fixes to scripts and man page - vx32 - Local 9vx git repository for patches.
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(DIR) parent a2b2af002a24b59fdc4ddd29bbaac557ea1186f0
(HTM) Author: Jesus Galan Lopez (yiyus) <yiyu.jgl@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2010 22:19:20 +0200
fixes to scripts and man page
Diffstat:
M bin/9vxc | 11 ++++++-----
M bin/9vxp | 5 ++++-
A bin/9vxtap | 27 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
M doc/9vx.1 | 112 +++++++++++++++++++++----------
4 files changed, 114 insertions(+), 41 deletions(-)
---
(DIR) diff --git a/bin/9vxc b/bin/9vxc
@@ -1,14 +1,15 @@
-#!/usr/bin/9vx -g -ic -f
+#!/usr/bin/9vx -gicf
# 9vxc: a 9vx cpu sever
# If found, will exec /cfg/vx32/cpurc
# configure a pcap ethernet device
ether0=type=pcap dev=
-# root is a kfs file
+# default root is a kfs file
+# can be overwritten with -r
localroot=/usr/local/plan9/9vx.kfs
#nvram=#Z/usr/local/plan9/9vx.nvram
-# access to host files is limited
-canopenpath=/usr/local/plan9/9vx
-# cpu and memory are limited too
+# limit cpu usage and memory
*cpulimit=20
*memsize=128
+# limit access to host files
+# canopenpath=/usr/local/plan9/9vx
(DIR) diff --git a/bin/9vxp b/bin/9vxp
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
# 9vxp: run a lib/profile like file at init
# Reads configuration from ~/.9vxp.ini
+# Default root (can be changed with -r)
+root=/usr/local/plan9/9vx.kfs
+
fatal() { echo $* 1>&2; exit 1; }
abs() { f=$1
echo $f | grep -q '^/' || f=`pwd`/$f
@@ -15,4 +18,4 @@ initprofile='. /rc/bin/termrc
reboot'
conf="~/.9vxp.ini"
test -f $conf && conf="-f $conf" || unset conf
-exec 9vx $conf $* -i "$initprofile" "profile=$profile"
+exec 9vx $conf -r $root $* -i "$initprofile" "profile=$profile"
(DIR) diff --git a/bin/9vxtap b/bin/9vxtap
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+USERID=`whoami`
+
+# Create the tap device with tunctl
+IFACE=`sudo tunctl -b -u $USERID`
+# or openvpn
+#IFACE=tap0
+#sudo openvpn --mktun --dev $IFACE --user $USERID
+
+# Bring the tap device up
+sudo /sbin/ifconfig $IFACE 0.0.0.0 up
+
+# Add it to the bridge
+sudo /usr/sbin/brctl addif br0 $IFACE
+
+# Launch 9vx (use -F to not fork)
+9vx -F "ether0=type=tap dev=$IFACE" $*
+
+# Bring the tap device down and disconnect from br0
+sudo /sbin/ifconfig $IFACE down
+sudo /usr/sbin/brctl delif br0 $IFACE
+
+# Remove the tap device with tunctl
+sudo tunctl -d $IFACE &> /dev/null
+# or openvpn
+#sudo openvpn --rmtun --dev $1
(DIR) diff --git a/doc/9vx.1 b/doc/9vx.1
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
\" '
.TH 9VX 1
.SH NAME
-9vx, 9vx-tap \- Plan9 port to the virtual execution environment vx32
+9vx \- Plan9 port to the virtual execution environment vx32
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B 9vx
[
@@ -24,6 +24,32 @@
[
.I -u user
]
+.PP
+.B 9vxc
+[
+.I 9vx options
+]
+.PP
+.B 9vxp
+.I profile
+[
+.I 9vx options
+]
+.PP
+.B 9vxtap
+[
+.I 9vx options
+]
+.PP
+.B acmevx
+[
+.I 9vx options
+]
+.PP
+.B rcvx
+[
+.I rc(1) options
+]
.SH DESCRIPTION
Plan 9 VX (or 9vx for short) is a port of the Plan 9 operating system to
run on top of commodity operating systems, allowing the use of both Plan
@@ -31,9 +57,9 @@ run on top of commodity operating systems, allowing the use of both Plan
an appropriate address space in a window within its own address space
and invokes vx32 to simulate user mode execution.
