RE: [PATCH 0/7][RFC] Enable kvm/ia-64 to build kvm components in userspace.

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Avi Kivity wrote:
> Zhang, Xiantao wrote:
>>> 
>>> I agree that for automatic testing it's more of a burden; but it
>>> needs to be done, especially as some kvm features are only enabled
>>> on newer kernels. 
>>> 
>>> The external module is convenient, but it's not a substitute for
>>> the real thing. 
>>> 
>> 
>> So, I have a question here, When will you drop external module
>> support? 
>> 
> 
> I don't really know.
> 
>> You know, it blocks our auto-testing system now, we have to
>> re-evaulate the effort without external module support.
>> 
> 
> I think it's very worthwhile to update the autotester to be able to
> build kernels. kvm will soon depend on core functionality (mmu
> notifiers) and since currently kvm is the only user (well, gru will be
> added soon, but ...) we need to test it ourselves.
> 
>> If it won't be dropped in a few weeks, we are eager to get its
>> support for kvm-ia64. 
>> 
>> 
> 
> Okay, please send the patches, but with diff -M so they're readable.

OK, I will regenerate the patches.  Thanks!
Xiantao
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