docs: create virtualenv

Newer Ubuntu does not allow global package installs, it is so annoying!

Author: cirosantilli

.gitignore

@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ gitignore.*
 # Python trash.
 *.pyc
 __pycache__
+.venv
 
 # Accidents.
 /core

README.adoc

@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@ toc::[]
 The most important functionality of this repository is the `--china` option, sample usage:
 
 ....
+python3 -m venv .venv
+. .venv/bin/activate
 ./setup
 ./run --china > index.html
 firefox index.html
@@ -121,6 +123,8 @@ Reserve 12Gb of disk and run:
 ....
 git clone https://github.com/cirosantilli/linux-kernel-module-cheat
 cd linux-kernel-module-cheat
+python3 -m venv .venv
+. .venv/bin/activate
 ./setup
 ./build --download-dependencies qemu-buildroot
 ./run
@@ -177,6 +181,8 @@ All available modules can be found in the link:kernel_modules[] directory.
 It is super easy to build for different <<cpu-architecture,CPU architectures>>, just use the `--arch` option:
 
 ....
+python3 -m venv .venv
+. .venv/bin/activate
 ./setup
 ./build --arch aarch64 --download-dependencies qemu-buildroot
 ./run --arch aarch64
@@ -660,6 +666,8 @@ For the most part, if you just add the `--emulator gem5` option or `*-gem5` suff
 If you haven't built Buildroot yet for <<qemu-buildroot-setup>>, you can build from the beginning with:
 
 ....
+python3 -m venv .venv
+. .venv/bin/activate
 ./setup
 ./build --download-dependencies gem5-buildroot
 ./run --emulator gem5
@@ -726,6 +734,8 @@ For example, to do a <<qemu-buildroot-setup>> inside Docker, run:
 
 ....
 sudo apt-get install docker
+python3 -m venv .venv
+. .venv/bin/activate
 ./setup
 ./run-docker create && \
 ./run-docker sh -- ./build --download-dependencies qemu-buildroot
@@ -877,6 +887,8 @@ Or to run a baremetal example instead:
 Be saner and use our custom built QEMU instead:
 
 ....
+python3 -m venv .venv
+. .venv/bin/activate
 ./setup
 ./build --download-dependencies qemu
 ./run
@@ -1134,6 +1146,8 @@ You can install those libraries with:
 
 ....
 cd linux-kernel-module-cheat
+python3 -m venv .venv
+. .venv/bin/activate
 ./setup
 ./build --download-dependencies userland-host
 ....
@@ -1313,6 +1327,8 @@ Every `.c` file inside link:baremetal/[] and `.S` file inside `baremetal/arch/<a
 For example, to run link:baremetal/arch/aarch64/dump_regs.c[] in QEMU do:
 
 ....
+python3 -m venv .venv
+. .venv/bin/activate
 ./setup
 ./build --arch aarch64 --download-dependencies qemu-baremetal
 ./run --arch aarch64 --baremetal baremetal/arch/aarch64/dump_regs.c
@@ -1397,6 +1413,8 @@ You can run all the baremetal examples in one go and check that all assertions p
 To use gem5 instead of QEMU do:
 
 ....
+python3 -m venv .venv
+. .venv/bin/activate
 ./setup
 ./build --download-dependencies gem5-baremetal
 ./run --arch aarch64 --baremetal userland/c/hello.c --emulator gem5
@@ -1475,6 +1493,8 @@ For development, you will want to do a more controlled build with extra error ch
 For the initial build do:
 
 ....
+python3 -m venv .venv
+. .venv/bin/activate
 ./setup
 ./build --download-dependencies docs
 ....
@@ -3964,6 +3984,8 @@ Then, from inside that image:
 sudo apt-get install git
 git clone https://github.com/cirosantilli/linux-kernel-module-cheat
 cd linux-kernel-module-cheat
+python3 -m venv .venv
+. .venv/bin/activate
 ./setup -y
 ....
 
@@ -26926,41 +26948,6 @@ https://www.samsung.com/semiconductor/dram/module/M471A2K43BB1-CRC/ (http://web.
 
 https://www.amazon.co.uk/Samsung-DDR4-16-GB-DDR4-2400-MHz-Memory-Module/dp/B016N24XKQ (http://web.archive.org/web/20181224203214/https://www.amazon.co.uk/Samsung-DDR4-16-GB-DDR4-2400-MHz-Memory-Module/dp/B016N24XKQ[archive]) 355.43 UK Pounds for 2x 16 GiB.
 
-===== Samsung MZVLB512HAJQ-000L7 512GB SSD
-
-PCIe TLC OPAL2.
-
-https://www.samsung.com/semiconductor/ssd/client-ssd/MZVLB512HAJQ/ (http://web.archive.org/web/20181224225400/https://www.samsung.com/semiconductor/ssd/client-ssd/MZVLB512HAJQ/[archive]).
-
-https://www.samsung.com/semiconductor/global.semi/file/resource/2018/05/PM981_M.2_SSD_Datasheet_v1.3_for_General.pdf | http://web.archive.org/web/20181224225410/https://www.samsung.com/semiconductor/global.semi/file/resource/2018/05/PM981_M.2_SSD_Datasheet_v1.3_for_General.pdf
-
-`sudo hdparm -Tt /dev/nvme0n1p5` on Ubuntu 20.04:
-
-....
- Timing cached reads:   29812 MB in  1.99 seconds = 15007.00 MB/sec
- HDIO_DRIVE_CMD(identify) failed: Inappropriate ioctl for device
- Timing buffered disk reads: 6328 MB in  3.00 seconds = 2109.00 MB/sec
-....
-
-Nominal maximum sequential read speed: 3,000 MB/s
-
-===== Seagate ST1000LM035-1RK1 1TB hard disk
-
-1TB.
-
-https://www.disctech.com/Seagate-ST1000LM035-1TB-SATA-Hard-Drive 80 USD | http://web.archive.org/web/20181224201408/https://www.disctech.com/Seagate-ST1000LM035-1TB-SATA-Hard-Drive
-
-https://www.seagate.com/www-content/datasheets/pdfs/mobile-hddDS1861-2-1603-en_US.pdf | http://web.archive.org/web/20181225095438/https://www.seagate.com/www-content/datasheets/pdfs/mobile-hddDS1861-2-1603-en_US.pdf
-
-`sudo hdparm -Tt /dev/sda3` on Ubuntu 20.04:
-
-....
- Timing cached reads:   29594 MB in  1.99 seconds = 14893.89 MB/sec
- Timing buffered disk reads: 386 MB in  3.01 seconds = 128.07 MB/sec
-....
-
-Nominal maximum speed: 140MB/s
-
 ===== NVIDIA Quadro M1200 4GB GDDR5 GPU
 
 === Benchmark Internets

setup

@@ -27,4 +27,4 @@ $sudo apt-get install $y \
   python3-pip \
   python3-distutils \
 ;
-python3 -m pip install --user -r requirements.txt
+python3 -m pip install -r requirements.txt