[Qemu-devel] Re: [PATCH] kvm: Improve upgrade notes when facing unsupported kernels

[Avi Kivity]

Jan Kiszka wrote:
> > Alternatively, I can make kvm-kmod install the necessary headers to
> > /usr/local/include.  It's probably cleaner this way.
> >
> >     
>
> Good idea. Maybe put them in a separate directory (and make qemu aware
> of it) so that kvm-kmod packages will not run into conflicts with the
> installed kernel headers.
>   

Yes, /usr/local/include (configurable).  gcc should automatically prefer 
/usr/local/include to /use/include.

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