Re: [Qemu-devel] Re: [PATCH 0/6] Make hpet a compile time option

[Anthony Liguori]

On 05/24/2010 12:11 PM, Paul Brook wrote:
> I think we're saying the same thing.
>
> We already have a mechanism for avoiding things at build time - specifically
> config-devices.mak. We don't have a nice UI for it, but it's there.
> At worst your distro specific patch is a 1-line change to default-
> configs/i386-softmmu.mak.
>
> I have no objection to moving hpet.c into Makefile.objs, conditional on
> CONFIG_HPET (like e.g. CONFIG_SERIAL/serial.o).  However a necessary
> prerequisite is that you fix the device model and machine initialisation so
> that it's possible to omit hpet.o without rebuilding anything else.
>    

Yes, I fully agree.

Regards,

Anthony Liguori

> Paul
>