[ANNOUNCE] Stand-alone kvmtool repository

2015-06-03 Thread Will Deacon
Hi all, Thanks to a tonne of help (and friendly nagging!) from Andre, I'm pleased to announce a stand-alone repository for kvmtool: git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/will/kvmtool.git This is a follow-up from a previous thread[1] where we concluded that this was the right way to

Re: stand-alone kvmtool

2015-06-03 Thread Will Deacon
On Mon, Feb 23, 2015 at 05:23:58PM +, Pekka Enberg wrote: > On 2/18/15 5:50 PM, Will Deacon wrote: > > Thanks for doing this. Since it looks unlikely that kvmtool will ever be > > merged back into the kernel tree, it makes sense to cut the dependency > > in my opinion. > > I am certainly OK

Re: stand-alone kvmtool

2015-06-03 Thread Will Deacon
On Mon, Feb 23, 2015 at 05:23:58PM +, Pekka Enberg wrote: On 2/18/15 5:50 PM, Will Deacon wrote: Thanks for doing this. Since it looks unlikely that kvmtool will ever be merged back into the kernel tree, it makes sense to cut the dependency in my opinion. I am certainly OK with a

[ANNOUNCE] Stand-alone kvmtool repository

2015-06-03 Thread Will Deacon
Hi all, Thanks to a tonne of help (and friendly nagging!) from Andre, I'm pleased to announce a stand-alone repository for kvmtool: git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/will/kvmtool.git This is a follow-up from a previous thread[1] where we concluded that this was the right way to

Re: stand-alone kvmtool

2015-03-01 Thread Pekka Enberg
On 2/26/15 1:02 PM, Alex Bennée wrote: If you can have it all it would be nice to preserve buildability all through your history for bisecting (and the moon on a stick please ;-) Is the dependency on the kernel sources something that has been stable over the projects history or something that's

Re: stand-alone kvmtool

2015-03-01 Thread Pekka Enberg
On 2/26/15 1:02 PM, Alex Bennée wrote: If you can have it all it would be nice to preserve buildability all through your history for bisecting (and the moon on a stick please ;-) Is the dependency on the kernel sources something that has been stable over the projects history or something that's

Re: stand-alone kvmtool

2015-02-26 Thread Alex Bennée
Andre Przywara writes: > Hi Will, > > On 18/02/15 15:50, Will Deacon wrote: >> Hi Andre, >> >> Thanks for doing this. Since it looks unlikely that kvmtool will ever be >> merged back into the kernel tree, it makes sense to cut the dependency >> in my opinion. >> > > P.S. Although both

Re: stand-alone kvmtool

2015-02-26 Thread Alex Bennée
Andre Przywara andre.przyw...@arm.com writes: Hi Will, On 18/02/15 15:50, Will Deacon wrote: Hi Andre, Thanks for doing this. Since it looks unlikely that kvmtool will ever be merged back into the kernel tree, it makes sense to cut the dependency in my opinion. snip P.S. Although

Re: stand-alone kvmtool

2015-02-25 Thread Will Deacon
On Mon, Feb 23, 2015 at 05:23:58PM +, Pekka Enberg wrote: > Hi, Hi Pekka, Sorry for the delay, I've been away from email for a few days. > On 2/18/15 5:50 PM, Will Deacon wrote: > > Thanks for doing this. Since it looks unlikely that kvmtool will ever be > > merged back into the kernel

Re: stand-alone kvmtool

2015-02-25 Thread Will Deacon
On Mon, Feb 23, 2015 at 05:23:58PM +, Pekka Enberg wrote: Hi, Hi Pekka, Sorry for the delay, I've been away from email for a few days. On 2/18/15 5:50 PM, Will Deacon wrote: Thanks for doing this. Since it looks unlikely that kvmtool will ever be merged back into the kernel tree, it

Re: stand-alone kvmtool

2015-02-23 Thread Pekka Enberg
Hi, On 2/18/15 5:50 PM, Will Deacon wrote: Thanks for doing this. Since it looks unlikely that kvmtool will ever be merged back into the kernel tree, it makes sense to cut the dependency in my opinion. I am certainly OK with a standalone repository which preserves the history. Will, would

