Re: [kvm-ppc-devel] [kvm-devel] [PATCH 1 of 4] Add "make sync" to sync need kernel headers to kvm-userspace

[Christoph H. <hc...@in...>]

On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 02:47:16PM +0300, Avi Kivity wrote:
>> Please just keep a copy of the kernel headers in the userspace tree so
>> it can be built standalone.
>>
>>   
>
> The tarballs do contain a copy of the kernel headers; the 'make sync' 
> mechanism is for developers to generate the tarballs without keeping the 
> sources duplicated in git.

It would be nice to just be able to build kvm from git without a kernel
around.  The lack of that is what in fact keeps from hacking kvm
userspace currently.