RE: [PATCH 2/2] kvm-kmod: Document the build process

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: kvm-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:kvm-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
> Behalf Of Wolfgang Mauerer
> Sent: Mittwoch, 21. Oktober 2009 16:21
> To: Dietmar Maurer
> Cc: kvm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; Kiszka, Jan
> Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] kvm-kmod: Document the build process
> 
> Hio,
> 
> Dietmar Maurer wrote:
> >> +  Before the kvm module can be built, the linux submodule must be
> >> initialised
> >> +  and populated. The required sequence of commands is
> >> +
> >> +  git submodule init
> >> +  git submodule update
> >> +  ./configure
> >> +  make sync
> >> +  make
> >> +
> >> +  Notice that you can also specify an existing Linux tree for the
> >> + synchronisation stage by using
> >> +
> >> +  make sync LINUX=/path/to/tree
> >
> > I always get errors when i try to sync (with our Linux-2.6.24 tree)
> >
> > ./configure --kerneldir=${TOP}/linux-2.6.24-openvz
> > make sync LINUX=${TOP}/linux-2.6.24-openvz
> >
> > make[1]: Entering directory `/a/dir/kvm-kmod-2.6.30.1'
> > ./sync kvm-kmod-2.6.30.1
> > Traceback (most recent call last):
> >   File "./sync", line 210, in <module>
> >     header_sync(arch)
> >   File "./sync", line 181, in header_sync
> >     hack(T, 'x86', 'include/linux/kvm.h')
> >   File "./sync", line 127, in hack
> >     _hack(T + '/' + file, arch)
> >   File "./sync", line 118, in _hack
> >     data = file(fname).read()
> > IOError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory:
> 'header/include/linux/kvm.h'
> > make[1]: *** [sync] Error 1
> >
> > Any idea whats wrong?
> 
> Do you have a checked out Linux tree in linux-2.6/?

Sorry, seem I am confused. You wrote

>> +  make sync LINUX=/path/to/tree

So why do I need another linux tree? Can't we fix the 'sync' script?

- Dietmar



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