Palacios Public Git Repository

To checkout Palacios execute

  git clone http://v3vee.org/palacios/palacios.web/palacios.git
This will give you the master branch. You probably want the devel branch or one of the release branches. To switch to the devel branch, simply execute
  cd palacios
  git checkout --track -b devel origin/devel
The other branches are similar.


Guest-side test tools, config, and X11 stuff for PARAGRAPH graphics device
[palacios.git] / guest / linux / paragraph / README
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+This directory contains guest side code to use the in-progress
+PARAGRAPH paravirtualized graphics card within a Linux guest, either
+directly from a command-line testing tool or via X11.  
+
+It also contains information about how to build a minimal instance of 
+X11 and then run it within a minimal guest.   This is desirable for
+testing.
+
+README              - this file
+
+write_paragraph     - manipulate PARAGRAPH from guest without X11
+
+x11.patch           - modify X11 dummy driver and config files to
+                      output to PARAGRAPH
+
+x11_modified_files/ - X11 files that have been added/altered for 
+                      configuring X with PARAGRAPH (basically all
+                      the files touched by x11.patch)
+
+build_x11_minimal/  - how to actually build X11 without poking a
+                      stick in your eye
+
+run_x11_minimal/    - how to run your X11 in a tiny guest 
+                      (microcore-based)
+
+
+The level of functionality here is sufficient to bring up
+a basic X11 session and launch xclocks and xterms.
+
+Note that some documentation refers to "x11/".  This is the 
+built X11 image, which should be burned into a virtual disk:
+
+1. Use dd to create a disk file
+2. Use mkfs to build a filessytem on it
+3. Use loopback mount to attach disk and
+   copy your x11 setup and needed shared libraries to it.
+4. Unmount
+5. Use disk file in your Palacios guest (via FILEDISK).
+
+For NU folks, this image is also sitting in /v-test/paragraph. 
+