linux-kernel - Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 5/8] ACPI: add processor driver for Xen virtual CPUs.

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Date:	Tue, 13 Dec 2011 07:45:20 +0000
From:	"Jan Beulich" <JBeulich@...e.com>
To:	"Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk" <konrad.wilk@...cle.com>
Cc:	<stefan.bader@...onical.com>, <Ian.Campbell@...rix.com>,
	<mike.mcclurg@...rix.com>, <jeremy@...p.org>, <ke.yu@...el.com>,
	<kevin.tian@...el.com>, <konrad@...nel.org>, <lenb@...nel.org>,
	<xen-devel@...ts.xensource.com>, <liang.tang@...cle.com>,
	<rjw@...k.pl>, <linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org>,
	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 5/8] ACPI: add processor driver for Xen
 virtual CPUs.

>>> On 12.12.11 at 18:29, Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@...cle.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 01, 2011 at 09:24:23AM +0000, Jan Beulich wrote:
>> >>> On 30.11.11 at 18:21, Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@...cle.com> wrote:
>> > --- a/drivers/acpi/Makefile
>> > +++ b/drivers/acpi/Makefile
>> > @@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_ACPI_CUSTOM_METHOD)+= custom_method.o
>> >  # processor has its own "processor." module_param namespace
>> >  processor-y			:= processor_driver.o processor_throttling.o
>> >  processor-y			+= processor_idle.o processor_thermal.o
>> > +processor-y			+= processor_xen.o
>> 
>> This should minimally be processor-$(CONFIG_XEN), with other things
>> adjusted as necessary.
> 
> I was under the impression that this was required to get the 
> processor_xen.ko
> to be a module. Otherwise it would only compile as built-in.

processor_xen.ko? Why not have all the code go into processor.ko?
(And the original construct didn't aim in that direction either.)

Jan

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