From: Brian Behlendorf Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2010 21:13:07 +0000 (-0700) Subject: Add basic README X-Git-Tag: spl-0.5.0~37 X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=1e48754059046c01ac8e35c8686e2d1940d984f9;p=spl Add basic README A simple README with a short summary of the project and a link directing people to the online documentation. --- diff --git a/README.markdown b/README.markdown new file mode 100644 index 0000000..6189ad6 --- /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: