From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Stefano Stabellini Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/7] Xen transport for 9pfs frontend driver Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2017 15:36:02 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: References: <20170307163859.womjnoeha7wj23ka@MacBook-Pro-de-Roger.local> <20170309030232.fdmri3ovrhv4mrjp@MacBook-Pro-de-Roger.local> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: MULTIPART/MIXED; BOUNDARY="8323329-1288969214-1489444563=:21520" Return-path: Received: from mail6.bemta6.messagelabs.com ([193.109.254.103]) by lists.xenproject.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1cnYZV-0001py-9A for xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org; Mon, 13 Mar 2017 22:36:09 +0000 In-Reply-To: <20170309030232.fdmri3ovrhv4mrjp@MacBook-Pro-de-Roger.local> List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: xen-devel-bounces@lists.xen.org Sender: "Xen-devel" To: =?UTF-8?Q?Roger_Pau_Monn=C3=A9?= Cc: jgross@suse.com, lucho@ionkov.net, Stefano Stabellini , ericvh@gmail.com, rminnich@sandia.gov, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, v9fs-developer@lists.sourceforge.net, xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org, boris.ostrovsky@oracle.com List-Id: xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org This message is in MIME format. The first part should be readable text, while the remaining parts are likely unreadable without MIME-aware tools. --8323329-1288969214-1489444563=:21520 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT On Thu, 9 Mar 2017, Roger Pau Monné wrote: > On Tue, Mar 07, 2017 at 10:27:05AM -0800, Stefano Stabellini wrote: > > On Tue, 7 Mar 2017, Roger Pau Monné wrote: > > > 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? > > > > Sure. Additionally, with open source frontends and backends already > > available, it should be easier to code. I am happy to co-mentor the > > project with you, if you feel like it. > > I don't mind co-mentoring it, so far I haven't got lucky with any of my other > GSoC projects, but I don't know anything about 9pfs or fuse :). > > This also has the difficulty that neither you not me is a member of any of the > 9pfs-fuse projects, so it might be hard to get the changes upstream. Good point. It would be best if one of the mentors was already engaged with the 9pfs-fuse community. --8323329-1288969214-1489444563=:21520 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 Content-Disposition: inline X19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX18KWGVuLWRldmVs IG1haWxpbmcgbGlzdApYZW4tZGV2ZWxAbGlzdHMueGVuLm9yZwpodHRwczovL2xpc3RzLnhlbi5v cmcveGVuLWRldmVsCg== --8323329-1288969214-1489444563=:21520--