Re: [Qemu-devel] How to split vl.h

[Thiemo Seufer]

Blue Swirl wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> With the automatic dependency rule installed, modifying vl.h causes
> all files to be recompiled. This is of course the correct action, but
> it's a major slowdown for development too.
> 
> How should we split vl.h into smaller pieces? Give each device a
> header file, like m48t59?

Functions which are only called from below /hw should go in /hw/<device>.h,
other device stuff should probably go in a separate toplevel header,
maybe hw.h. That way we get something which could evolve in the
interface of a hw-library in future.

> What about other stuff exported from vl.c?

I think the best answer is to cut vl.c in logical chunks before starting
to split vl.h further.


Thiemo