From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from lists.xenproject.org (lists.xenproject.org [192.237.175.120]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id DF53FC4167B for ; Fri, 8 Dec 2023 09:38:55 +0000 (UTC) Received: from list by lists.xenproject.org with outflank-mailman.650493.1016081 (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1rBXJf-0001ta-Gv; Fri, 08 Dec 2023 09:38:39 +0000 X-Outflank-Mailman: Message body and most headers restored to incoming version Received: by outflank-mailman (output) from mailman id 650493.1016081; Fri, 08 Dec 2023 09:38:39 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.xenproject.org) by lists.xenproject.org with esmtp (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1rBXJf-0001tT-EN; Fri, 08 Dec 2023 09:38:39 +0000 Received: by outflank-mailman (input) for mailman id 650493; Fri, 08 Dec 2023 09:38:08 +0000 Received: from se1-gles-sth1-in.inumbo.com ([159.253.27.254] helo=se1-gles-sth1.inumbo.com) by lists.xenproject.org with esmtp (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1rBXJA-0001rD-CN for xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org; Fri, 08 Dec 2023 09:38:08 +0000 Received: from mail187-18.suw11.mandrillapp.com (mail187-18.suw11.mandrillapp.com [198.2.187.18]) by se1-gles-sth1.inumbo.com (Halon) with ESMTPS id 7d38214b-95ad-11ee-98e8-6d05b1d4d9a1; Fri, 08 Dec 2023 10:38:06 +0100 (CET) Received: from pmta09.mandrill.prod.suw01.rsglab.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail187-18.suw11.mandrillapp.com (Mailchimp) with ESMTP id 4SmmK91dMnzCf9KVl for ; Fri, 8 Dec 2023 09:38:05 +0000 (GMT) Received: from [37.26.189.201] by mandrillapp.com id f04b9bf8881943c8a4a23603259e6460; Fri, 08 Dec 2023 09:38:05 +0000 X-BeenThere: xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org List-Id: Xen developer discussion List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: xen-devel-bounces@lists.xenproject.org Precedence: list Sender: "Xen-devel" X-Inumbo-ID: 7d38214b-95ad-11ee-98e8-6d05b1d4d9a1 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=vates.tech; s=mandrill; t=1702028285; x=1702288785; i=yann.dirson@vates.tech; bh=nVnZrNSLMyfJmGGahPubRFuseiUrvdIGOKRpgTJzslQ=; h=From:Subject:Message-Id:To:Cc:Feedback-ID:Date:MIME-Version: Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding:CC:Date:Subject:From; b=YfkuweZJfyw3r99PGS2kWQi/iArxFC76dtGIxQq967KePME4R0mJ2SKFpq1Ilo2/o eHK5nYpGxmazQd5yzHO+Gol+Ry1NRe1vNWu/Lx7MvztDi18N7L1NhJgPkqdjbEa0q2 cTc6FEVKxQ8p+l7AkPz3PqgroB0PITwNa7oc0/iQ= DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=mandrillapp.com; i=@mandrillapp.com; q=dns/txt; s=mandrill; t=1702028285; h=from : subject : message-id : to : cc : date : mime-version : content-type : content-transfer-encoding : from : x-mandrill-user : list-unsubscribe; bh=nVnZrNSLMyfJmGGahPubRFuseiUrvdIGOKRpgTJzslQ=; b=QbixvZ2w9ruNdOEGSGbQSC6Ri5LxuVJrLRG+ZrosCnos3qwwXnLad+W68l8w2uvpbAQjw Xjm+fMvxEPexRxC/nzUe/6QQGKmMjhY5dYy5RQ/VkqhzsHZWXqUbSXzf9pnVyprE50bKCZo H0Un7gC/w9+97HO9B89fw24gCch+lUA= From: Yann Dirson Subject: =?utf-8?Q?Next=20steps=20for=20Rust=20guest=20agent?= X-Bm-Disclaimer: Yes X-Bm-Milter-Handled: 4ffbd6c1-ee69-4e1b-aabd-f977039bd3e2 X-Bm-Transport-Timestamp: 1702028284197 Message-Id: To: xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org Cc: dpsmith@apertussolutions.com X-Native-Encoded: 1 X-Report-Abuse: =?UTF-8?Q?Please=20forward=20a=20copy=20of=20this=20message,=20including=20all=20headers,=20to=20abuse@mandrill.com.=20You=20can=20also=20report=20abuse=20here:=20https://mandrillapp.com/contact/abuse=3Fid=3D30504962.f04b9bf8881943c8a4a23603259e6460?= X-Mandrill-User: md_30504962 Feedback-ID: 30504962:30504962.20231208:md Date: Fri, 08 Dec 2023 09:38:05 +0000 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Current status: - primary goal: to have one guest agent all downstreams can use, in all guests (with Linux and FreeBSD already supported), as efficient as possible (with Netlink already supported on Linux) - developed at https://gitlab.com/xen-project/xen-guest-agent (till now using gitlab PRs) - works fine as a replacement for the Xenserver xe-guest-utilities Some points raised during the community call: - we likely want first to agree on a core set of collected information - could be made more configurable (eg. define a xenstore schema at runtime, we don't want specific schemas needs to cause forks) -> it could be the agent requesting a specific xenstore schema - what should be the criteria to advertise it as official Xenproject guest agent ? Yann Dirson | Vates Platform Developer XCP-ng & Xen Orchestra - Vates solutions web: https://vates.tech