linux/drivers/lguest
Linus Torvalds d145c7253c 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: (27 commits)
  lguest: use __PAGE_KERNEL instead of _PAGE_KERNEL
  lguest: Use explicit includes rateher than indirect
  lguest: get rid of lg variable assignments
  lguest: change gpte_addr header
  lguest: move changed bitmap to lg_cpu
  lguest: move last_pages to lg_cpu
  lguest: change last_guest to last_cpu
  lguest: change spte_addr header
  lguest: per-vcpu lguest pgdir management
  lguest: make pending notifications per-vcpu
  lguest: makes special fields be per-vcpu
  lguest: per-vcpu lguest task management
  lguest: replace lguest_arch with lg_cpu_arch.
  lguest: make registers per-vcpu
  lguest: make emulate_insn receive a vcpu struct.
  lguest: map_switcher_in_guest() per-vcpu
  lguest: per-vcpu interrupt processing.
  lguest: per-vcpu lguest timers
  lguest: make hypercalls use the vcpu struct
  lguest: make write() operation smp aware
  ...

Manual conflict resolved (maybe even correctly, who knows) in
drivers/lguest/x86/core.c
2008-01-31 09:35:32 +11:00
..
x86 Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rusty/linux-2.6-for-linus 2008-01-31 09:35:32 +11:00
core.c lguest: get rid of lg variable assignments 2008-01-30 22:50:18 +11:00
hypercalls.c lguest: Use explicit includes rateher than indirect 2008-01-30 22:50:19 +11:00
interrupts_and_traps.c lguest: get rid of lg variable assignments 2008-01-30 22:50:18 +11:00
Kconfig Remove bogus duplicate CONFIG_LGUEST_GUEST entry. 2008-01-19 21:29:39 -08:00
lg.h lguest: Use explicit includes rateher than indirect 2008-01-30 22:50:19 +11:00
lguest_device.c virtio: fix module/device unloading 2007-11-19 11:20:42 +11:00
lguest_user.c lguest: Use explicit includes rateher than indirect 2008-01-30 22:50:19 +11:00
Makefile Lguest support for Virtio 2007-10-23 15:49:56 +10:00
page_tables.c lguest: use __PAGE_KERNEL instead of _PAGE_KERNEL 2008-01-30 22:50:19 +11:00
README lguest: documentation I: Preparation 2007-07-26 11:35:16 -07:00
segments.c lguest: get rid of lg variable assignments 2008-01-30 22:50:18 +11:00

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.