			 Xvisor version 0.2.xx 
			<http://xhypervisor.org>
			  <http://xvisor.org>

Please read this document carefully, as it tell you what this is all about,
explain how to build and use the hypervisor, and what to do if something 
goes wrong.

WHAT IS XVISOR?

  The term Xvisor can stand for: "eXtensible Versatile hypervISOR".

  Xvisor is an open-source type-1 hypervisor, which aims at providing 
  a monolithic, light-weight, portable, and flexible virtualization solution.

  It provides a high performance and low memory foot print virtualization 
  solution for ARMv5, ARMv7a, x86_64, and other CPU architectures.

  Xvisor primarily supports Full virtualization hence, supports a wide 
  range of unmodified Guest operating systems. Paravirtualization is optional 
  for Xvisor and will be supported in an architecture independent manner 
  (such as pluggable PCI devices) to ensure no-change in Guest OS for using 
  paravirtualization.

  It has most features expected from a modern hypervisor, such as:
  Device Tree based configuration, Tickless and high resolution timekeeping, 
  Threading framework, Host device driver framework, IO device emulation 
  framework, Runtime loadable modules, Pass through hardware access, Dynamic 
  guest creation/destruction, Managment terminal, network virtualization,
  and many more.

  It is distributed under the GNU General Public License - see the
  accompanying COPYING file for more details.

ON WHAT HARDWARE DOES IT RUN?

  The Xvisor source code is highly portable and can be easily ported to most 
  general-purpose 32-bit or 64-bit architectures as long as they have a 
  paged memory management unit (PMMU) and a port of the GNU C compiler (GCC).

  Please refer to the HOSTS text file in top-level directory of source code
  for a detailed and formatted list of supported host hardware.

DOCUMENTATION:

  For Xvisor we prefer source level documentation more, so wherever possible
  we describe stuff directly in the source code. This helps us maintain source
  and its documentation at the same place. For source level documentation we
  strictly follow Doxygen style. Please refer Doxygen manual for details.
  (Doxygen manual: http://www.stack.nl/~dimitri/doxygen/manual.html)

  In addition, we also have various README files in the docs/ subdirectory. 
  Please refer docs/00-INDEX for a list of what is contained in each file or 
  sub-directory.

OUTPUT DIRECTORY:

  When compiling/configuring hypervisor all output files will by default be
  stored in a directory called "build" in hypervisor source directory. Using
  the option "make O=<output_dir>" allow you to specify an alternate place
  for the output files (including .config).

  NOTE: If the 'O=<output_dir>' option is to be used then it must be used for 
  all invocations of make.

CONFIGURING:

  Do not skip this step even if you are only upgrading one minor
  version. New configuration options are added in each release, and
  odd problems will turn up if the configuration files are not set up
  as expected. If you want to carry your existing configuration to a
  new version with minimal work, use "make oldconfig", which will
  only ask you for the answers to new questions.

  To configure hypervisor use one the following command:
	"make <configuration_command>"
		or
	"make O=<output_dir> <configuration_command>"

  Various configuration commands (<configuration_command>) are:
	"config"      Plain text interface.
	"menuconfig"  Text based color menus, radiolists & dialogs.
	"oldconfig"   Default all questions based on the contents of
			your existing ./.config file and asking about
			new config symbols.
	"defconfig"   Create a ./.config file by using the default
			values from arch/$ARCH/board/$BOARD/defconfig.

  For configuration Xvisor uses Openconf, which is a modified version of 
  Linux Kconfig. The motivation behing Openconf is to get Xvisor specific 
  information from environment variables, and to later extend the syntax of
  Kconfig to check for dependent libraries & tools at configuration time. 

  For information on Openconf syntax read: tools/openconf/openconf_syntax.txt

COMPILING:

  Make sure you have at least gcc 4.x available.

  To compile hypervisor use one the following command:
	"make"
	  or
	"make O=<output_dir>"

  Verbose compile/build output:
	Normally the hypervisor build system runs in a fairly quiet mode 
	(but not totally silent).  However, sometimes you or other hypervisor 
	developers need to see compile, link, or other commands exactly as 
	they are executed. For this, use "verbose" build mode.  This is done
	by inserting "VERBOSE=y" in the "make" command.
	E.g.: "make VERBOSE=y"

TESTING:

  The above steps of configuring and/or compiling are common steps for any 
  architecture but, this is not sufficient for running hypervisor. We also
  need guidelines for configuring/compiling/running a guest OS in hypervisor 
  environment. Some guest OS may even expect specific type of hypervisor 
  configuration at compile time. Sometimes we may also need to patch a 
  guest OS for proper functioning under hypervisor environment.

  The guidelines required for running a guest OS on a particular type of 
  guest (Guest CPU + Guest Board) can be found under directory:

  tests/<Guest CPU>/<Guest Board>/README

  Please refer to this README for getting detailed information on running a 
  particular type of OS on particular type of guest in hypervisor.

REMEMBER:

  Its all JUST FOR FUN....

                            .:: HAPPY HACKING ::.

