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This flag was originally created to indicate that either 1) the build platform wasn't linux, 2) the build platform was linux, but the kernel was too old to have macvtap support. Since there was already a switch there, the ability to also disable it when 3) the kernel supports macvtap but the user doesn't want it, was added in. I don't think that (3) was ever an intentional goal, just something that grew naturally out of having the flag there in the first place (unless possibly the original author wanted a way to quickly disable their new code in case it caused regressions elsewhere). Now that the check for (2) has been removed, WITH_MACVTAP is just checking (1) and (3), but (3) is pointless (because the extra code in libvirt itself is miniscule, and the only external library needed for it is libnl, which is also required for other unrelated features (and itself has no subordinate dependencies and takes up < 1MB on disk)). We can therfore eliminate the WITH_MACVTAP flag, as it is functionally equivalent to WITH_LIBNL (which implies __linux__). Signed-off-by: Laine Stump <laine@redhat.com> Reviewed-by: Michal Privoznik <mprivozn@redhat.com>
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==============================
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:
https://libvirt.org
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:
https://libvirt.org/contact.html