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This fixes cross-building in some scenarios. Specifically, when building for armv7l on x86_64, has_header() will see the x86_64 version of the linux/kmv.h header and consider it to be usable. Later, when an attempt is made to actually include it, the compiler will quickly realize that things can't quite work. The reason why we haven't hit this in our CI is that we only ever install the foreign version of header files. When building the Debian package, however, some of the Debian-specific tooling will bring in the native version of the Linux headers in addition to the foreign one, causing meson to misreport the header's availability status. Checking for actual usability, as opposed to mere presence, of headers is enough to make things work correctly in all cases. The meson documentation recommends using has_header() instead of check_header() whenever possible for performance reasons, but while testing this change on fairly old and underpowered hardware I haven't been able to measure any meaningful slowdown. https://bugs.debian.org/1024504 Suggested-by: Helmut Grohne <helmut@subdivi.de> Signed-off-by: Andrea Bolognani <abologna@redhat.com> Reviewed-by: Michal Privoznik <mprivozn@redhat.com>
Libvirt API for virtualization
Libvirt provides a portable, long term stable C API for managing the virtualization technologies provided by many operating systems. It includes support for QEMU, KVM, Xen, LXC, bhyve, Virtuozzo, VMware vCenter and ESX, VMware Desktop, Hyper-V, VirtualBox and the POWER Hypervisor.
For some of these hypervisors, it provides a stateful management daemon which runs on the virtualization host allowing access to the API both by non-privileged local users and remote users.
Layered packages provide bindings of the libvirt C API into other languages including Python, Perl, PHP, Go, Java, OCaml, as well as mappings into object systems such as GObject, CIM and SNMP.
Further information about the libvirt project can be found on the website:
License
The libvirt C API is distributed under the terms of GNU Lesser General Public License, version 2.1 (or later). Some parts of the code that are not part of the C library may have the more restrictive GNU General Public License, version 2.0 (or later). See the files COPYING.LESSER and COPYING for full license terms & conditions.
Installation
Instructions on building and installing libvirt can be found on the website:
https://libvirt.org/compiling.html
Contributing
The libvirt project welcomes contributions in many ways. For most components the best way to contribute is to send patches to the primary development mailing list. Further guidance on this can be found on the website:
https://libvirt.org/contribute.html
Contact
The libvirt project has two primary mailing lists:
- libvirt-users@redhat.com (for user discussions)
- libvir-list@redhat.com (for development only)
Further details on contacting the project are available on the website: