From 7893093b13ef590b0ed461320a2f43f5ea20bb64 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Keir Fraser Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2008 16:20:44 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] minios: update README Signed-off-by: Samuel Thibault --- README | 32 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-------- 1 file changed, 24 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/README b/README index afd8807..41573aa 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -13,18 +13,34 @@ This includes: * registering virtual interrupt handlers (for timer interrupts) * a simple page and memory allocator * minimal libc support + * minimal Copy-on-Write support + * network, block, framebuffer support + * transparent access to FileSystem exports (see tools/fs-back) -Stuff it doesn't show: - - * modifying page tables - * network code - * block-device code +- to build it just type make. +- to build it with TCP/IP support, download LWIP 1.3 source code and type -- to build it just type make. + 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. -- 2.39.5