This series implements feature of shared object building as described in: http://wiki.qemu.org/Features/Modules
The main idea behind modules is to isolate dependencies on third party libraries from qemu executables, such as libglusterfs or librbd, so that the end users can install core qemu package with fewer dependencies. And only for those who want to use particular modules, need they install qemu-foo sub-package, which in turn requires libbar and libbiz packages. It's implemented in three steps: 1. The first patches fix current build system to correctly handle nested variables and object specific options: [01/08] ui/Makefile.objs: delete unnecessary cocoa.o dependency [02/08] make.rule: fix $(obj) to a real relative path [03/08] rule.mak: allow per object cflags and libs 2. The Makefile changes adds necessary options and rules to build DSO objects: [04/08] build-sys: introduce common-obj-m and block-obj-m for DSO 3. The next patch adds code to load modules from installed directory: [05/08] module: implement module loading A few more changes are following to complete it: [06/08] Makefile: install modules with "make install" [07/08] .gitignore: ignore module related files (dll, so, mo) In the end of series, the block drivers are converted: [08/08] block: convert block drivers linked with libs to modules v9: Address Daniel's comment with patch 05: Drop readdir(). Squash module whitelist changes to module loading patch. v8: This version introduces two runtime loading checks: * Module init function no longer with __attribute__((constructor)), and mangled with per configure fingerprint. See patch 05. * Module whitelist as configure option. [04] Link libqemustub.a to DSO. (iscsi needs qemu_get_vm_name). Fix single object module link. Fix extract-libs to also extract .o libs that'd be expanded later from .mo. [05] Add init function name mangling. [06] New. [07] Fix typo in "make install". [Daniel] Fam Zheng (7): make.rule: fix $(obj) to a real relative path rule.mak: allow per object cflags and libs build-sys: introduce common-obj-m and block-obj-m for DSO module: implement module loading Makefile: install modules with "make install" .gitignore: ignore module related files (dll, so, mo) block: convert block drivers linked with libs to modules Peter Maydell (1): ui/Makefile.objs: delete unnecessary cocoa.o dependency .gitignore | 3 ++ Makefile | 31 ++++++++++++++++++- Makefile.objs | 18 ++--------- Makefile.target | 21 ++++++++++--- block.c | 1 + block/Makefile.objs | 11 ++++++- configure | 85 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------------- include/qemu/module.h | 23 ++++++++++++++ rules.mak | 84 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------- scripts/create_config | 21 +++++++++++++ ui/Makefile.objs | 2 -- util/module.c | 74 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ vl.c | 2 ++ 13 files changed, 314 insertions(+), 62 deletions(-) -- 1.8.3.1