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[Xen-changelog] [xen-unstable] minios: update README



# HG changeset patch
# User Keir Fraser <keir.fraser@xxxxxxxxxx>
# Date 1205943644 0
# Node ID 851dc6b70494d9a93327e1c3614a8c5a6b5d70b5
# Parent  7fc9767f966aabaae6ea1c497b2aeb23c5387de5
minios: update README

Signed-off-by: Samuel Thibault <samuel.thibault@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 extras/mini-os/README |   34 +++++++++++++++++++++++++---------
 1 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff -r 7fc9767f966a -r 851dc6b70494 extras/mini-os/README
--- a/extras/mini-os/README     Wed Mar 19 16:20:14 2008 +0000
+++ b/extras/mini-os/README     Wed Mar 19 16:20:44 2008 +0000
@@ -13,18 +13,34 @@ This includes:
  * registering virtual interrupt handlers (for timer interrupts)
  * a simple page and memory allocator
  * minimal libc support
-
-Stuff it doesn't show:
- 
- * modifying page tables
- * network code
- * block-device code
-
+ * minimal Copy-on-Write support
+ * network, block, framebuffer support
+ * transparent access to FileSystem exports (see tools/fs-back)
 
 - to build it just type make.
+
+- to build it with TCP/IP support, download LWIP 1.3 source code and type
+
+  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.

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