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Re: [Xen-devel] Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 0/7] merge some xen bits into qe

To: Gerd Hoffmann <kraxel@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 0/7] merge some xen bits into qemu
From: Ian Jackson <Ian.Jackson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2008 10:18:25 +0100
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Gerd Hoffmann writes ("Re: [Xen-devel] Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 0/7] merge some 
xen bits into qemu"):
> IMHO the best way to address this issue is to rebase frequently.  The
> xen-unstable testing will also covers qemu then.  It also keeps the
> delta smaller and makes it easier to test qemu patches in qemu-dm.

I'm not going to be rebasing, but I will merge instead.

> I'm trying to fiddle my bits into qemu-dm right now.  One problem is
> that I get build failures simply because of the fact that the qemu-dm
> base is old compared to upstream qemu.

Yes, that's currently the case because qemu-xen-unstable is frozen for
the forthcoming Xen release.

> It would also be great if you can clean up the header mess.  qemu-dm
> doesn't build without xen-unstable.hg.

This is true and is likely to continue to be the case indefinitely.

>  And just a checked out tree
> isn't good enougth, it must be compiled because qemu-dm depends on some
> generated header files.  Aiee.  IMHO qemu-dm should only need
> /usr/include/xen.  If headers are missing there, they should be installed.

qemu-dm also needs libxc, libthis, libthat from xen-unstable.

Ian.

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