[Xen-devel] Re: [PATCH][VT] add a directory for para-driver support in unmodified linux.

[Xiaofeng Ling <xiaofeng.ling@xxxxxxxxx>]

Ian Pratt wrote:
> > This patch adds a directory for para-driver support in 
> > unmodified linux.
> > The event channel is made to a pci device, the event is 
> > delivered by this device.
> > The build script will create the symbol link to linux-sparse 
> > tree for all the front end driver. A prinstine kernel path 
> > shall be given in compile.sh.
>
> Does this follow 'best practice' for building out of tree linux kernel
> modules? Or at least copy the build practice for other common modules?
I think it follows Documents/kbuild/modules.txt
some CFLAGS are come from xenlinux like NOSTDINC_FLAGS

> I don't think its really a sparse tree, so we should probably change the
> name.
> Perhaps 'hve-drivers/linux-2.6'?  (I forget what name we settled on for
> the generic VT/Pacifica abstraction, I think it was 'hve'.)
Yes, The sparse just mean to driver/xen/, not linux.
so maybe hvm-drivers/linux-2.6 is better.


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