linux-kernel - Re: [2.6 patch] remove dummy asm/kvm.h files

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Date:	Tue, 1 Jul 2008 21:32:36 +0200
From:	Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>
To:	Adrian Bunk <bunk@...nel.org>
Cc:	Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@...ibm.com>,
	Avi Kivity <avi@...ranet.com>, linux-arch@...r.kernel.org,
	kvm@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>
Subject: Re: [2.6 patch] remove dummy asm/kvm.h files

On Tue, Jul 01, 2008 at 07:27:16PM +0300, Adrian Bunk wrote:
> This patch removes the dummy asm/kvm.h files on architectures not (yet) 
> supporting KVM and uses the same conditional headers installation as
> already used for a.out.h .
> 
> Also removed are superfluous install rules in the s390 and x86 Kbuild 
> files (they are already in Kbuild.asm).
> 
> Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@...nel.org>

I really do not like the way we implement these checks and
think this should be a kconfig option.
But we do not (yet) require a configured kernel when exporting
to userspace so this is not feasible right now.

So despite the above this patch has my:
Acked-by: Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>

Same for the asm/a.out patch you posted the other day.

David - I assume you take these via your tree?

	Sam
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