Re: [Xen-devel] Automotive PV drivers project request (need more input)

[Paul Durrant <Paul.Durrant@xxxxxxxxxx>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Stefano Stabellini [mailto:stefano.stabellini@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: 12 June 2014 10:34
> To: Lars Kurth
> Cc: Stefano Stabellini; Artem Mygaiev; David Vrabel; xen-
> devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; Andrii Tseglytskyi; Ian Jackson; Paul Durrant
> Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] Automotive PV drivers project request (need more
> input)
> 
> On Wed, 11 Jun 2014, Lars Kurth wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I collated this thread into
> >
> http://wiki.xen.org/wiki/Embedded_and_Automotive_PV_Drivers_Project_
> Proposal
> >
> > This raises a number of extra questions besides the licensing questions I
> > raised to Artem earlier.
> >
> > Q1: should we have separate git repos per OS, e.g.
> >   git://xenbits.xen.org/pvdrivers/xen-linux-user-drivers.git
> >   git://xenbits.xen.org/pvdrivers/xen-qnx-drivers.git
> >
> > instead of
> >   git://xenbits.xen.org/pvdrivers/pvdrivers.git
> >
> > This sounds more user friendly and scalable
> 
> 
> Sounds like a good idea to me
> 
> 
> > Q2: should
> >
> http://wiki.xen.org/wiki/Windows_PV_Drivers_Incubation_Project_Proposa
> l &
> >
> http://wiki.xen.org/wiki/Embedded_and_Automotive_PV_Drivers_Project_
> Proposal
> > share infrastructure (e.g. lists, web portal,
> > git://xenbits.xen.org/pvdrivers/) or even be merged
> >
> > There is no clear-cut answer.
> >
> > Arguments against merging:
> > * Forces people with very different interests into one subproject (aka
> creates
> > unnecessary noise)
> > * Dilutes Project Leadership
> >
> > Arguments for merging:
> > * Critical mass for graduation is more easily reached (but may be fake)
> > * Increases chances of building a sustainable community
> >
> > If we don't merge, we should not use the generic label "pvdrivers" for
> xenbits
> > and mailing lists for this proposal, but use something more specific. We 
> > also
> > need a label for the Windows PV driver project.
> 
> I think that using the generic name "pvdrivers" is a good idea and would
> encourage other people with different pvdrivers for other OSes to join
> the effort. So maybe we do need to unify the Windows PV drivers project.

IMO, Windows PV drivers are a sufficiently distinct codebase, and will almost 
certainly remain so, that the sub-project should be independent. There's 
already a long history of (different sets of) Windows PV drivers for Xen and a 
loose community surrounding them, which the project is aiming to unify around a 
existent common codebase. I think it would very much confuse things to try to 
combine these sub-projects.

  Paul

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