Sharing one ethernet network device between two L4Linux instances

[Martin Schröder]

Am 23.10.2015 um 10:48 schrieb Mahdi Aichouch:
> Regarding the use of the "cons multiplexer", if I understood correctly I should use it instead of "l4shmns" service, right?
> If yes, do I have to disable the support of "l4shmns" option in L4Linux and remove all configuration from my Lua configuration file?
>
> Could you please share a document or some instructions that explain how to use the "cons multiplexer".

l4shmns and cons are two different things, and you can use them both together:

cons allows a serial console to either L4Linux while l4shmns allows to connect from one L4Linux to another L4Linux via a virtual 
network interface. But for l4shmns you need to configure the virtual network interface for the "hidden"-L4Linux. This is a little 
bit tricky if you don't have a console.

For cons & l4shmns I use this configuration:

modules.lst:
============
add "module cons" to "entry L4Linux ARM"

l4lx.cfg:
=========
-- vim:set ft=lua:

local lxname = "vmlinuz";
if L4.Info.arch() == "arm" then
   lxname = "vmlinuz.arm";
end

local shmns = L4.default_loader:create_namespace({shm = "something"});

local cons = L4.default_loader:new_channel();
L4.default_loader:start({ caps = { cons = cons:svr() },
   log = L4.Env.log, },
   "rom/cons -k -a");

L4.default_loader.log_fab = cons;

L4.default_loader:start(
   { caps = {
--    log = L4.Env.log:m("rws"),
       shmns = shmns:mode("rw"),
     },
     l4re_dbg = L4.Dbg.Warn,
     log = { "l4linux1", "yellow", "key=1" },
   },
   "rom/" .. lxname .. " mem=64M console=ttyLv0 l4x_rd=rom/ramdisk-" ..  L4.Info.arch() .. ".rd root=1:0 ramdisk_size=4000 
l4shmnet.add=shmns,macpart=1");

L4.default_loader:start(
   { caps = {
--    log = L4.Env.log:m("rws"),
       shmns = shmns:mode("rw"),
     },
     l4re_dbg = L4.Dbg.Warn,
     log = { "l4linux2", "magenta", "key=2" },
   },
   "rom/" .. lxname .. " mem=64M console=ttyLv0 l4x_rd=rom/ramdisk-" ..  L4.Info.arch() .. ".rd root=1:0 ramdisk_size=4000 
l4shmnet.add=shmns,macpart=2");


make qemu E="L4Linux ARM"

Then you'll see both l4linux booting:
 > ...
 > l4linux1|
 > l4linux1| Please press Enter to activate this console.
 > l4linux2|
 > l4linux2| Please press Enter to activate this console.

Now press either <Enter> and type "help" to see cons. Or press "[Ctrl-E] 1" or "[CTRL-E] 2" to switch between both L4Linux instances:
[Ctrl-E] 1
 > ------------- Connecting to 'l4linux1' -------------
 > Key type dns_resolver registered
 > RAMDISK: ext2 filesystem found at block 0
 > RAMDISK: Loading 3072KiB [1 disk] into ram disk... done.
 > EXT4-fs (ram0): couldn't mount as ext3 due to feature incompatibilities
 > EXT4-fs (ram0): mounting ext2 file system using the ext4 subsystem
 > EXT4-fs (ram0): mounted filesystem without journal. Opts: (null)
 > VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem) readonly on device 1:0.
 > Freeing unused kernel memory: 168K (023ae000 - 023d8000)
 >
 > Please press Enter to activate this console.
 > / # ip addr add 10.10.10.1/24 broadcast 10.10.10.255 dev eth0
 > / # ifconfig eth0 up
 > net eth0: L4ShmNet established, with 52:54:00:b0:cf:01, IRQ 312
 > / #
[Ctrl-E] 2
 > ------------- Connecting to 'l4linux2' -------------
 > Key type dns_resolver registered
 > RAMDISK: ext2 filesystem found at block 0
 > RAMDISK: Loading 3072KiB [1 disk] into ram disk... done.
 > EXT4-fs (ram0): couldn't mount as ext3 due to feature incompatibilities
 > EXT4-fs (ram0): mounting ext2 file system using the ext4 subsystem
 > EXT4-fs (ram0): mounted filesystem without journal. Opts: (null)
 > VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem) readonly on device 1:0.
 > Freeing unused kernel memory: 168K (023ae000 - 023d8000)
 >
 > Please press Enter to activate this console.
 > / # ip addr add 10.10.10.2/24 broadcast 10.10.10.255  dev eth0
 > / # ifconfig eth0 up
 > / # ping -c3 10.10.10.1
 > PING 10.10.10.1 (10.10.10.1): 56 data bytes
 > 64 bytes from 10.10.10.1: seq=0 ttl=64 time=50.000 ms
 > 64 bytes from 10.10.10.1: seq=1 ttl=64 time=6.000 ms
 > 64 bytes from 10.10.10.1: seq=2 ttl=64 time=6.000 ms
 >
 > --- 10.10.10.1 ping statistics ---
 > 3 packets transmitted, 3 packets received, 0% packet loss
 > round-trip min/avg/max = 6.000/20.666/50.000 ms
 > / #


Martin