04.10.2013 18:48, Stefan Hajnoczi wrote: > On Thu, Sep 26, 2013 at 3:26 PM, Fam Zheng <f...@redhat.com> wrote: >> On Tue, 09/17 16:54, Fam Zheng wrote: >>> 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
All the series: Reviewed-by: Michael Tokarev <m...@tls.msk.ru> Thank you for the good work! /mjt
