Re: [Xen-API] [Xen-devel] Prepping for GSOC 2014 [URGENT] - deadline Feb 14 2014

[Lars Kurth <lars.kurth@xxxxxxx>]

Hi all,

I created http://wiki.xen.org/wiki/GSoc_2014 based on the project list

Unless you guys step up, I will move all projects that have no
* level of difficulty
* skills needed
* outcomes
into http://wiki.xen.org/wiki/GSoc_2014#List_of_projects_that_need_more_work

I made a start on this and will do more on the weekend and/or monday. I 
will also sort, such that easy projects come first.
I am about to submit the application in the next two hours

Regards

On 05/02/2014 14:52, Ian Campbell wrote:
> (trimming cc, most people are presumably not interested)
>
> On Wed, 2014-02-05 at 14:49 +0000, Andrew Cooper wrote:
> > On 05/02/14 14:45, Ian Campbell wrote:
> > > On Wed, 2014-02-05 at 14:40 +0000, Andrew Cooper wrote:
> > > > On 05/02/14 14:09, Ian Campbell wrote:
> > > > > Andy:
> > > > >
> > > > >        * IOMMU control for SWIOTLB, to avoid dom0 copy of all >4K DMA
> > > > >          allocations
> > > > >
> > > > >          Sounds too hard for a GSoC to me. Would need fleshing out in any
> > > > >          case.
> > > > Malcolm made a prototype for this on the first day of the Hackathon.  It
> > > > can disappear.
> > > Removed.
> > >
> > > > >        * CPU/RAM/PCI diagram tool
> > > > >
> > > > >          Does this not already exist somewhere?
> > > > Not as far as I (or my ability to google) am aware.
> > > >
> > > > My furrowing into hwloc interacting with Xen and libxc is a start to all
> > > > of this, but it is still very much in my copious free time and there is
> > > > more than enough other work which could be done if someone were interested.
> > > OK, left in place.
> > >
> > > This could conceivably be done under another umbrella such as the Linux
> > > one too, since it seems generic.
> > >
> > > Ian.
> > For native Linux, hwloc kinda already does this already - certainly the
> > CPU and PCI bits.
> That's what I meant by "does this not alreayd exist somewhere". So it
> sounds like extending hwloc is the right answer, the blurb should
> reflect this and list the specific things which it is lacking.
>
> Can you update the description please?
>
> >    Under Xen there are quite a few areas needing
> > improvement, which will require active development work.
>
>
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