> -----Original Message----- > From: ext Avi Kivity [mailto:avi@xxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Tuesday, May 17, 2011 7:30 PM > To: Kohl, Bernhard (NSN - DE/Munich) > Cc: kvm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; jan.kiszka@xxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: [PATCH] Account for Fedora kernels with backported vzalloc > > On 05/17/2011 05:55 PM, Bernhard Kohl wrote: > > kvm-kmod-2.6.38.6 does not compile on Fedora kernels>= 2.6.35.11. > > > index a40c39f..b91587c 100755 > > --- a/configure > > +++ b/configure > > @@ -153,6 +153,13 @@ if [ -n "$no_uname" -a "$want_module" ]; then > > depmod_version=$kernel_version > > fi > > > > +# Check if it is a Fedora kernel, e.g. 2.6.35.13-91.fc14.x86_64 > > +if echo "$kernel_version" | grep -qE '[0-9.-]+\.fc[0-9]+\..+'; then > > + config_fedora_kernel="#define CONFIG_FEDORA_KERNEL 1" > > +else > > + config_fedora_kernel="#undef CONFIG_FEDORA_KERNEL" > > +fi > > + > > Curious, why are you targetting Fedora kernels at all? They have a > really short shelf life. I though kvm-kmod was for people using longer > term kernels like enterprise distros or long lived embedded projects. Here at NSN a couple of developers and testers are using Fedora + kvm-kmod to run some of our systems (with in-house developed OS) on KVM. This works also without kvm-kmod since kernel 2.6.35 (Fedora 14). The number of users (which are not Linux experts at all) is growing since over a year. Usually I prepare and test new versions of kvm-kmod and then it's easy for these guys to install it on their machines. So I always keep track to be up-to-date with the upstream kvm-kmod. The next candidate for kvm-kmod usage here might be your patch set "KVM in-guest performance monitoring", but I think we need a complete kernel for this as major parts of these patches are outside KVM. Some people here are eager for this new feature. Accidentally my colleague Thomas started investigating the performance counter topic 2 weeks ago. Nevertheless I hope that kvm-kmod will live for a while. It is quite useful for our work. > > For Fedora, you can use the native kvm, or install a rawhide kernel, or > an upstream kernel with 'make localmodconfig'. Thanks for this hint. I did not yet try localmodconfig. Bernhard > > -- > error compiling committee.c: too many arguments to function -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kvm" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
