]

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> From: Daniel P. Berrangé <berrange@redhat.com>
> Sent: Friday, June 17, 2022 4:05 PM
> To: Zhang, Chen <chen.zhang@intel.com>
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> Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 01/12] configure: Add iovisor/ubpf project as a
> submodule for QEMU
> 
> On Fri, Jun 17, 2022 at 03:36:19PM +0800, Zhang Chen wrote:
> > Make iovisor/ubpf project be a git submodule for QEMU.
> > It will auto clone ubpf project when configure QEMU.
> 
> I don't think we need todo this. As it is brand new functionality we don't 
> have
> any back compat issues. We should just expect the distros to ship ubpf if
> they want their QEMU builds to take advantage of it.
> 

Yes, agree. It's the best way to use the uBPF project. 
But current status is distros(ubuntu, RHEL...) does not ship
the iovisor/ubpf like the iovisor/bcc. So I have to do it.
Or do you have any better suggestions? 

Thanks
Chen

> 
> With regards,
> Daniel
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