Re: Advice about porting.

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On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 2:08 PM, [e-mail] <
[e-mail]> wrote:

> I'm very interested in Para-Virtualization and Xen. I've been reading
> FreeBSD port to xen for sometime now and I'm familiar with the Xen
> hypercalls' API. I'm planning to work on porting DFBSD to xen as a PV i386
> guest. I'm a newbie in this, so you probably shouldn't expect a lot. ;-)
>
>
> I just have two questions:
>
> 1- Is there any body working on this atm ?
>

No one is working on this, I'm pretty sure. If you're interested in going
for it, more power to you! The Xen 3.0+ interface is rather imposing...


>
> 2- How do you normally start working on this kind of project from an
> organizational POV ?
> Should I send patches and update my progress on a wiki somewhere ? Or is
> there any other recommended methods for doing this ?
>

Coming into our IRC channel (#dragonflybsd on irc.efnet.net) or mailing the
kernel@ list might make sense first, partly to talk about what exactly you
plan to do (implement it as a platform (i386 / xen) or whatnot) might make
sense.

Good luck!
-- vs

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<div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 2:08 PM, <a href=3D"mail=
=3D"ltr">&lt;<a href=3D"mailto:[e-mail]">karim.allah.ahm=
[e-mail]</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>

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r-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;"><div dir=3D"ltr">=
<div>I&#39;m very interested in Para-Virtualization and Xen.=C2=A0I&#39;ve =
been reading FreeBSD port to xen for sometime now and I&#39;m familiar with=
 the Xen hypercalls&#39; API. I&#39;m=C2=A0planning to work on porting DFBS=
D to xen as a PV i386 guest. I&#39;m a newbie in this, so you probably shou=
ldn&#39;t expect a lot. ;-)</div>



<div><br></div><div><br></div><div>I just have two questions:</div><div><br=
></div><div>1- Is there any body working on this atm ?</div></div></blockqu=
ote><div><br>No one is working on this, I&#39;m pretty sure. If you&#39;re =
interested in going for it, more power to you! The Xen 3.0+ interface is ra=
ther imposing...<br>

=C2=A0<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin: 0pt 0pt =
0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;"><=
div dir=3D"ltr"><div><br></div><div>2- How do you normally start working on=
 this kind of project from an organizational POV ?</div>


<div>Should I send patches and update my progress on a wiki somewhere ? Or =
is there any other recommended methods for doing this ?</div></div></blockq=
uote><div><br>Coming into our IRC channel (#dragonflybsd on <a href=3D"http=
://irc.efnet.net">irc.efnet.net</a>) or mailing the kernel@ list might make=
 sense first, partly to talk about what exactly you plan to do (implement i=
t as a platform (i386 / xen) or whatnot) might make sense. <br>

<br>Good luck!<br>-- vs<br></div></div><br>

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