Hello,

as discussed in the issue "Apply SPEC approach consequently to all repositories" [1], I have changed the directory layout of Genode's source tree accordingly [2].

The commit will probably enter the staging branch soon. Therefore, the question for all Genode developers arises, what needs to be taken into account. First, when you rebase to to the new directory layout, it is strongly recommended to fully clean your build directories before compiling again. Moreover, the top-level Makefile within the build-directories has changed. This should be no issue, as it is normally just a symbolic link to the Makefile within your Genode's source tree.

After the change, when you add new code with aspect-dependent parts, which means parts of the headers and compilation units are chosen using SPEC-variables (e.g.: 32bit vs. 64bit, or arm vs. x86), that code should reside in a 'spec/<SPEC-VARIABLE-NAME>/' subdirectory from now on.

I hope you are all fine with those changes. Until now, it didn't hit the staging or master branches. So if there are any strong concerns against it, feel free to express them now.

[1] https://github.com/genodelabs/genode/issues/1673 [2] https://github.com/skalk/genode/tree/issue%231673