From: Richard Jones Date: Fri, 3 Apr 2009 21:24:32 +0000 (+0100) Subject: Added a HACKING file. X-Git-Tag: 0.4~27 X-Git-Url: http://git.annexia.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=f5d2602bf6d40ecc71a5a17e0be9f480e9a4453a;p=libguestfs.git Added a HACKING file. --- diff --git a/HACKING b/HACKING new file mode 100644 index 0000000..b2fab3e --- /dev/null +++ b/HACKING @@ -0,0 +1,28 @@ +Adding a new action +---------------------------------------------------------------------- + +All action functions are generated automatically, so there are only +two files you need to edit: + +(1) src/generator.ml: Add your new action, parameters, description, +etc. to the big list called 'functions' at the top of this file. + +(2) Edit/create a C file in daemon/ subdirectory which implements your +'do_action' function. Take a look at one of the numerous examples +there. + +You will need to run src/generator.ml (from the top directory) which +regenerates all the auto-generated files, and then continue with the +ordinary build process. + +Formatting +---------------------------------------------------------------------- + +Try to use GNU / Emacs default formatting, following the convention +used elsewhere in the source. + +Patches +---------------------------------------------------------------------- + +Submit patches to the fedora-virt mailing list: +http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-virt