libvirt/src
2011-02-21 11:07:43 -07:00
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conf hash: make virHashFree more free-like 2011-02-21 08:27:02 -07:00
cpu hash: make virHashFree more free-like 2011-02-21 08:27:02 -07:00
esx esx: Ignore malformed host UUID from BIOS 2011-02-18 17:59:05 +01:00
interface Implement forgotten backend of virInterfaceIsActive() 2010-04-14 10:38:18 -04:00
lxc maint: kill all remaining uses of old DEBUG macro 2011-02-21 08:46:52 -07:00
network Drop empty argument from dnsmasq call 2011-02-18 22:23:15 +01:00
node_device maint: kill all remaining uses of old DEBUG macro 2011-02-21 08:46:52 -07:00
nwfilter hash: make virHashFree more free-like 2011-02-21 08:27:02 -07:00
opennebula sysinfo: define internal driver API 2011-02-08 19:25:30 -07:00
openvz remove no longer needed calls to virReportOOMError 2011-02-17 16:59:14 -07:00
phyp sysinfo: define internal driver API 2011-02-08 19:25:30 -07:00
qemu protect the scsi controller to be deleted when it is in use 2011-02-21 10:38:19 -07:00
remote maint: kill all remaining uses of old DEBUG macro 2011-02-21 08:46:52 -07:00
secret maint: use gnulib configmake rather than open-coding things 2010-11-17 08:58:58 -07:00
security maint: kill all remaining uses of old DEBUG macro 2011-02-21 08:46:52 -07:00
storage maint: kill all remaining uses of old DEBUG macro 2011-02-21 08:46:52 -07:00
test maint: kill all remaining uses of old DEBUG macro 2011-02-21 08:46:52 -07:00
uml Allow brAddTap to create a tap device that is down 2011-02-17 13:36:22 -05:00
util Moved some SEXPR functions from xen-unified 2011-02-21 10:50:18 -07:00
vbox maint: kill all remaining uses of old DEBUG macro 2011-02-21 08:46:52 -07:00
vmware sysinfo: define internal driver API 2011-02-08 19:25:30 -07:00
vmx Prefer C style comments over C++ ones 2011-01-29 00:59:45 +01:00
xen Moved SEXPR formatting functions to xenxs 2011-02-21 11:07:43 -07:00
xenapi sysinfo: define internal driver API 2011-02-08 19:25:30 -07:00
xenxs Moved SEXPR formatting functions to xenxs 2011-02-21 11:07:43 -07:00
.gitignore util: add missing export 2010-10-12 09:42:18 -06:00
datatypes.c maint: kill all remaining uses of old DEBUG macro 2011-02-21 08:46:52 -07:00
datatypes.h Remove all object hashtable caches from virConnectPtr 2011-02-21 11:50:46 +00:00
driver.c maint: kill all remaining uses of old DEBUG macro 2011-02-21 08:46:52 -07:00
driver.h sysinfo: define internal driver API 2011-02-08 19:25:30 -07:00
fdstream.c build: avoid close, system 2011-01-29 10:36:45 -07:00
fdstream.h Add a generic internal API for handling any FD based stream 2010-11-11 16:02:57 +00:00
gnutls_1_0_compat.h build: consistently indent preprocessor directives 2010-03-09 19:22:28 +01:00
internal.h qemu: Add shortcut for HMP pass through 2011-02-03 22:20:30 +01:00
libvirt_bridge.syms Replace brSetInetAddress/brSetInetNetmask with brAddInetAddress 2010-12-23 15:53:26 -05:00
libvirt_daemon.syms Export conditional state driver symbols only when they are defined 2010-03-23 02:05:18 +01:00
libvirt_driver_modules.syms
libvirt_internal.h build: consistently indent preprocessor directives 2010-03-09 19:22:28 +01:00
libvirt_linux.syms
libvirt_macvtap.syms Fix undefined symbol errors when macvtap support is disabled 2010-12-01 17:08:08 +01:00
libvirt_nwfilter.syms Some NWFilter symbols are conditional and have to be exported conditional 2010-04-23 19:51:00 +02:00
libvirt_private.syms Give each virtual network bridge its own fixed MAC address 2011-02-17 13:36:32 -05:00
libvirt_public.syms sysinfo: expose new API 2011-02-08 19:21:26 -07:00
libvirt_qemu.syms Qemu Monitor API entry point. 2010-07-23 17:30:14 -04:00
libvirt_vmx.syms esx: Move VMX handling code out of the driver directory 2010-12-21 22:40:17 +01:00
libvirt-qemu.c maint: kill all remaining uses of old DEBUG macro 2011-02-21 08:46:52 -07:00
libvirt.c maint: kill all remaining uses of old DEBUG macro 2011-02-21 08:46:52 -07:00
Makefile.am Moved SEXPR parsing functions to xenxs 2011-02-21 10:53:53 -07:00
nodeinfo.c virsh: freecell --all getting wrong NUMA nodes count 2011-02-18 09:26:40 -07:00
nodeinfo.h build: consistently indent preprocessor directives 2010-03-09 19:22:28 +01:00
README Update src/README 2011-02-12 17:10:30 +01:00
remote_protocol-structs sysinfo: implement the remote protocol 2011-02-08 19:29:46 -07:00

       libvirt library code README
       ===========================

The directory provides the bulk of the libvirt codebase. Everything
except for the libvirtd daemon and client tools. The build uses a
large number of libtool convenience libraries - one for each child
directory, and then links them together for the final libvirt.so,
although some bits get linked directly to libvirtd daemon instead.

The files directly in this directory are supporting the public API
entry points & data structures.

There are two core shared modules to be aware of:

 * util/  - a collection of shared APIs that can be used by any
            code. This directory is always in the include path
            for all things built

 * conf/  - APIs for parsing / manipulating all the official XML
            files used by the public API. This directory is only
            in the include path for driver implementation modules

 * vmx/   - VMware VMX config handling (used by esx/ and vmware/)


Then there are the hypervisor implementations:

 * esx/          - VMware ESX and GSX support using vSphere API over SOAP
 * lxc/          - Linux Native Containers
 * opennebula/   - Open Nebula using XMLRPC
 * openvz/       - OpenVZ containers using cli tools
 * phyp/         - IBM Power Hypervisor using CLI tools over SSH
 * qemu/         - QEMU / KVM using qemu CLI/monitor
 * remote/       - Generic libvirt native RPC client
 * test/         - A "mock" driver for testing
 * uml/          - User Mode Linux
 * vbox/         - Virtual Box using native API
 * vmware/       - VMware Workstation and Player using the vmrun tool
 * xen/          - Xen using hypercalls, XenD SEXPR & XenStore
 * xenapi/       - Xen using libxenserver


Finally some secondary drivers that are shared for several HVs.
Currently these are used by LXC, OpenVZ, QEMU, UML and Xen drivers.
The ESX, OpenNebula, Power Hypervisor, Remote, Test & VirtualBox
drivers all implement the secondary drivers directly

 * cpu/          - CPU feature management
 * interface/    - Host network interface management
 * network/      - Virtual NAT networking
 * nwfilter/     - Network traffic filtering rules
 * node_device/  - Host device enumeration
 * secret/       - Secret management
 * security/     - Mandatory access control drivers
 * storage/      - Storage management drivers


Since both the hypervisor and secondary drivers can be built as
dlopen()able modules, it is *FORBIDDEN* to have build dependencies
between these directories. Drivers are only allowed to depend on
the public API, and the internal APIs in the util/ and conf/
directories