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Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v3] tools/configure: only require bcc/ld86/as86 when needed



On Wed, Feb 24, 2016 at 09:03:29AM -0600, Doug Goldstein wrote:
> bcc/ld86/as86 are necessary when we build ROMBIOS. However if we do not
> build it (and are not building qemu-trad), the build requirements are
> overly strict and can lead to failures.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Doug Goldstein <cardoe@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> CC: Ian Jackson <ian.jackson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> CC: Stefano Stabellini <stefano.stabellini@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> CC: Ian Campbell <ian.campbell@xxxxxxxxxx>
> CC: Wei Liu <wei.liu2@xxxxxxxxxx>

Acked-by: Wei Liu <wei.liu2@xxxxxxxxxx>

> 
> * note: autogen.sh must be rerun when commiting this *
> 
> change since v2:
> - fixed up commit message per Konrad's suggestion
> change since v1:
> - fixed whitespace mess up on my part
> ---
>  README             |  3 ++-
>  tools/configure.ac | 11 +++++++----
>  2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/README b/README
> index dd36ec8..7cde45f 100644
> --- a/README
> +++ b/README
> @@ -58,7 +58,6 @@ provided by your OS distributor:
>      * iproute package (/sbin/ip)
>      * GNU bison and GNU flex
>      * GNU gettext
> -    * 16-bit x86 assembler, loader and compiler (dev86 rpm or bin86 & bcc 
> debs)
>      * ACPI ASL compiler (iasl)
>      * Libc multiarch package (e.g. libc6-dev-i386 / glibc-devel.i686).
>        Required when building on a 64-bit platform to build
> @@ -78,6 +77,8 @@ disabled at compile time:
>        libnl-3-dev, etc).  Required if network buffering is desired
>        when using Remus with libxl.  See docs/README.remus for detailed
>        information.
> +    * 16-bit x86 assembler, loader and compiler for qemu-traditional / 
> rombios
> +      (dev86 rpm or bin86 & bcc debs)
>  
>  Second, you need to acquire a suitable kernel for use in domain 0. If
>  possible you should use a kernel provided by your OS distributor. If
> diff --git a/tools/configure.ac b/tools/configure.ac
> index 6c70040..5b5dda4 100644
> --- a/tools/configure.ac
> +++ b/tools/configure.ac
> @@ -164,7 +164,13 @@ AC_ARG_ENABLE([rombios],
>      ])
>  ])
>  AS_IF([test "x$enable_rombios" = "xyes"], [
> -AC_DEFINE([HAVE_ROMBIOS], [1], [ROMBIOS enabled])
> +    dnl as86, ld86, and bcc are only required when building rombios. They
> +    dnl are only needed when the host system is x86 but that check is done
> +    dnl for us above when checking if we should build with qemu-traditional.
> +    AX_PATH_PROG_OR_FAIL([AS86], [as86])
> +    AX_PATH_PROG_OR_FAIL([LD86], [ld86])
> +    AX_PATH_PROG_OR_FAIL([BCC], [bcc])
> +    AC_DEFINE([HAVE_ROMBIOS], [1], [ROMBIOS enabled])
>      rombios=y],[
>      rombios=n
>  ])
> @@ -320,9 +326,6 @@ dnl going to run, not the platform on which we are 
> building (known as
>  dnl "build" in gnu speak).
>  case "$host_cpu" in
>  i[[3456]]86|x86_64)
> -    AX_PATH_PROG_OR_FAIL([AS86], [as86])
> -    AX_PATH_PROG_OR_FAIL([LD86], [ld86])
> -    AX_PATH_PROG_OR_FAIL([BCC], [bcc])
>      AX_PATH_PROG_OR_FAIL([IASL], [iasl])
>      ;;
>  esac
> -- 
> 2.4.10
> 
> 
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