Carlo Marcelo Arenas Belon wrote: > On Thu, Dec 13, 2007 at 03:32:46PM +0200, Avi Kivity wrote: > >> Notes: >> If you use the modules bundled with kvm-56, you can use any version >> of Linux from 2.6.9 upwards. >> > > the external module (once patched) will only be able to build against 2.6.17 > upwards because the in-kernel PIC/IOAPIC/LAPIC requires hrtimers and that > functionality was only made public to external modules during the > stabilization > of 2.6.17 as seen by : > > http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commitdiff;h=8d16b76421f0b3216012ee2d7819355e1cb847e5 > > there are obviously 3 possible fixes : > > 1) rewrite the in-kernel PIC/IOAPIC/LAPIC not to use hrtimers (not worthy) > 2) replicate the functionality needed in the compatibility header or with the > use of a helper (not that simple) > 3) disable the functionality and ifdef the code for kernel < 2.6.17 > (preferred) > > but before, I would like to ask: is 2.6.9 upwards support really needed?,
I imagine you're right, since there are few complaints. Most people have migrated to RHEL 5 or its equivalents. > the > only reason why I would suspect that 2.6.9 was recommended was because of > RHEL4 Yes. -- error compiling committee.c: too many arguments to function ------------------------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by: Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It's the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;164216239;13503038;w?http://sf.net/marketplace _______________________________________________ kvm-devel mailing list kvm-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/kvm-devel
