This commit explains that on GRUB2 three characters are needed for escaping the dollar sign in the memmap boot argument.
See thread discussion at https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/jailhouse-dev/uRYWRdbIdOg Signed-off-by: Claudio Scordino <clau...@evidence.eu.com> --- README.md | 16 ++++++++++------ 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 6c8e677..93c1bde 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -216,12 +216,16 @@ need to add memmap=66M$0x3b000000 -as parameter to the command line of the virtual machine's kernel. The Jailhouse -QEMU cell config will block use of the serial port by the guest OS, so make -sure that the guest kernel command line does NOT have its console set to log -to the serial port (ie remove any 'console=ttyS0' arguments from the grub -config). Reboot the guest and load jailhouse.ko. Then enable Jailhouse like -this: +as parameter to the command line of the virtual machine's kernel. Note that if +you plan to put this parameter in GRUB2 variables, then you will need three +escape characters before the dollar +(e.g. ```GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="memmap=66M\\\$0x3b000000"```). + +The Jailhouse QEMU cell config will block use of the serial port by the guest +OS, so make sure that the guest kernel command line does NOT have its console +set to log to the serial port (ie remove any 'console=ttyS0' arguments from the +grub config). Reboot the guest and load jailhouse.ko. Then enable Jailhouse +like this: jailhouse enable /path/to/qemu-vm.cell -- 2.7.4 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Jailhouse" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to jailhouse-dev+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
