Re: [Xen-devel] Re: Try to integrate the Xen PCI Passthrough code into linux: have pci_regs conflict with libpci.

[Anthony PERARD <anthony.perard@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, Sep 27, 2011 at 16:20, Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 27, 2011 at 04:02:23PM +0100, Anthony PERARD wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I'm trying to integrate the Xen PCI Passthrough code into Qemu. But we
>> use libpci, and it's not friendly with pci_regs.h.
>>
>> So can I replace pci_regs by the libpci one?
>
> I prefer sticking to pci_regs in linux.

Fair enough.

>> Should I avoid to include both? (by having a "hook" the libpci functions)
>> Or do you have any other suggestions?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Regards,
>
> Can you avoid libpci? It was very useful before sysfs, but
> on modern systems there isn't much that it does.

I was thinking to keep any compatibility with a *BSD system, but since
there is one function that assume the existance of the sysfs, I will
just "rewrote" the needed functions and remove the usage of libpci.

Thanks,

-- 
Anthony PERARD

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