File	Date	Author	Commit
benchmarks	2014-10-01	Sharath Kumar Bhat	[a95820] deleted: benchmarks/npb/libpthread.a
comm_tests	2013-08-01	Antonio Barbalace	[a558b1] some code cleanup, webserver still to test (I c...
deprecated	2013-07-31	Antonio Barbalace	[ea8e6c] new directory structure. still work in progress.
latency_tests	2013-08-01	Antonio Barbalace	[a558b1] some code cleanup, webserver still to test (I c...
launch_xml	2013-08-17	root	[9f3307] added the README file in order for everyone to ...
lib	2014-02-05	Antonio Barbalace	[226eda] First of all the idea was to restructure the co...
migration_tests	2014-05-20	root	[551360] thread and process cascade migration tests added
ns	2014-07-09	Antonio Barbalace	[ac96ea] trivial fix to get_affinity
readonly_tests	2013-08-01	Antonio Barbalace	[a558b1] some code cleanup, webserver still to test (I c...
tinyhttpd	2013-08-01	Antonio Barbalace	[a558b1] some code cleanup, webserver still to test (I c...
.gitignore	2013-03-17	Alastair Murray	[b8d287] Add a .gitignore with some likely suspects.
Makefile	2014-03-26	root	[9fe2a0] makefile fixed
README	2013-08-17	root	[9f3307] added the README file in order for everyone to ...
TODO	2013-08-17	root	[9f3307] added the README file in order for everyone to ...
copy_ramdisk.c	2014-03-26	root	[9fe2a0] makefile fixed
create_bootargs.sh	2014-04-23	Antonio Barbalace	[2fead0] fixed clustered on node support thanks to Saif ...
create_elf.sh	2014-03-28	root	[ba8fd8] fixed a couple of issues due to the "-z" checks...
create_lspci.sh	2014-03-26	Antonio Barbalace	[6ddfe4] fixed the 512$64k problem in create_bootargs
dump_shdr.c	2014-03-26	root	[9fe2a0] makefile fixed
generate_all.sh	2014-04-23	Antonio Barbalace	[2fead0] fixed clustered on node support thanks to Saif ...
getcpu.c	2014-03-06	Antonio Barbalace	[a9407c] changed the directory structure to support more...
heartbeat.c	2014-03-08	Antonio Barbalace	[f0f6df] many fixes, support for clustering re-added
kcore.c	2012-12-11	root	[2cc3da] Antonio commit some changes from GIGI.. tunnel ...
mklinux_boot.sh	2013-08-04	Phil Wilshire	[8ea17a] new mklinux_boot.sh
mklinux_boot_all.sh	2013-03-17	Alastair Murray	[949baa] Also add 'bob' to mklinux_boot_all.sh.
mklinux_boot_all_netcheck.sh	2013-03-17	Alastair Murray	[b2cf3a] Add bob to mklinux_boot_all_netcheck.sh.
mpart.c	2014-10-01	Sharath Kumar Bhat	[c4d9f8] MACH_64CORE_RESERV set to 0
rdtsc.c	2013-09-21	Antonio Barbalace	[e6381c] just added rdtsc utility to evaluate the rdtsc ...
read_cmdline.c	2014-03-26	root	[9fe2a0] makefile fixed
tunnel.c	2013-10-18	Antonio Barbalace	[154d8e] refactoring
tunnel_shm.c	2013-10-17	Antonio Barbalace	[ecbad1] cleanup tunnel
tunnelize.sh	2014-03-28	root	[8aca96] fixes to tunnelize scripts (automatic address d...
tunnelize_ints.sh	2013-07-31	Antonio Barbalace	[bca874] rewriting of utils package. still work in progr...
tunnelize_shm.sh	2014-03-28	root	[8aca96] fixes to tunnelize scripts (automatic address d...
wipeout_all.sh	2013-07-31	Antonio Barbalace	[f21ad0] added logging functionality to mklinux_boot.sh
write_cmdline.c	2014-03-26	root	[9fe2a0] makefile fixed

Read Me

Antonio Barbalace, SSRG VT, August 2013

HOW TO RUN Popcorn Linux
===============================================================================

COMPATILITY LIST
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Currently only Linux kernel 3.2.14 is supported.
We actively support only Intel x86 64bit processors.
To install Popcorn YOU MUST run a Linux kernel with the option CONFIG_NUMA
enabled.

Popcorn Linux INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS
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0.  Download and untar vanilla Linux 3.2.14 from http://www.kernel.org
1.  Download the most recently patches from http://www.popcornlinux.org
2.  Apply the patches to the kernel sources
3.  Install the kernel (you can use the ./kinst.sh script included in the patch)
4.  change directory to mklinux-utils installation directory
5.  ./wipeout_all.sh
6.  make clean
7.  make all
8.  ./generate_all.sh
9   ./create_elf.sh ../path-to-kernel/vmlinux
10. Annotate boot_args_0.args
11. Apply them in the --append paramter in the boot loader (grub/lilo) or
    alternatively add them manually at the boot
12. have you ramdisk available and copy in the mklinux-utils directory
13. name it 'ramdisk.img'
14. Download untar and install our version of kexec (mklinux-kexec)
15. you are ready to reboot in Popcorn Linux!

Popcorn Linux BOOTING INSTRUCTIONS
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0.  At the bootloader choose the right kernel and before booting check if
    the kernel command line arguments (above --append) match boot_args_0.args
1.  when the kernel is up, login as root
2.  change directory to mklinux-utils
3.  load each of the other kernels simply by './mklinux-boot.sh N' where N is
    the kernel ID of the one you are gonna to load

Popcorn Linux CONNECTING TO ANOTHER KERNEL
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TODO