linux/drivers/lguest
Linus Torvalds dc92b1f9ab Merge branch 'virtio-next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rusty/linux
Pull virtio changes from Rusty Russell:
 "New workflow: same git trees pulled by linux-next get sent straight to
  Linus.  Git is awkward at shuffling patches compared with quilt or mq,
  but that doesn't happen often once things get into my -next branch."

* 'virtio-next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rusty/linux: (24 commits)
  lguest: fix occasional crash in example launcher.
  virtio-blk: Disable callback in virtblk_done()
  virtio_mmio: Don't attempt to create empty virtqueues
  virtio_mmio: fix off by one error allocating queue
  drivers/virtio/virtio_pci.c: fix error return code
  virtio: don't crash when device is buggy
  virtio: remove CONFIG_VIRTIO_RING
  virtio: add help to CONFIG_VIRTIO option.
  virtio: support reserved vqs
  virtio: introduce an API to set affinity for a virtqueue
  virtio-ring: move queue_index to vring_virtqueue
  virtio_balloon: not EXPERIMENTAL any more.
  virtio-balloon: dependency fix
  virtio-blk: fix NULL checking in virtblk_alloc_req()
  virtio-blk: Add REQ_FLUSH and REQ_FUA support to bio path
  virtio-blk: Add bio-based IO path for virtio-blk
  virtio: console: fix error handling in init() function
  tools: Fix pthread flag for Makefile of trace-agent used by virtio-trace
  tools: Add guest trace agent as a user tool
  virtio/console: Allocate scatterlist according to the current pipe size
  ...
2012-10-07 21:04:56 +09:00
..
x86 lguest, x86: handle guest TS bit for lazy/non-lazy fpu host models 2012-09-18 15:52:09 -07:00
Kconfig Correct occurrences of 2011-05-06 09:27:55 -07:00
Makefile lguest: move the lguest tool to the tools directory 2012-01-12 15:44:47 +10:30
README lguest: documentation I: Preparation 2007-07-26 11:35:16 -07:00
core.c lguest: move process freezing before pending signals check 2011-10-27 10:56:18 +10:30
hypercalls.c lguest: update commentry 2009-07-30 16:03:46 +09:30
interrupts_and_traps.c lguest: update comments 2011-07-22 14:39:50 +09:30
lg.h lguest: use a special 1:1 linear pagetable mode until first switch. 2011-07-22 14:39:48 +09:30
lguest_device.c virtio: support reserved vqs 2012-09-28 15:05:15 +09:30
lguest_user.c lguest: add export.h to lguest files for THIS_MODULE/EXPORT_SYMBOL 2011-10-31 19:32:13 -04:00
page_tables.c lguest: update comments 2011-07-22 14:39:50 +09:30
segments.c lguest: switch segment-voodoo-numbers to readable symbols 2012-01-12 15:44:47 +10:30

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.