Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 0/7] Xen transport for 9pfs frontend driver

[Roger Pau Monné <roger.pau@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, Mar 06, 2017 at 12:00:41PM -0800, Stefano Stabellini wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> This patch series implements a new transport for 9pfs, aimed at Xen
> systems.
> 
> The transport is based on a traditional Xen frontend and backend drivers
> pair. This patch series implements the frontend, which typically runs in
> a regular unprivileged guest.
> 
> I'll follow up with another series that implements the backend in
> userspace in QEMU, which typically runs in Dom0 (but could also run in
> a another guest).
> 
> The frontend complies to the Xen transport for 9pfs specification
> version 1, available here:
> 
> http://xenbits.xen.org/gitweb/?p=xen.git;a=blob_plain;f=docs/misc/9pfs.markdown;hb=HEAD

Kind of tangential to this series, but maybe it would make sense to implement
this transport in a fuse based 9pfs driver? I see there are already several
fuse-9pfs implementations around. Something for a GSoC/Outreach project?

Roger.

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