From: Chris Malley <mail@chrismalley.co.uk>
To: rusty@rustcorp.com.au
Cc: lguest@ozlabs.org, virtualization@lists.linux-foundation.org,
Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
Subject: Re: [Lguest] [patch 34/43] lguest: Block driver using virtio.
Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2007 12:32:36 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1190979156.25555.13.camel@feisty> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20070926063651.250184396@rustcorp.com.au>
rusty@rustcorp.com.au wrote:
> + sprintf(vblk->disk->disk_name, "vd%c", virtblk_index++);
Update lguest documentation to reflect the new virtual block device name.
Signed-off-by: Chris Malley <mail@chrismalley.co.uk>
---
--- Documentation/lguest/lguest.txt.orig 2007-09-28 12:00:32.000000000 +0100
+++ Documentation/lguest/lguest.txt 2007-09-28 12:04:30.000000000 +0100
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@
- Run an lguest as root:
- Documentation/lguest/lguest 64 vmlinux --tunnet=192.168.19.1 --block=rootfile root=/dev/lgba
+ Documentation/lguest/lguest 64 vmlinux --tunnet=192.168.19.1 --block=rootfile root=/dev/vda
Explanation:
64: the amount of memory to use, in MB.
@@ -80,10 +80,10 @@
--tunnet=192.168.19.1: configures a "tap" device for networking with this
IP address.
- --block=rootfile: a file or block device which becomes /dev/lgba
+ --block=rootfile: a file or block device which becomes /dev/vda
inside the guest.
- root=/dev/lgba: this (and anything else on the command line) are
+ root=/dev/vda: this (and anything else on the command line) are
kernel boot parameters.
- Configuring networking. I usually have the host masquerade, using
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-09-28 11:32 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 65+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-09-26 6:36 [patch 00/43] lguest: Patches for 2.6.24 (and patchbomb test) rusty
2007-09-26 6:36 ` [patch 01/43] lguest: lguest example launcher truncates block device file to 0 length on problems rusty
2007-09-26 6:36 ` [patch 02/43] lguest: fix modules oopsing in lguest guests rusty
2007-09-26 6:36 ` [patch 03/43] lguest: Normalize config options for guest support rusty
2007-09-26 6:36 ` [patch 04/43] lguest: Consolidate host virtualization support under Virtualization menu rusty
2007-09-26 6:36 ` [patch 05/43] lguest: Example launcher should include asm/e820.h instead of asm-i386/ rusty
2007-09-26 6:36 ` [patch 06/43] lguest: turn err into errx in lguest call sites rusty
2007-09-26 6:36 ` [patch 07/43] lguest: Use copy_to_user() not put_user for struct timespec rusty
2007-09-26 6:36 ` [patch 08/43] lguest: Lguest currently depends on 32-bit x86, not just x86 rusty
2007-09-26 6:36 ` [patch 09/43] lguest: lguest.txt update rusty
2007-09-26 6:36 ` [patch 10/43] lguest: Make lguest_launcher.h types userspace-friendly rusty
2007-09-26 6:36 ` [patch 11/43] lguest: lguest_devices belongs in lguest_bus.c: its not i386-specific rusty
2007-09-26 6:36 ` [patch 12/43] lguest: Only start khvcd when someone uses hvc_console driver rusty
2007-09-26 6:36 ` [patch 13/43] lguest: Move lguest hcalls to arch-specific header rusty
2007-09-26 6:36 ` [patch 14/43] lguest: Move lguest guest support to arch/i386 where it logically belongs rusty
2007-09-26 6:36 ` [patch 15/43] lguest: Rename switcher.S to i386_switcher.S, since its very i386-specific rusty
2007-09-26 6:36 ` [patch 16/43] lguest: Accept elf files that are valid but have sections that can not be mmaped for some reason rusty
