Re: [RFC PATCH 01/12] configure: Add iovisor/ubpf project as a submodule for QEMU

[Daniel P . Berrangé]

On Mon, Jun 20, 2022 at 05:59:06AM +0000, Zhang, Chen wrote:
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> > From: Daniel P. Berrangé <berrange@redhat.com>
> > Sent: Friday, June 17, 2022 4:05 PM
> > To: Zhang, Chen <chen.zhang@intel.com>
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> > Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 01/12] configure: Add iovisor/ubpf project as a
> > submodule for QEMU
> > 
> > On Fri, Jun 17, 2022 at 03:36:19PM +0800, Zhang Chen wrote:
> > > Make iovisor/ubpf project be a git submodule for QEMU.
> > > It will auto clone ubpf project when configure QEMU.
> > 
> > I don't think we need todo this. As it is brand new functionality we don't 
> > have
> > any back compat issues. We should just expect the distros to ship ubpf if
> > they want their QEMU builds to take advantage of it.
> > 
> 
> Yes, agree. It's the best way to use the uBPF project. 
> But current status is distros(ubuntu, RHEL...) does not ship
> the iovisor/ubpf like the iovisor/bcc. So I have to do it.
> Or do you have any better suggestions?

If distros want to support the functionality, they can add packages for
it IMHO.

With regards,
Daniel
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