linux-kernel - Re: [kvm-devel] [RFC] Proposed new directory layout for kvm and virtualization

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Message-Id: <200712120014.43314.arnd@arndb.de>
Date:	Wed, 12 Dec 2007 00:14:42 +0100
From:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
To:	kvm-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net
Cc:	Avi Kivity <avi@...ranet.com>,
	Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@...ibm.com>,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [kvm-devel] [RFC] Proposed new directory layout for kvm and	virtualization

On Tuesday 11 December 2007, Avi Kivity wrote:
> Heiko Carstens wrote:
> > On Tue, Dec 11, 2007 at 11:47:39AM +0200, Avi Kivity wrote:
> >
> >>  arch/*/kvm/   arch dependent kvm code
> >>     
> >
> > Maybe arch/*/virt/ ? No need to add an own directory for each hypervisor.
> >
> There will be several kvm files in that directory for x86. If you have 
> just one file, I guess arch/*/virt/kvm.c is okay.

In that case, even arch/*/{mm,kernel}/kvm.c would work fine, as long as you
only want to support one hypervisor, or a small set of small files, there
is no need to have even have a virt directory.

However, if you want to have symmetry across the architectures, I think
arch/*/kvm/ works out best, along the lines of 
arch/*/{perfmon,crypto,xen,power}. Neither of these is particularly large,
but arch/* is typically not that crowded either.

	Arnd <><
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