Added a readme to the uml target for a quick start
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Openwrt inside a user mode linux. Why would we even want this many ask?
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There are potentially a lot of reasons, one obvious one to me, it allows
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folks to 'kick the tires' without actually flashing up any hardware. It's
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also a great environment for porting over packages, you can get a package
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fully functional in the uclibc root environment inside a uml without actually
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disturbing your 'real router', and then rebuild for a specific target once
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it's fully tested.
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This is a first stab at a build that 'just works' and there will be more
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cleanup to come. The simple directions are:-
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Configure for uml target
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Configure with an ext2 root file system
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build it all
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In your bin directory you will find a kernel and an ext2 root file system
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when it's finished. Just run it like this:-
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bin/openwrt-uml-2.6-vmlinux ubd0=bin/openwrt-uml-2.6-ext2.img
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The uml will start, and bring up an xterm with the serial console in it. No
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networking is configured, but, it's a starting point. The resulting file system
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has just enough free space to start kicking the tires and playing in the world of
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'embedded routers' along with all the resource restrictions that come with that
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world.
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To configure networking and more, refer to the user mode linux documentation online
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http://user-mode-linux.sourceforge.net/
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