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authorRusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>2007-07-26 10:41:02 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@woody.linux-foundation.org>2007-07-26 11:35:16 -0700
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lguest: documentation I: Preparation
The netfilter code had very good documentation: the Netfilter Hacking HOWTO. Noone ever read it. So this time I'm trying something different, using a bit of Knuthiness. Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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-/* Simple program to layout "physical" memory for new lguest guest.
- * Linked high to avoid likely physical memory. */
+/*P:100 This is the Launcher code, a simple program which lays out the
+ * "physical" memory for the new Guest by mapping the kernel image and the
+ * virtual devices, then reads repeatedly from /dev/lguest to run the Guest.
+ *
+ * The only trick: the Makefile links it at a high address so it will be clear
+ * of the guest memory region. It means that each Guest cannot have more than
+ * about 2.5G of memory on a normally configured Host. :*/
#define _LARGEFILE64_SOURCE
#define _GNU_SOURCE
#include <stdio.h>
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