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+Automatically imported Linux kernel headers.
+Only use scripts/update-linux-headers.sh to update!
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+#!/bin/sh -e
+#
+# Update Linux kernel headers QEMU requires from a specified kernel tree.
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2011 Siemens AG
+#
+# Authors:
+# Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@siemens.com>
+#
+# This work is licensed under the terms of the GNU GPL version 2.
+# See the COPYING file in the top-level directory.
+
+tmpdir=`mktemp -d`
+linux="$1"
+output="$2"
+
+if [ -z "$linux" ] || ! [ -d "$linux" ]; then
+ cat << EOF
+usage: update-kernel-headers.sh LINUX_PATH [OUTPUT_PATH]
+
+LINUX_PATH Linux kernel directory to obtain the headers from
+OUTPUT_PATH output directory, usually the qemu source tree (default: $PWD)
+EOF
+ exit 1
+fi
+
+if [ -z "$output" ]; then
+ output="$PWD"
+fi
+
+for arch in x86 powerpc s390; do
+ make -C "$linux" INSTALL_HDR_PATH="$tmpdir" SRCARCH=$arch headers_install
+
+ rm -rf "$output/linux-headers/asm-$arch"
+ mkdir -p "$output/linux-headers/asm-$arch"
+ for header in kvm.h kvm_para.h; do
+ cp "$tmpdir/include/asm/$header" "$output/linux-headers/asm-$arch"
+ done
+ if [ $arch = x86 ]; then
+ cp "$tmpdir/include/asm/hyperv.h" "$output/linux-headers/asm-x86"
+ fi
+done
+
+rm -rf "$output/linux-headers/linux"
+mkdir -p "$output/linux-headers/linux"
+for header in kvm.h kvm_para.h vhost.h virtio_config.h virtio_ring.h; do
+ cp "$tmpdir/include/linux/$header" "$output/linux-headers/linux"
+done
+if [ -L "$linux/source" ]; then
+ cp "$linux/source/COPYING" "$output/linux-headers"
+else
+ cp "$linux/COPYING" "$output/linux-headers"
+fi
+
+rm -rf "$tmpdir"