Re: Fwd: kqemu patch for DragonFly BSD on kqemu1.4.0pre1

[Bill Hacker <wbh@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Simon 'corecode' Schubert wrote:
> Matthew Dillon wrote:
> > :Naoya Sugioka wrote:
> > :> I've just sent a mail to gnat at netbsd.org to reach pkgsrc community
> > :> if I can include them to their pkgsrc tree now.
> > :
> > :I don't have a good idea how to make a pkgsrc package for kernel 
> > module. :Actually I'd prefer it to be imported into base.     Yah, I 
> > agree.  There seem to be some files missing from the
> >     kqemu-dragonfly.patch.tar file you posted.  It's making calls
> >     to routines that are not present in files in the tar.
> >
> >     e.g. kqemu_log(), but no file in the tar contains a function by
> >     that name.
> >
> >     It will also require a major security and software review, and also
> >     needs a master SYSCTL-based enable (default disabled).
>
> Why an enable?  Just don't load the module if you don't want it to be 
> used.  qemu doesn't load the module itself.


Actually it does on sme OS/hosts.

Or 'can' check for it and load it on startup if not already loaded - 
unless otherwise directed, anyway.

> Also, I don't think we should put $random kernel modules into base.  Why 
> isn't pkgsrc a good location?
>
> cheers
>  simon

Probably a better place until there are sufficient resources to insure 
that kqemu (heck, 'any' .ko) will always have been thoroughly tested 
with the release it travels with.

Bill