linux/drivers/lguest
Linus Torvalds 1f0918d03f Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rusty/linux-2.6-for-linus
* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rusty/linux-2.6-for-linus:
  lguest: don't force VIRTIO_F_NOTIFY_ON_EMPTY
  lguest: cleanup for map_switcher()
  lguest: use PGDIR_SHIFT for PAE code to allow different PAGE_OFFSET
  lguest: use set_pte/set_pmd uniformly for real page table entries
  lguest: move panic notifier registration to its expected place.
  virtio_blk: add support for cache flush
  virtio: add virtio IDs file
  virtio: get rid of redundant VIRTIO_ID_9P definition
  virtio: make add_buf return capacity remaining
  virtio_pci: minor MSI-X cleanups
2009-09-23 09:23:45 -07:00
..
x86 lguest: update commentry 2009-07-30 16:03:46 +09:30
Kconfig lguest: use eventfds for device notification 2009-06-12 22:27:10 +09:30
Makefile
README
core.c lguest: cleanup for map_switcher() 2009-09-23 22:26:47 +09:30
hypercalls.c lguest: update commentry 2009-07-30 16:03:46 +09:30
interrupts_and_traps.c lguest: fix comment style 2009-07-30 16:03:45 +09:30
lg.h lguest and virtio: cleanup struct definitions to Linux style. 2009-07-30 16:03:46 +09:30
lguest_device.c lguest and virtio: cleanup struct definitions to Linux style. 2009-07-30 16:03:46 +09:30
lguest_user.c lguest: update commentry 2009-07-30 16:03:46 +09:30
page_tables.c Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rusty/linux-2.6-for-linus 2009-09-23 09:23:45 -07:00
segments.c lguest: fix comment style 2009-07-30 16:03:45 +09:30

README

Welcome, friend reader, to lguest.

Lguest is an adventure, with you, the reader, as Hero.  I can't think of many
5000-line projects which offer both such capability and glimpses of future
potential; it is an exciting time to be delving into the source!

But be warned; this is an arduous journey of several hours or more!  And as we
know, all true Heroes are driven by a Noble Goal.  Thus I offer a Beer (or
equivalent) to anyone I meet who has completed this documentation.

So get comfortable and keep your wits about you (both quick and humorous).
Along your way to the Noble Goal, you will also gain masterly insight into
lguest, and hypervisors and x86 virtualization in general.

Our Quest is in seven parts: (best read with C highlighting turned on)

I) Preparation
	- In which our potential hero is flown quickly over the landscape for a
	  taste of its scope.  Suitable for the armchair coders and other such
	  persons of faint constitution.

II) Guest
	- Where we encounter the first tantalising wisps of code, and come to
	  understand the details of the life of a Guest kernel.

III) Drivers
	- Whereby the Guest finds its voice and become useful, and our
	  understanding of the Guest is completed.

IV) Launcher
	- Where we trace back to the creation of the Guest, and thus begin our
	  understanding of the Host.

V) Host
	- Where we master the Host code, through a long and tortuous journey.
	  Indeed, it is here that our hero is tested in the Bit of Despair.

VI) Switcher
	- Where our understanding of the intertwined nature of Guests and Hosts
	  is completed.

VII) Mastery
	- Where our fully fledged hero grapples with the Great Question:
	  "What next?"

make Preparation!
Rusty Russell.