Re: [Qemu-devel] PATCH: fix usb-linux.c compile orror

[Anthony Liguori]

Vince Weaver wrote:
> On Mon, 29 Sep 2008, Anthony Liguori wrote:
> > Robert Reif wrote:
> > > RH9 system (2.4.20-31.9smp).
> >
> > Huh.  I'm amazed it compiles with just that change on such an old 
> > kernel.
>
> I have similar problems compiling on a SuSE 10.1 system which really 
> isn't that old.  Since I only use linux-user I'd been too lazy to 
> investigate the problem.
>
> Why should Qemu not build on older systems?  I'd imagine that linux 
> 2.4 / 2.6 compatability would be easier to handle than linux /OSX 
> /Windows compatability.

I think we should support 2.4 kernels FWIW.  I'm just waiting for 
someone to send a patch that adds a configure check instead of breaking 
the build for newer kernels.

I think the best way to do it would be to try and detect the right 
header files for usb pass through in configure, and disable usb-linux.c 
entirely if they aren't available.

Regards,

Anthony LIguori

> Vince