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authorRusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>2011-07-22 14:39:50 +0930
committerRusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>2011-07-22 14:39:50 +0930
commit9f54288def3f92b7805eb6d4b1ddcd73ecf6e889 (patch)
treebb46242a92e47112c2967354b3be0c6daecae7a7 /Documentation/virtual
parent3c3ed482dc077a67903a58c9e1aedba1bb18c18a (diff)
lguest: update comments
Also removes a long-unused #define and an extraneous semicolon. Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/virtual')
-rw-r--r--Documentation/virtual/lguest/lguest.c12
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/virtual/lguest/lguest.c b/Documentation/virtual/lguest/lguest.c
index 80261d34da3..043bd7df313 100644
--- a/Documentation/virtual/lguest/lguest.c
+++ b/Documentation/virtual/lguest/lguest.c
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
#include <asm/bootparam.h>
#include "../../../include/linux/lguest_launcher.h"
/*L:110
- * We can ignore the 42 include files we need for this program, but I do want
+ * We can ignore the 43 include files we need for this program, but I do want
* to draw attention to the use of kernel-style types.
*
* As Linus said, "C is a Spartan language, and so should your naming be." I
@@ -65,7 +65,6 @@ typedef uint16_t u16;
typedef uint8_t u8;
/*:*/
-#define PAGE_PRESENT 0x7 /* Present, RW, Execute */
#define BRIDGE_PFX "bridge:"
#ifndef SIOCBRADDIF
#define SIOCBRADDIF 0x89a2 /* add interface to bridge */
@@ -1359,7 +1358,7 @@ static void setup_console(void)
* --sharenet=<name> option which opens or creates a named pipe. This can be
* used to send packets to another guest in a 1:1 manner.
*
- * More sopisticated is to use one of the tools developed for project like UML
+ * More sophisticated is to use one of the tools developed for project like UML
* to do networking.
*
* Faster is to do virtio bonding in kernel. Doing this 1:1 would be
@@ -1369,7 +1368,7 @@ static void setup_console(void)
* multiple inter-guest channels behind one interface, although it would
* require some manner of hotplugging new virtio channels.
*
- * Finally, we could implement a virtio network switch in the kernel.
+ * Finally, we could use a virtio network switch in the kernel, ie. vhost.
:*/
static u32 str2ip(const char *ipaddr)
@@ -2006,10 +2005,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
/* Tell the entry path not to try to reload segment registers. */
boot->hdr.loadflags |= KEEP_SEGMENTS;
- /*
- * We tell the kernel to initialize the Guest: this returns the open
- * /dev/lguest file descriptor.
- */
+ /* We tell the kernel to initialize the Guest. */
tell_kernel(start);
/* Ensure that we terminate if a device-servicing child dies. */