Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2] docs: describe the QEMU build system structure / design

2015-09-23 Thread Eric Blake
On 09/23/2015 09:52 AM, John Snow wrote: >>> +Windows platform portability >>> + >>> + >>> +On Windows all binaries have a 'exe' suffix, so all the Makefile rules >> >> This was >> >> "a .exe suffix" >> >> before, and Jon commented that you probably pronounced it as "

Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2] docs: describe the QEMU build system structure / design

2015-09-23 Thread John Snow
On 09/23/2015 11:46 AM, Laszlo Ersek wrote: > I diffed this version against v1. Thank you for addressing my comments > too; however I found some newly introduced typos: > > On 09/23/15 11:59, Daniel P. Berrange wrote: > >> +The utility code that is used by all binaries is built into a >> +stati

Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2] docs: describe the QEMU build system structure / design

2015-09-23 Thread Laszlo Ersek
I diffed this version against v1. Thank you for addressing my comments too; however I found some newly introduced typos: On 09/23/15 11:59, Daniel P. Berrange wrote: > +The utility code that is used by all binaries is built into a > +static archive called libqemuutil.a, which is then linked to al

Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2] docs: describe the QEMU build system structure / design

2015-09-23 Thread Laszlo Ersek
On 09/23/15 17:46, Laszlo Ersek wrote: > before, and Jon commented that you probably pronounced it as "a dot-exe Aaargh, John <-> Jon drives me crazy. Sorry. Laszlo

Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2] docs: describe the QEMU build system structure / design

2015-09-23 Thread John Snow
On 09/23/2015 05:59 AM, Daniel P. Berrange wrote: > Developers who are new to QEMU, or have a background familiarity > with GNU autotools, can have trouble getting their head around the > home-grown QEMU build system. This document attempts to explain > the structure / design of the configure scr

Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2] docs: describe the QEMU build system structure / design

2015-09-23 Thread Paolo Bonzini
A few nits that missed my first review: On 23/09/2015 11:59, Daniel P. Berrange wrote: > +A further complication for the system and userspace emulator binaries is > +that two separate binaries need to be generated. A further complication for the system emulator binaries (Windows does not support

[Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2] docs: describe the QEMU build system structure / design

2015-09-23 Thread Daniel P. Berrange
Developers who are new to QEMU, or have a background familiarity with GNU autotools, can have trouble getting their head around the home-grown QEMU build system. This document attempts to explain the structure / design of the configure script and the various Makefile pieces that live across the sou