On Nov 17, 2007 7:47 AM, Izik Eidus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Dan Kenigsberg wrote: > > On Fri, Nov 16, 2007 at 09:46:03PM -0800, Neo Jia wrote: > > > >> I synced with kvm.git and kvm-userspace.git. Do I have to rebuild and > >> install the entire kernel every time? > >> > >> > > > > Luckily, not. By default, when you ./configure in kvm-userspace.git, make > > is told to build the kvm kernel module against the currently-running > > kernel. > > > > The source code of the kernel module comes from the kvm.git tree. What I > > suggest is to > > make -C kernel LINUX=path/to/kvm.git sync > > (when in kvm-userspace.git) in order to copy that source code to > > kvm-userspace.git. > > > > > >> I really appreciate if you can share me your development/debugging > >> methods for KVM. > >> > > > > I hope you get more clues from other more experienced folks here. Good > > luck, > > > > Dan. > > > development methods: > 1)reading the kvm code / reading > 2)intel/amd system programming specs > 3)ask questions in the list > > debugging is very very hard in this area, most of time is just printing > the values all over kvm > and biesecting. > > sometimes you might want to write a test program, but...
Izik and Dan, Thank you for your response! Now, I can build modules from kvm.git instead of build the whole kernel. Any comments for the TODO item or bug I need to pick up first? Thanks, Neo > > -- I would remember that if researchers were not ambitious probably today we haven't the technology we are using! ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. 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
