From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Anthony Liguori Subject: Re: libqemu => libkvm? Date: Tue, 04 Sep 2007 08:55:23 -0500 Message-ID: <1188914123.19454.0.camel@squirrel> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: kvm-devel-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org To: gerryw-dHy0zPTSVEVBDgjK7y7TUQ@public.gmane.org Return-path: In-Reply-To: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: kvm-devel-bounces-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org Errors-To: kvm-devel-bounces-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org List-Id: kvm.vger.kernel.org On Mon, 2007-09-03 at 18:49 -0500, gerryw-dHy0zPTSVEVBDgjK7y7TUQ@public.gmane.org wrote: > > Hi Folks, > > I've been spending some time playing around with KVM and I am starting > to become interested in making a contribution to the project. I'm > considering the idea of writing a library interface to libqemu in a > KVM context. What do you mean by libqemu? The libqemu in the QEMU project is a library for the CPU translation. It actually doesn't really serve a purpose in the context of KVM. It is not the sort of thing you'd write a GUI tool around. Regards, Anthony Liguori > I am aware of libvirt, but that isn't what I'm thinking here. This > lib would be very specific to KVM. I have been poking around in the > source a bit and it seems like it would be possible. Before I go > further, I thought I would ask a few questions. I would also > appreciate any and all opinions on the subject. > > 1. Is anyone already thinking about , or actually doing this? > 2. Does this sound useful? > 3. Is the libqemu API stable enough at this point to write code > against? > 4. Can anyone see any immediate road blocks to doing this? > > This would probably also include a cross platform GUI interface at > some point. This interface would be specific to KVM and the subtle > nuances that make it unique. I've been looking for a good excuse to > use FLTK on a project anyway ;-) > > Thanks for your consideration, > -G > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. > Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. > Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. > Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ > _______________________________________________ kvm-devel mailing list kvm-devel-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/kvm-devel ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/