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diff --git a/external/meta-virtualization/recipes-extended/uxen/README.md b/external/meta-virtualization/recipes-extended/uxen/README.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..09733833 --- /dev/null +++ b/external/meta-virtualization/recipes-extended/uxen/README.md @@ -0,0 +1,48 @@ +# uXen : Open Source type-2 hypervisor support + +For any issues with the uXen recipes please make sure you CC: + + christopher.w.clark@gmail.com + +## uxen-guest-tools : software for within guest VMs, kernel modules + +* uxenhc : hypercall driver +* uxenfb : framebuffer driver +* uxenhid : Human Input Device driver +* uxennet : virtual network device driver +* uxenplatform : uXen platform device driver +* uxenstor : virtual storage device driver +* uxenv4vlib : v4v, Hypervisor-Mediated data eXchange +* v4vvsock : v4v vsock virtual network device driver +* v4vtest : basic v4v vsock test + +To produce a bootable VM disk image file: + + wic create directdisk -e uxen-guest-image-minimal + +To test, copy the .direct file that wic produces to the host with uXen installed and write the following to a new file: `linux-vm.json`. Update the file path within it to point to your wic-generated disk image: + + { + "name" : "Linux Virtual Machine", + "boot-order" : "c", + "block" : + { "id": "ich0", "proto" : "raw", "xsnapshot" : true, + "path" : "c:/Users/Yocto/directdisk-202001010100-sda.direct" }, + "memory" : 768, + "net" : { "type" : "nic", "model" : "e1000" }, + "hpet" : 1, + "vcpus" : 1, + "use-v4v-net" : 1, + "v4v-storage" : true, + + "" : "" + } + +and then boot it: + + uxendm -F linux-vm.json + +References: + https://www.bromium.com/opensource + https://github.com/uxen-virt + https://www.platformsecuritysummit.com/2018/speaker/pratt/ |