Re: Where to put the bhyve code in the edk2 repo: BhyvePkg, or under OvmfPkg?

["Laszlo Ersek" <lersek@redhat.com>]

(CC'ing Ard and Jordan.)

On 05/08/20 17:44, Rebecca Cran wrote:
> During the Community Meeting last night, I was asked to send this email
> starting a discussion about where to put the bhyve code in the edk2
> tree: whether it should be in a new BhyvePkg, or added under OvmfPkg.

I prefer a top-level BhyvePkg.

If most edk2 consumers wouldn't like to see a top-level BhyvePkg
directory, I can certainly live with OvmfPkg/Bhyve.

I can also live with OvmfPkg/Bhyve*, OvmfPkg/Library/Bhyve*, etc, modules.

So I guess these would be my choices in decreasing order of preference.
(To be clear, I consider my option#3 still a lot better than not having
bhyve support in upstream edk2 at all.)

In either case, "Maintainers.txt" should get a new section listing the
bhyve-specific modules as being under your and Peter Grehan's
reviewership ("R").

> It
> appears it's already been decided it should be in edk2 along with the
> other virtual platforms and not edk2-platforms, where code for physical
> platforms will reside.

I haven't been aware that this is a done deal, but if it is, it makes me
glad! I've always wanted bhyve stuff to be in edk2 and not in
edk2-platforms.

Thanks!
Laszlo