Norman Feske 2c8beb462f file-system session: root dir via session label
This patch changes the way of how the client-selected sub directory is
communicated to the server. The former opaque session argument is now
passed as last label element, which allows for the flexible tweaking
of this argument by init's session-routing and label-rewriting
mechansims. In particular, it alleviates the need for creating chroot
component instances.

This change requires the following four adaptations at the
configuration level:

- Each file-system session request must now carry a path starting
  with / as last session arguments. Hence, <vfs> <fs> nodes that
  feature a 'label' attributes must extend the attribute value
  with " -> /". For <fs> nodes with no label attribute, "/" is
  used as last label argument by default.

- For matching session-routing rules at init's configuration,
  the matching of full labels should be replaced by 'label_prefix'
  matches, excluding the last (path) argument.

- Wherever a label of a file-system session is rewritten by using
  init's 'label' attribute of a <parent> or <child> target node,
  the new attribute 'identity' should be used instead. This replaces
  the identity part of the label while preserving the client's
  directory argument.

- Analogously to the matching of session-routing rules, server-side
  policy-selection rules that formerly matched a concrete 'label'
  must be changed to match a 'label_prefix' instead.

As a good practice, 'label_prefix' values should end with " ->" if
possible, which clearly delimits the identity part of the label
used by the matching.

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                      Genode source-code repositories
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This directory contains the source-code repositories of the Genode OS
Framework. Each sub directory has the same principle layout as described in the
build-system manual:

:Build-system manual:

  [https://genode.org/documentation/developer-resources/build_system]

The build system uses a configurable selection of those reposities to obtain
the source codes for the build process. The repositories are not independent
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:'base':

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  :'pistachio':
    L4ka::Pistachio kernel developed at University of Karlsruhe.

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:'hello_tutorial':

  Tutorial for creating a simple client-server scenario with Genode. This
  repository includes documentation and the complete source code.

:'libports':

  This source-code repository contains ports of popular open-source libraries
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  upstream source code but means to download the code and adapt it to Genode.
  For instructions about how to use this mechanism, please consult the README
  file at the top level of the repository. Among the 3rd-party libraries
  are Qt5, freetype, ncurses, and Mesa.

:'dde_linux':

  This source-code repository contains the device driver environment for
  executing Linux subsystems as Genode components.

:'dde_ipxe':

  This source-code repository contains the device-driver environment for
  executing network drivers of the iPXE project.

:'dde_bsd':

  This source-code repository contains the device-driver environment for
  drivers of the OpenBSD operating system.

:'dde_rump':

  This source-code repository contains the port of rump kernels, which are
  used to execute subsystems of the NetBSD kernel as user level processes.
  The repository contains a server that uses a rump kernel to provide
  various NetBSD file systems to Genode.

:'pc':
  This source-code repository hosts device drivers that are specific for PC
  platforms. It depends on the 'dde_linux' repository.

:'ports':

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  a mechanism for downloading the official source distributions and adapt
  them to the Genode environment. The used mechanism is roughly the same
  as used for the 'libports' repository. Please consult 'libports/README'
  for further information.

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  This source-code repository contains Genode applications that use
  both native Genode interfaces as well as features of other high-level
  repositories, in particular shared libraries provided by 'libports'.