2007-09-26 6:36 ` [patch 17/43] lguest: Introduce guest mem offset, static link example launcher rusty
2007-09-26 6:36 ` [patch 18/43] lguest: Remove fixed limit on number of guests, and lguests array rusty
2007-09-26 6:36 ` [patch 19/43] lguest: Make shadow IDT a complete IDT with 256 entries rusty
2007-09-26 6:36 ` [patch 20/43] lguest: Move i386 part of core.c to i386_core.c rusty
2007-09-26 6:36 ` [patch 21/43] lguest: Reorder guest saved regs to match hyperall order rusty
2007-09-26 6:36 ` [patch 22/43] lguest: Introduce "hcall" pointer to indicate pending hypercall rusty
2007-09-26 6:36 ` [patch 23/43] lguest: Make hypercalls arch-independent rusty
2007-09-26 6:36 ` [patch 24/43] lguest: Change example launcher to use unsigned long not u32 rusty
2007-09-26 6:36 ` [patch 25/43] lguest: Move register setup into i386_core.c rusty
2007-09-26 6:36 ` [patch 26/43] lguest: guest.h declares a struct timespec, make it include linux/time.h rusty
2007-09-26 6:36 ` [patch 27/43] lguest: Pagetables to use normal kernel types rusty
2007-09-26 6:36 ` [patch 28/43] lguest: Rename "cr3" to "gpgdir" to avoid x86-specific naming rusty
2007-09-26 6:36 ` [patch 29/43] lguest: Introduce "used_vectors" bitmap which can be used to reserve vectors rusty
2007-09-26 6:36 ` [patch 30/43] lguest: Allow guest to specify syscall vector to use rusty
2007-09-26 6:36 ` [patch 31/43] lguest: Boot with virtual == physical to get closer to native Linux rusty
2007-09-27 0:12 ` Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2007-09-27 0:53 ` [Lguest] " ron minnich
2007-09-29 13:02 ` Rusty Russell
2007-09-26 6:36 ` [patch 32/43] lguest: Virtio interface rusty
2007-10-02 9:03 ` Christian Borntraeger
2007-10-02 12:00 ` Rusty Russell
2007-10-10 8:50 ` Christian Borntraeger
2007-10-10 13:43 ` Glauber de Oliveira Costa
2007-10-10 14:24 ` Arnd Bergmann
2007-10-10 15:31 ` Eric Van Hensbergen
2007-10-10 16:00 ` Arnd Bergmann
2007-10-11 14:17 ` Rusty Russell
2007-09-26 6:36 ` [patch 33/43] lguest: Net driver using virtio rusty
2007-09-26 6:36 ` [patch 34/43] lguest: Block " rusty
2007-09-28 11:32 ` Chris Malley [this message]
2007-09-29 13:26 ` [Lguest] " Rusty Russell
2007-09-26 6:36 ` [patch 35/43] lguest: Virtio console driver rusty
2007-09-26 6:36 ` [patch 36/43] lguest: Module autoprobing support for virtio drivers rusty
2007-09-26 6:36 ` [patch 37/43] lguest: Virtio helper routines for a descriptor ringbuffer implementation rusty
2007-09-30 17:03 ` Avi Kivity
2007-10-01 12:03 ` Rusty Russell
2007-10-01 12:13 ` Avi Kivity
2007-10-02 4:21 ` Rusty Russell
2007-10-02 6:02 ` Avi Kivity
2007-09-26 6:36 ` [patch 38/43] lguest: This gets rid of the lguest bus, drivers and DMA mechanism, to make way for a generic virtio mechanism rusty
2007-09-26 6:36 ` [patch 39/43] lguest: This patch gets rid of the old lguest host I/O infrastructure and replaces it with a single hypercall "LHCALL_NOTIFY" which takes an address rusty
2007-09-26 6:36 ` [patch 40/43] lguest: Lguest support for Virtio rusty
2007-09-26 6:36 ` [patch 41/43] lguest: Update example launcher for virtio rusty
2007-09-26 6:37 ` [patch 42/43] lguest: Example launcher handle guests not being ready for input rusty
2007-09-26 6:37 ` [patch 43/43] lguest: generalize lgread_u32/lgwrite_u32 rusty
2007-09-27 13:04 ` [Lguest] " Chris Malley
2007-09-29 13:29 ` Rusty Russell
2007-10-09 20:25 ` [Lguest] [patch 00/43] lguest: Patches for 2.6.24 (and patchbomb test) Eric Van Hensbergen
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