linux/drivers/lguest
Linus Torvalds 7f3591cfac Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rusty/linux-2.6-lguest
* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rusty/linux-2.6-lguest: (31 commits)
  lguest: add support for indirect ring entries
  lguest: suppress notifications in example Launcher
  lguest: try to batch interrupts on network receive
  lguest: avoid sending interrupts to Guest when no activity occurs.
  lguest: implement deferred interrupts in example Launcher
  lguest: remove obsolete LHREQ_BREAK call
  lguest: have example Launcher service all devices in separate threads
  lguest: use eventfds for device notification
  eventfd: export eventfd_signal and eventfd_fget for lguest
  lguest: allow any process to send interrupts
  lguest: PAE fixes
  lguest: PAE support
  lguest: Add support for kvm_hypercall4()
  lguest: replace hypercall name LHCALL_SET_PMD with LHCALL_SET_PGD
  lguest: use native_set_* macros, which properly handle 64-bit entries when PAE is activated
  lguest: map switcher with executable page table entries
  lguest: fix writev returning short on console output
  lguest: clean up length-used value in example launcher
  lguest: Segment selectors are 16-bit long. Fix lg_cpu.ss1 definition.
  lguest: beyond ARRAY_SIZE of cpu->arch.gdt
  ...
2009-06-12 09:32:26 -07:00
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x86 lguest: fix on Intel when KVM loaded (unhandled trap 13) 2009-05-26 12:13:11 -07:00
core.c lguest: remove obsolete LHREQ_BREAK call 2009-06-12 22:27:11 +09:30
hypercalls.c lguest: PAE support 2009-06-12 22:27:08 +09:30
interrupts_and_traps.c lguest: allow any process to send interrupts 2009-06-12 22:27:09 +09:30
Kconfig lguest: use eventfds for device notification 2009-06-12 22:27:10 +09:30
lg.h lguest: remove obsolete LHREQ_BREAK call 2009-06-12 22:27:11 +09:30
lguest_device.c virtio: find_vqs/del_vqs virtio operations 2009-06-12 22:16:36 +09:30
lguest_user.c lguest: remove obsolete LHREQ_BREAK call 2009-06-12 22:27:11 +09:30
Makefile lguest: Add puppies which where previously missing. 2008-03-28 11:05:52 +11:00
page_tables.c lguest: PAE fixes 2009-06-12 22:27:08 +09:30
README lguest: documentation I: Preparation 2007-07-26 11:35:16 -07:00
segments.c lguest: beyond ARRAY_SIZE of cpu->arch.gdt 2009-06-12 22:27:04 +09:30

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.