Changes between Version 28 and Version 29 of Source code organization

Timestamp:

Nov 17, 2006 4:55:29 PM (18 years ago)

Author:

jose

Comment:

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Source code organization

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     * `src/VBox/Installer/`: The code for the Linux and Windows installes, in their respective subdirectories. For Linux, we use some shell scripts glued together with a tarball, for Windows, we build a .MSI package.
     * `src/VBox/Main/`: The COM/XPCOM backend (see [wiki:"COM-XPCOM interoperability"]) which lies on top of the VMM code (see below). This is shared by the various components of !VirtualBox.
-    * `src/VBox/HostDrivers/VBoxTAP/`: This contains a TAP driver for Windows (not needed with Linux since the Linux kernel has one). (This is a ''host'' driver and therefore does not belong under `Devices/` above.)
-    * `src/VBox/HostDrivers/VBoxUSB/`:
-    * `src/VBox/HostDrivers/Support/`:
+    * `src/VBox/HostDrivers/`: Below this directory, you find the following device drivers (or kernel modules respectively) that run on the host system:
+      * `src/VBox/HostDrivers/VBoxTAP/`: This contains a TAP driver for Windows (not needed with Linux since the Linux kernel has one). (This is a ''host'' driver and therefore does not belong under `Devices/` above.)
+      * `src/VBox/HostDrivers/Support/`: The main !VirtualBox host driver that allows the VMM to gain control over your system. A real trojan horse, but a friendly one.
     * `src/VBox/Runtime/`: The [wiki:"IPRT" InnoTek Portable Runtime].
     * `src/VBox/VMM/`: The Virtual Machine Monitor, part of the VM core.