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+# Open-IOV Tools Documentation
+
+## Overview
+This directory contains documentation for userspace tools built on top of the
+Open-IOV vGPU-IO stack. The RM-API tooling reuses behaviour and interfaces
+from the driver components we studied by reverse engineering and decompilation
+(tracked docs describe components and behaviour).
+
+## Tools
+
+### Debugging & Observability (Implemented)
+| Tool | Location | Description |
+|------|----------|-------------|
+| `guest_init_monitor.py` | `tools/` | Correlates host dmesg with guest serial output |
+| `failure_analyzer.py` | `tools/` | Classifies guest init failures with recommendations |
+| `benchmark_infrastructure.sh` | `tools/` | VM vs bare metal benchmark runner |
+| `guest_test_agent.py` | `tools/guest_agent/` | Guest-side test agent (vsock/TCP) |
+| `debug_guest_init.sh` | `scripts/` | One-command debug launch (QEMU + GDB + monitor) |
+| `windows_guest_automation.sh` | `scripts/` | Windows guest automation via WinRM |
+
+### RM API Tooling (Planned)
+| Tool | Documentation | Description |
+|------|---------------|-------------|
+| `rmtool` | [rmtool.md](rmtool.md) | RM API Swiss Army Knife - CLI for state enumeration, engine control, memory ops, NV2080 direct control |
+| `rmtop` | [rmtop.md](rmtop.md) | GPU htop equivalent - ncurses real-time dashboard |
+
+## Code Reuse Sources (component level)
+
+All planned tools reuse the driver components we studied. Tracked
+documentation refers to them by component only:
+
+| Component | Use Case |
+|-----------|----------|
+| NVML / nvidia-smi component | CLI framework, GPU enumeration, NV2080 ioctls |
+| gpumon / perfmon component | Performance sampling, perfmon counters |
+| NV2080 control component | RM control interfaces (classes, methods, events) |
+| Resource server component | Resource Server (resserve) API |
+| CUDA software (CUDASW) component | CUDA internal layer behaviours |
+| Resource manager component | Resman API |
+
+## Build Integration
+Tools will be built under `open-iov/tools/`:
+```
+tools/
+├── rmtool/
+│   ├── src/
+│   ├── lib/
+│   └── Makefile
+├── rmtop/
+│   ├── src/
+│   ├── lib/
+│   └── Makefile
+└── Makefile          # Builds all tools
+```
+
+## Dependencies
+- `libnvidia-rmapi.so` - reused RM API layer (component level)
+- `libgpumon.so` - reused perfmon layer (component level)
+- `libpciaccess` - PCI configuration access
+- `libnuma` - NUMA topology
+- `ncursesw` - rmtop UI (wide character support)
+- `libjson-c` - JSON output formatting
+- `libcurl` - Remote API (future)
+
+## Integration with Open-IOV Stack
+Tools will integrate with the host VFIO driver via:
+- `/dev/nvidia*` character devices (existing nvidia.ko)
+- `open-iov-vfio.ko` debugfs interface (`/sys/kernel/debug/open-iov-vfio/`)
+- VFIO ioctls for guest state introspection
+- GSP-RM telemetry via firmware analyzer / dynamic dispatcher
+
+## Future Tool Ideas
+| Tool | Purpose |
+|------|---------|
+| `rmmigrate` | Live migration coordinator via resserve |
+| `rmprofile` | Workload profiler (CUDA/Video/AI correlation) |
+| `rmpolicy` | Policy engine for automated engine allocation |
+| `rmtelemetry` | Telemetry exporter (Prometheus/OTel/InfluxDB) |
+| `rmguest` | Guest introspection via vGPU VFIO interface |
+| `rmfirmware` | GSP firmware analysis / update utility |
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