wiser

A very minimal vmm built using Linux Kernel Virtual Machine for Linux.

Following project is under-development expect unfinished components.

Usage

User needs to download and build kernel images from https://www.kernel.org/.

Usage: wiser [OPTION...] --image path-to-kernel-image
wiser - Extremely tiny type-2 hypervisor for linux. Will boot your
unikernel/linux someday.

  -c, --vcpu                 Number of cpu for your vm
  -i, --image=IMAGE          linux kernel bzImage
  -r, --memory               Ram size for your vm
  -v, --verbose              Produce verbose output
  -?, --help                 Give this help list
      --usage                Give a short usage message
  -V, --version              Print program version

Mandatory or optional arguments to long options are also mandatory or optional
for any corresponding short options.

Report bugs to https://github.com/flouthoc/wiser/issues.

• image

Path to linux kernel bzImage. The bzImage file is in a specific format. It contains concatenated bootsect.o + setup.o + misc.o + piggy.o.

Roadmap

• Allow users to load initramfs. Closed in https://github.com/flouthoc/wiser/pull/4
• Add basic support for Apple hypervisor

References

• https://github.com/kvmtool/kvmtool
• https://gitlab.prognosticlab.org/debashis/palacios
• https://wiki.osdev.org/Main_Page
• https://c9x.me/x86/