From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Samuel Thibault Subject: [PATCH] minios: update README Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2008 15:34:03 +0000 Message-ID: <20080319153403.GZ4333@implementation.uk.xensource.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: xen-devel-bounces@lists.xensource.com Errors-To: xen-devel-bounces@lists.xensource.com To: xen-devel@lists.xensource.com List-Id: xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org minios: update README Signed-off-by: Samuel Thibault diff -r 82aa9c991ee8 extras/mini-os/README --- a/extras/mini-os/README Wed Mar 19 14:16:08 2008 +0000 +++ b/extras/mini-os/README Wed Mar 19 15:33:14 2008 +0000 @@ -13,18 +13,34 @@ This includes: * registering virtual interrupt handlers (for timer interrupts) * a simple page and memory allocator * minimal libc support - -Stuff it doesn't show: - - * modifying page tables - * network code - * block-device code - + * minimal Copy-on-Write support + * network, block, framebuffer support + * transparent access to FileSystem exports (see tools/fs-back) - to build it just type make. + +- to build it with TCP/IP support, download LWIP 1.3 source code and type + + make LWIPDIR=/path/to/lwip/source + +- to build it with much better libc support, see the stubdom/ directory - to start it do the following in domain0 (assuming xend is running) # xm create domain_config -this starts the kernel and prints out a bunch of stuff and then once -every second the system time. +This starts the kernel and prints out a bunch of stuff and then once every +second the system time. + +If you have setup a disk in the config file (e.g. +disk = [ 'file:/tmp/foo,hda,r' ] ), it will loop reading it. If that disk is +writable (e.g. disk = [ 'file:/tmp/foo,hda,w' ] ), it will write data patterns +and re-read them. + +If you have setup a network in the config file (e.g. vif = [''] ), it will +print incoming packets. + +If you have setup a VFB in the config file (e.g. vfb = ['type=sdl'] ), it will +show a mouse with which you can draw color squares. + +If you have compiled it with TCP/IP support, it will run a daytime server on +TCP port 13.