Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2007 17:10:32 +0100
From: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>
To: Avi Kivity <avi@qumranet.com>
Cc: linux-kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
       kvm-devel <kvm-devel@lists.sourceforge.net>
Subject: Re: [RFC] Proposed new directory layout for kvm and virtualization
Message-ID: <20071211161032.GA25769@uranus.ravnborg.org>
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On Tue, Dec 11, 2007 at 11:47:39AM +0200, Avi Kivity wrote:
> KVM is due to receive support for multiple architectures (ppc, ia64, and 
> s390, in addition to the existing x86), hopefully in time for the 2.6.25 
> merge window.  It is awkward to place the new arch support in 
> drivers/kvm/, so I'd like to propose the following new layout:
> 
>  virt/         top-level directory for hypervisors
>  virt/kvm/     kvm common code
>  virt/lguest/  the other hypervisor
>  arch/*/kvm/   arch dependent kvm code

The arch/*/dir shall use same dir-name as used
in top-level directory.
So use arch/*/virt/kvm/ if kvm really requires
a subdirectory of it own. Preferably not.
A handful of files named kvm* does not warrant their own
subdirectory IMO.

	Sam
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