X-Git-Url: http://git.annexia.org/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=README.developers;h=9a00b33154888afea75a7b93d2020a5ca0d72fc6;hb=58d00e9c5eb4727f4700422e1ca8dc6f44161164;hp=f7b205e2dee9bdd59c9d69c3f1f84cf1e03b047c;hpb=67fb576fdc67a67b59b614b14d90b64263906707;p=virt-p2v.git diff --git a/README.developers b/README.developers index f7b205e..9a00b33 100644 --- a/README.developers +++ b/README.developers @@ -1,4 +1,17 @@ -$Id$ +Support +---------------------------------------------------------------------- + +Please send all queries, patches, bug reports etc. to the +et-mgmt-tools mailing list: + + http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/et-mgmt-tools + +Source repository +---------------------------------------------------------------------- + +If you have Mercurial installed, then: + + hg clone http://hg.et.redhat.com/virt/applications/virt-p2v--devel Background reading ---------------------------------------------------------------------- @@ -10,24 +23,12 @@ About Live CDs / livecd-creator tool: The files in this directory ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -livecd.ks.in +p2v.ks.in Kickstart file which describes how to build the live CD. This is essentially the configuration file for livecd-creator. Most importantly it lists the RPMs which are needed on the live CD. -livecd-post.sh.in - - This is the %post-configuration section of the Kickstart script. It - is a shell script which runs after the RPMs have been installed but - before the live CD is turned into an ISO. The shell script creates - any extra files we need on the live CD. - -p2v.init - - This is installed on the live CD as /etc/init.d/p2v, and it causes the - live CD to boot into the P2V configuration tool (see next). - virt-p2v This is the virt-p2v P2V configuration tool itself. It is @@ -39,6 +40,25 @@ inittab Replacement /etc/inittab. +iso-attach + + Attach newer virt-p2v scripts to pre-built ISOs (used by 'make update'). + +extras/ + + Anything under here is copied onto the ISO squashfs. In particular + this contains paravirt drivers for Red Hat Enterprise Linux, + CentOS and friends. + +Tips for OCaml +---------------------------------------------------------------------- + +All the packages you need are in Fedora and Debian. + +If using emacs, make sure you install tuareg-mode (the editing mode +for OCaml). Unfortunately there is no Fedora package for it at the +moment, but it is very easy to install. + General implementation plan ---------------------------------------------------------------------- @@ -65,23 +85,7 @@ this: dd if=/dev/disk | ssh -C xenhost 'cat > /var/lib/xen/images/disk.img' -If the user doesn't have sshd installed on the Xen host, then they can -also opt for a pure TCP transport: - - dd if=/dev/disk | nc xenhost port - - and on the remote host they do: - nc -kl port > /var/lib/xen/images/disks - For (c) we can use device-mapper snapshots to mount a ramdisk above the disks themselves. This allows us to make non-destructive changes to files, and still see the "modified" block device (d). A hairy script looks for candidate files to modify. - -Non-generic virt-p2v ----------------------------------------------------------------------- - -The above describes the generic virt-p2v, which asks users questions -after boot. It is also possible to build your own live CD, based on -virt-p2v, which has various settings compiled in so it runs -automatically.