Re: [Mac-on-linux-devel] [PATCH 3/3] Add KVM backend support (PPC64 host support)

[Alexander G. <ag...@su...>]

Am 07.03.2010 um 21:52 schrieb didier <di...@gm...>:

> Hi,
>
> On Sun, Mar 7, 2010 at 10:54 AM, Alexander Graf <ag...@su...> wrote:
>>
>> On 07.03.2010, at 03:46, Joseph Jezak wrote:
>>
>>> didier wrote:
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> What are
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> src/cpu/kvm/.kvm.c.swo |  Bin 0 -> 4096 bytes
>>>>> src/cpu/kvm/.kvm.h.swp |  Bin 0 -> 12288 bytes
>>>>>
>>>> ?
>>>>
>>>> Didier
>>>>
>>> They're just junk files, probably from VIM. I didn't add them to  
>>> the repo.
>>
>> Ugh - that's what you get for doing "git add src/cpu/kvm" while  
>> having files open. Thanks for not including them :-).
> Ok :)
>
> Is using some kind of runtime check rather than a compile time ifdef
> make sense?

It probably would. But then again I'd rather see ppc32 kvm host  
support and accel extension support, deprecating the mol kmod  
completely. By then there wouldn't be any need to use the mol kmod.

> I'd allow one userland for both kernel module.
>
> Didier
>
> PS
> I'll try to run it on a G5 but currently I have none running Linux
> thus it may take sometime.

Sure :). If you want to see it live, check out my kvm on ppc  
presentation at the Chemnitzer Linuxtage (next weekend)!


Alex