From 1e48754059046c01ac8e35c8686e2d1940d984f9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Brian Behlendorf Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2010 14:13:07 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Add basic README A simple README with a short summary of the project and a link directing people to the online documentation. --- README.markdown | 10 ++++++++++ 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+) create mode 100644 README.markdown diff --git a/README.markdown b/README.markdown new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..6189ad62522b --- /dev/null +++ b/README.markdown @@ -0,0 +1,10 @@ +The Solaris Porting Layer (SPL) is a Linux kernel module which provides +many of the Solaris kernel APIs. This shim layer makes it possible to +run Solaris kernel code in the Linux kernel with relatively minimal +modification. This can be particularly useful when you want to track +upstream Solaris development closely and don’t want the overhead of +maintaining a large patch which converts Solaris primitives to Linux +primitives. + +Documentation for building, configuring, and using the SPL can be +found at: