libvirt/src
Daniel P. Berrange bf1f3f7a36 Add API for iterating over all character devices
The parallel, serial, console and channel devices are all just
character devices. A lot of code needs todo the same thing to
all these devices. This provides an convenient API for iterating
over all of them.

* src/conf/domain_conf.c, src/conf/domain_conf.c,
  src/libvirt_private.syms: Add virDomainChrDefForeach
2010-06-25 14:39:45 +01:00
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conf Add API for iterating over all character devices 2010-06-25 14:39:45 +01:00
cpu Add support for SSE4.1 and SSE4.2 CPU features 2010-05-18 20:53:31 +02:00
esx esx: Use bool instead of int where appropriated 2010-06-24 14:56:04 +02:00
interface Implement forgotten backend of virInterfaceIsActive() 2010-04-14 10:38:18 -04:00
lxc drivers: add virDomainCreateWithFlags if virDomainCreate exists 2010-06-15 09:37:11 -06:00
network network: allow tftp port if tftp is defined 2010-06-23 08:24:00 -06:00
node_device Fix leaks in udev device add/remove v3 2010-06-08 14:46:29 -04:00
nwfilter nwfilter: fix loadable module support 2010-06-21 14:18:31 -04:00
opennebula drivers: add virDomainCreateWithFlags if virDomainCreate exists 2010-06-15 09:37:11 -06:00
openvz drivers: add virDomainCreateWithFlags if virDomainCreate exists 2010-06-15 09:37:11 -06:00
phyp Adding Storage Management driver (style and indentation) 2010-06-24 14:03:50 -06:00
qemu Check for presence of qemu -nodefconfig option before using it 2010-06-24 18:04:07 -04:00
remote remote: protocol implementation for virDomainCreateWithFlags 2010-06-15 09:37:04 -06:00
secret maint: change "" in err ? err->message : "" to _("unknown error"), ... 2010-05-20 21:36:26 +02:00
security Don't raise errors in the selinux restore code 2010-06-08 15:21:07 +01:00
storage parthelper: fix compilation without optimization 2010-06-14 15:11:49 -06:00
test drivers: add virDomainCreateWithFlags if virDomainCreate exists 2010-06-15 09:37:11 -06:00
uml drivers: add virDomainCreateWithFlags if virDomainCreate exists 2010-06-15 09:37:11 -06:00
util cgroup: Enable memory.use_hierarchy of cgroup for domain 2010-06-23 14:31:38 -06:00
vbox drivers: add virDomainCreateWithFlags if virDomainCreate exists 2010-06-15 09:37:11 -06:00
xen drivers: add virDomainCreateWithFlags if virDomainCreate exists 2010-06-15 09:37:11 -06:00
xenapi drivers: add virDomainCreateWithFlags if virDomainCreate exists 2010-06-15 09:37:11 -06:00
.gitignore Generate libvirt.def from libvirt.syms 2010-04-08 20:12:09 +02:00
datatypes.c Misc cleanups 2010-06-21 10:11:34 +02:00
datatypes.h Snapshot API framework. 2010-04-05 10:24:34 -04:00
driver.c maint: mark translatable string args of VIR_ERROR 2010-05-20 21:36:25 +02:00
driver.h libvirt: introduce domainCreateWithFlags API 2010-06-15 07:32:41 -06:00
gnutls_1_0_compat.h build: consistently indent preprocessor directives 2010-03-09 19:22:28 +01:00
internal.h Fix up basic migration. 2010-05-25 10:48:10 -04:00
libvirt_bridge.syms Support networking in UML driver 2009-06-03 11:13:33 +00:00
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 Move --with-driver-modules symbols into a separate sym file 2009-01-05 14:06:41 +00:00
libvirt_internal.h build: consistently indent preprocessor directives 2010-03-09 19:22:28 +01:00
libvirt_linux.syms migrate linux-specific symbol names into their own sym file 2009-01-05 14:08:26 +00:00
libvirt_macvtap.syms macvtap teardown rework 2010-02-18 15:13:48 +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 Add API for iterating over all character devices 2010-06-25 14:39:45 +01:00
libvirt_public.syms libvirt: introduce domainCreateWithFlags API 2010-06-15 07:32:41 -06:00
libvirt.c libvirt: introduce domainCreateWithFlags API 2010-06-15 07:32:41 -06:00
Makefile.am Cleanup some LIBADD and CFLAGS 2010-06-24 14:16:27 +02:00
nodeinfo.c build: use gnulib's uname 2010-05-06 14:35:37 -06:00
nodeinfo.h build: consistently indent preprocessor directives 2010-03-09 19:22:28 +01:00
README Add a README file to src/ explaining the directory structure 2009-09-21 14:41:47 +01:00
remote_protocol-structs remote: protocol implementation for virDomainCreateWithFlags 2010-06-15 09:37:04 -06:00

       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


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
 * xen/          - Xen using hypercalls, XenD SEXPR & XenStore


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

 * interface/    - Host network interface management
 * network/      - Virtual NAT networking
 * 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