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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 ... |
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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.