Re: stand-alone kvmtool

2015-02-23 Thread Christoffer Dall
Hi, On Thu, Feb 19, 2015 at 05:56:45AM -0500, Sasha Levin wrote: [...] > > What inconvenience is caused by having it sit inside the kernel tree > beyond an increased requirement in disk space? > FWIW: I would prefer seeing this outside the kernel tree; I think it is slightly confusing to keep

Re: stand-alone kvmtool

2015-02-23 Thread Russell King - ARM Linux
On Thu, Feb 19, 2015 at 05:56:45AM -0500, Sasha Levin wrote: > What inconvenience is caused by having it sit inside the kernel tree > beyond an increased requirement in disk space? I've come across this problem with the perf tools - luckily, the perf tools allow the source to be exported from the

Re: stand-alone kvmtool

2015-02-23 Thread Andre Przywara
Hi Sasha, thanks for taking a look! On 19/02/15 10:56, Sasha Levin wrote: > On 02/13/2015 05:39 AM, Andre Przywara wrote: >> Hi, >> >> as I found it increasingly inconvenient to use kvmtool[1] as part of a >> Linux repository, I decided to give it a go and make it a stand-alone >> project. So I

Re: stand-alone kvmtool

2015-02-23 Thread Andre Przywara
Hi Will, On 18/02/15 15:50, Will Deacon wrote: > Hi Andre, > > Thanks for doing this. Since it looks unlikely that kvmtool will ever be > merged back into the kernel tree, it makes sense to cut the dependency > in my opinion. > > On Fri, Feb 13, 2015 at 10:39:33AM +, Andre Przywara wrote:

Re: stand-alone kvmtool

2015-02-23 Thread Andre Przywara
Hi Will, On 18/02/15 15:50, Will Deacon wrote: Hi Andre, Thanks for doing this. Since it looks unlikely that kvmtool will ever be merged back into the kernel tree, it makes sense to cut the dependency in my opinion. On Fri, Feb 13, 2015 at 10:39:33AM +, Andre Przywara wrote: as I

Re: stand-alone kvmtool

2015-02-23 Thread Andre Przywara
Hi Sasha, thanks for taking a look! On 19/02/15 10:56, Sasha Levin wrote: On 02/13/2015 05:39 AM, Andre Przywara wrote: Hi, as I found it increasingly inconvenient to use kvmtool[1] as part of a Linux repository, I decided to give it a go and make it a stand-alone project. So I filtered

Re: stand-alone kvmtool

2015-02-23 Thread Russell King - ARM Linux
On Thu, Feb 19, 2015 at 05:56:45AM -0500, Sasha Levin wrote: What inconvenience is caused by having it sit inside the kernel tree beyond an increased requirement in disk space? I've come across this problem with the perf tools - luckily, the perf tools allow the source to be exported from the

Re: stand-alone kvmtool

2015-02-23 Thread Christoffer Dall
Hi, On Thu, Feb 19, 2015 at 05:56:45AM -0500, Sasha Levin wrote: [...] What inconvenience is caused by having it sit inside the kernel tree beyond an increased requirement in disk space? FWIW: I would prefer seeing this outside the kernel tree; I think it is slightly confusing to keep it

Re: stand-alone kvmtool

2015-02-23 Thread Pekka Enberg
Hi, On 2/18/15 5:50 PM, Will Deacon wrote: Thanks for doing this. Since it looks unlikely that kvmtool will ever be merged back into the kernel tree, it makes sense to cut the dependency in my opinion. I am certainly OK with a standalone repository which preserves the history. Will, would

Re: stand-alone kvmtool

2015-02-19 Thread Sasha Levin
On 02/13/2015 05:39 AM, Andre Przywara wrote: > Hi, > > as I found it increasingly inconvenient to use kvmtool[1] as part of a > Linux repository, I decided to give it a go and make it a stand-alone > project. So I filtered all the respective commits, adjusted the paths in > there (while keeping

