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Re: [Qemu-devel] Modular qemu?
From: |
Jun Koi |
Subject: |
Re: [Qemu-devel] Modular qemu? |
Date: |
Tue, 9 Dec 2008 22:06:34 +0900 |
On Sat, Dec 6, 2008 at 4:12 AM, Avi Kivity <address@hidden> wrote:
> Anthony Liguori wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Plugins are not the solution though.
>>>
>>> What about non-plugin dlopen()? Right now building qemu (with all
>>> options enabled) requires a large amount of libraries, hence a lot of
>>> dependencies. For example, a server setup that will only be used with -vnc
>>> needs to have SDL installed. This will only get worse with opengl support.
>>
>> Practically speaking, how helpful is this? You still need to have the
>> libraries present at build time
>
> Build time is not an issue; distros usually build with all possible options
> enabled.
>
>> and it's arguable about how much text savings you get because there's some
>> cruft added from loading the libraries themselves.
>
> The goal is not to save text (though that's an added benefit), but to drop
> an infinite chain of dependencies. Right now, to have both desktop and
> server deployments, there are two options:
>
> - build two different binaries with different build-time options. Distro
> maintainers will hug and kiss you whenever you mention this option.
> - install SDL, X11 client libraries, and their dependencies on the server.
> In the future, this gets worse, with opengl libraries, DRI drivers, and
> maybe even gtk2 and qt for a sane UI.
Interesting! Are you aware of any project currently doing on DRI
drivers?? Anh OpenGL drivers?
I suppose that you want to say "DRI device model" and "OpenGL device
model" for QEMU?
Thanks,
Jun
- Re: [Qemu-devel] Modular qemu?, (continued)
- Re: [Qemu-devel] Modular qemu?, Avi Kivity, 2008/12/05
- Re: [Qemu-devel] Modular qemu?, Thiemo Seufer, 2008/12/05
- Re: [Qemu-devel] Modular qemu?, Avi Kivity, 2008/12/05
- Re: [Qemu-devel] Modular qemu?, Anthony Liguori, 2008/12/05
- Re: [Qemu-devel] Modular qemu?, Avi Kivity, 2008/12/05
- Re: [Qemu-devel] Modular qemu?, Anthony Liguori, 2008/12/05
- [Qemu-devel] Re: Modular qemu?, Jan Kiszka, 2008/12/05
- Re: [Qemu-devel] Modular qemu?, Anthony Liguori, 2008/12/05
- Re: [Qemu-devel] Modular qemu?, Avi Kivity, 2008/12/05
- Re: [Qemu-devel] Modular qemu?,
Jun Koi <=
- Re: [Qemu-devel] Modular qemu?, Stefano Stabellini, 2008/12/09
- Re: [Qemu-devel] Modular qemu?, Avi Kivity, 2008/12/09
Re: [Qemu-devel] Modular qemu?, Edgar E. Iglesias, 2008/12/05
Re: [Qemu-devel] Modular qemu?, Stefano Stabellini, 2008/12/08
Re: [Qemu-devel] Modular qemu?, Ian Jackson, 2008/12/17
Re: [Qemu-devel] Modular qemu?, Salvatore Lionetti, 2008/12/08