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Pull virtio updates from Rusty Russell: "OK, this has the big virtio 1.0 implementation, as specified by OASIS. On top of tht is the major rework of lguest, to use PCI and virtio 1.0, to double-check the implementation. Then comes the inevitable fixes and cleanups from that work" * tag 'virtio-next-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rusty/linux: (80 commits) virtio: don't set VIRTIO_CONFIG_S_DRIVER_OK twice. virtio_net: unconditionally define struct virtio_net_hdr_v1. tools/lguest: don't use legacy definitions for net device in example launcher. virtio: Don't expose legacy net features when VIRTIO_NET_NO_LEGACY defined. tools/lguest: use common error macros in the example launcher. tools/lguest: give virtqueues names for better error messages tools/lguest: more documentation and checking of virtio 1.0 compliance. lguest: don't look in console features to find emerg_wr. tools/lguest: don't start devices until DRIVER_OK status set. tools/lguest: handle indirect partway through chain. tools/lguest: insert driver references from the 1.0 spec (4.1 Virtio Over PCI) tools/lguest: insert device references from the 1.0 spec (4.1 Virtio Over PCI) tools/lguest: rename virtio_pci_cfg_cap field to match spec. tools/lguest: fix features_accepted logic in example launcher. tools/lguest: handle device reset correctly in example launcher. virtual: Documentation: simplify and generalize paravirt_ops.txt lguest: remove NOTIFY call and eventfd facility. lguest: remove NOTIFY facility from demonstration launcher. lguest: use the PCI console device's emerg_wr for early boot messages. lguest: always put console in PCI slot #1. ...
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.