Re: stand-alone kvmtool

2015-02-19 Thread Sasha Levin
On 02/13/2015 05:39 AM, Andre Przywara wrote: Hi, as I found it increasingly inconvenient to use kvmtool[1] as part of a Linux repository, I decided to give it a go and make it a stand-alone project. So I filtered all the respective commits, adjusted the paths in there (while keeping

Re: stand-alone kvmtool

2015-02-18 Thread Will Deacon
Hi Andre, Thanks for doing this. Since it looks unlikely that kvmtool will ever be merged back into the kernel tree, it makes sense to cut the dependency in my opinion. On Fri, Feb 13, 2015 at 10:39:33AM +, Andre Przywara wrote: > as I found it increasingly inconvenient to use kvmtool[1] as

Re: stand-alone kvmtool

2015-02-18 Thread Will Deacon
Hi Andre, Thanks for doing this. Since it looks unlikely that kvmtool will ever be merged back into the kernel tree, it makes sense to cut the dependency in my opinion. On Fri, Feb 13, 2015 at 10:39:33AM +, Andre Przywara wrote: as I found it increasingly inconvenient to use kvmtool[1] as

Re: stand-alone kvmtool

2015-02-13 Thread Claudio Fontana
On 13.02.2015 15:40, Andre Przywara wrote: > Ciao Claudio, > > On 13/02/15 14:30, Claudio Fontana wrote: >> Hello Andre, >> >> On 13.02.2015 11:39, Andre Przywara wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> as I found it increasingly inconvenient to use kvmtool[1] as part of a >>> Linux repository, I decided to give

Re: stand-alone kvmtool

2015-02-13 Thread Andre Przywara
Ciao Claudio, On 13/02/15 14:30, Claudio Fontana wrote: > Hello Andre, > > On 13.02.2015 11:39, Andre Przywara wrote: >> Hi, >> >> as I found it increasingly inconvenient to use kvmtool[1] as part of a >> Linux repository, I decided to give it a go and make it a stand-alone >> project. So I

Re: stand-alone kvmtool

2015-02-13 Thread Claudio Fontana
Hello Andre, On 13.02.2015 11:39, Andre Przywara wrote: > Hi, > > as I found it increasingly inconvenient to use kvmtool[1] as part of a > Linux repository, I decided to give it a go and make it a stand-alone > project. So I filtered all the respective commits, adjusted the paths in > there

stand-alone kvmtool

2015-02-13 Thread Andre Przywara
Hi, as I found it increasingly inconvenient to use kvmtool[1] as part of a Linux repository, I decided to give it a go and make it a stand-alone project. So I filtered all the respective commits, adjusted the paths in there (while keeping authorship and commit date, of course) and then added the

stand-alone kvmtool

2015-02-13 Thread Andre Przywara
Hi, as I found it increasingly inconvenient to use kvmtool[1] as part of a Linux repository, I decided to give it a go and make it a stand-alone project. So I filtered all the respective commits, adjusted the paths in there (while keeping authorship and commit date, of course) and then added the

Re: stand-alone kvmtool

2015-02-13 Thread Claudio Fontana
Hello Andre, On 13.02.2015 11:39, Andre Przywara wrote: Hi, as I found it increasingly inconvenient to use kvmtool[1] as part of a Linux repository, I decided to give it a go and make it a stand-alone project. So I filtered all the respective commits, adjusted the paths in there (while

Re: stand-alone kvmtool

2015-02-13 Thread Andre Przywara
Ciao Claudio, On 13/02/15 14:30, Claudio Fontana wrote: Hello Andre, On 13.02.2015 11:39, Andre Przywara wrote: Hi, as I found it increasingly inconvenient to use kvmtool[1] as part of a Linux repository, I decided to give it a go and make it a stand-alone project. So I filtered all the

Re: stand-alone kvmtool

2015-02-13 Thread Claudio Fontana
On 13.02.2015 15:40, Andre Przywara wrote: Ciao Claudio, On 13/02/15 14:30, Claudio Fontana wrote: Hello Andre, On 13.02.2015 11:39, Andre Przywara wrote: Hi, as I found it increasingly inconvenient to use kvmtool[1] as part of a Linux repository, I decided to give it a go and make it a