On Feb 27, 2008, at 5:59 PM, Avi Kivity wrote: > Alexander Graf wrote: >>> >>> A static library + headers (i.e. libfdt-devel.rpm) could have been >>> used, though Linux avoids external dependencies. >>> >> >> Why don't you try to talk to the other possible users and create a >> version of the library, that at least can be packaged, even though >> for now KVM would be the only user? Maybe others (unlikely Linux, >> maybe Xen, probably dtc) would like to have a central library for >> device trees too. >> > > ["you" == the ppc folk] > > Good idea. I can provide the rpm (and a tarball for non-rpm users) > on the sourceforge download site until it is upstreamed into the > distros. Most distros now allow external package maintainers, so it > shouldn't be too difficult to get it accepted.
I can get this in for SUSE. You could make it really easy for me if you put this on the SUSE build service, so I can just take the package from there and put it into the distro. > Presumably the library will only rarely change. I hope so ;-). But then again if every user maintained its own version until now, I guess there are not that many changes. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ kvm-devel mailing list kvm-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/kvm-devel
