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| author | Helmut Grohne <helmut@subdivi.de> | 2022-12-20 15:10:20 +0100 |
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| committer | Helmut Grohne <helmut@subdivi.de> | 2022-12-20 15:10:20 +0100 |
| commit | 0f3b0282f14be6fb1a4b70d9892f13f61590e63c (patch) | |
| tree | 0ea7032dae7d58aa330e8e703d051ca19b731148 | |
| parent | 4bb29d3fb7bc5258e4339115000564cc3452b799 (diff) | |
| download | debvm-0f3b0282f14be6fb1a4b70d9892f13f61590e63c.tar.gz | |
README.md: Why?
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@@ -44,6 +44,21 @@ partition table or bootloader. The following paths are assumed inside: * `/initrd.img` must be a symbolic link pointing to a regular file containing the initrd image. +Why? +==== + +Most other tools in this area either do whole system emulation and include a +bootloader and partition table or share the Linux kernel with a container +image. This approach sits in between and allows emulating the Linux kernel +without getting into the complexity of dealing with different bootloaders by +using the one included in qemu. + +The other aspect is restricting to Debian-based systems. This allows for a lot +of simplification of the problem space. + +The implementation is so short that it still is feasible to read and understand +it. Let's see how long that lasts. + License ======= |