.PP
-9vx configuration is determined by
+9vx configuration is determined by assignments of the form
.I var=value
-pairs read from its argument list or from one or more
+read from its argument list or from one or more
files specified as
.I –f inifile
(a file name
@@ -46,39 +72,53 @@ The following variables are understood by 9vx:
.PD
.TP
.B cpulimit
-Maximum cpu usage in percentage. A value of 0 (by default) means that
+Maximum cpu usage in percentage. A value of 0 (default) means that
there is no limit
.TP
.B memsize
Memory size in Mb (256 by default)
.TP
.B canopenpath
-Limit access to the host file system, accessible from inside 9vx as
-#Z. Only the host files whose path begins with canopenpath can be opened
-(/ by default)
+The host files whose path begins with
+.I canopenpath
+can be opened from
+.I #Z
+(
+.I /
+by default)
.TP
.B etherx
-setup a virtual ethernet device. Possible device types are tap and
-pcap. Parameters can be dev and addr, with defaults dev=/dev/tap0
-for tap and dev= for pcap (will look for the first one available) and
-addr=00:00:09:00:00:0x in both cases. If no device is configured the
+Setup a virtual ethernet device. Parameters take the default values
+.I type=tap
+(it can also be
+.I pcap
+),
+.I dev=/dev/tap0
+for tap and
+.I dev=
+for pcap (will look for the first one available) and
+,I addr=00:00:09:00:00:0x
+in both cases. If no device is configured the
network stack of the host system is used
.TP
.B initarg
-set init=/386/init -t initarg quoting initarg as needed
+Set
+.I init=/386/init -t initarg
+quoting initarg as needed
.TP
.B localroot
-set nobootprompt=local!#Z/localroot after converting localroot to an
-absolute path in the host.
+Set
+.I nobootprompt=local!#Z/localroot
+after converting localroot to an absolute path in the host.
.TP
.B user
-sets user name, the host system user is used by default
+Set user name, the host system user is used by default
.PP
Additional
.I var=value
-pairs are used to set environment variables before control is passed
-to boot(8). Some variables can be set directly using flags in the
-command line:
+pairs are used to set environment variables before control is passed to
+boot(8). Some configuration values can be set directly using flags in
+the command line:
.I -i
sets
.I initargs
@@ -98,20 +138,23 @@ the system console. With
the gui will not be started.
.SS Booting 9vx
When started, 9vx will run a modified version of boot(8) which accepts
-additional file system locations for the local boot method: local
-directories, fossil and kfs partitions (possibly in a local file),
-iso images and bz2 files (a compressed file system /boot/rootfs.bz2 is
-included in the 9vx executable).
-.SS Running 9vx as a cpu server
-To run 9vx as a cpu server is recommended to add a cpurc file in
-/cfg/vx32/, see cpurc(8). An example is included with 9vx. This file
-will be used if the
-.I service
-environment variable is set to
-.I cpu
-or if the
-.I -ic
-option is given in the command line.
+additional root locations for the local boot method: local
+directories, iso images and bz2 files (a compressed file system /boot/rootfs.bz2 is
+included in the 9vx executable). Fossil and kfs partitions (possibly in a local file) can be used too, as well as the tcp boot method.
+.SS Running 9vx
+Some scripts are included with 9vx as example:
+.I 9vxc
+boots a cpu sever and
+.I 9vxp
+boots a terminal as if
+.I profile
+was the lib/profile file.
+.I 9vxtap
+shows how to use the tap device.
+.I acmevx
+uses 9vxp to run acme(1) inside 9vx.
+.I rcvx
+directly runs rc(1) from the included rootfs.bz2 image.
.SS Exiting 9vx
Reboot signals terminate 9vx execution. In particular, the reboot command
will exit printing its arguments to starndard error.
@@ -124,12 +167,11 @@ The menu system of plan9.ini(8) is not supported in
.I 9vx.ini
files.
.P
-Debugging flags are undocumented (
+Debugging flags are not documented (
.I -1ABFKLMPSUX
)
.P
-.I 9vx
-is not so stable as native Plan9 systems.
+9vx is not so stable as native Plan9 systems.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.br
Bryan Ford and Russ Cox,