Re: Xen 4.9 Development Update

[Oleksandr Andrushchenko <andr2000@gmail.com>]

On 12/09/2016 03:57 PM, Pasi Kärkkäinen wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 09, 2016 at 02:57:04PM +0200, Oleksandr Andrushchenko wrote:
>>>> Should we have a section on new PV drivers? If so, I suggest to add:
>>>> - Xen transport for 9pfs
>>>> - PV Calls
>>> Good idea. We could also include DRM and PV Sound (CC Oleksandr).
>>>
>> This is a great idea. Let me explain what we have and what the direction is:
>> 1. Frontends which we already have, working, but need to refactor/cleanup:
>> 1.1. PV sound
>> 1.2. PV DRM
>> 1.3. DISPL protocol, I will push v1 for review right after sndif done
>> 1.3. PV DRM mapper (Dom0 generic DRM driver to implement DRM zero copy
>> via DRM Prime buffer sharing)
>> 1.4. PV events not done, but we are considering [1]. If it fits and
>> is maintained,
>> then we'll probably stick to it, otherwise new PV will be created
>>
>> 2. Backends, for the above frontends already implemented:
>> 2.1. A unified library for Xen backends (libxenbe)
>> 2.2. DRM + Wayland
>> 2.3. ALSA
>> 2.4. Events not implemented yet
>>
>> All the above sources are available on *public* Github repos
>> (I can provide links on request) and the intention is to
>> upstream.
>>
> Please do post the links..
Please note these are all WIP:
1. Frontends
https://github.com/andr2000?tab=repositories
2. Backends
https://github.com/al1img?tab=repositories
>
> Thanks,
>
> -- Pasi
>   
>> 3. We are interested in extending xl + libxl to support new PV drivers
>>
>> Thank you,
>> Oleksandr
>>


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