From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=45465 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1PrvJX-00014a-CE for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 22 Feb 2011 11:42:16 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PrvJW-0007D7-9G for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 22 Feb 2011 11:42:15 -0500 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:10936) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PrvJV-0007CF-Ni for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 22 Feb 2011 11:42:14 -0500 Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2011 08:42:10 -0800 From: Chris Wright Message-ID: <20110222164210.GH20955@x200.localdomain> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Subject: [Qemu-devel] KVM call minutes for Feb 22 List-Id: qemu-devel.nongnu.org List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: kvm@vger.kernel.org Cc: qemu-devel@nongnu.org 0.14 recap - keeping schedule on wiki was helpful - changelog was helpful - testing (could even more emphasis could be improved) - -rc cycles - -rc2 and final release just hours 0.15 - tentative date July 1st - qapi - qed features - virtagent? - depends on whether to terminate in qemu vs external - terminating w/in qemu is close to feature complete - using QMP (kinda, QObject -> JSON marshalling, still use HTTP) - QMP is not bi-directional XMLRPC, one way with event posting - XMLRPC + server logic add to the basic QEMU side attack surface - splitting out to external process - state associated with guest in external process complicates live migration - e.g. handling in-process command in server - guest client reconnects during migration - can virtagent features be stateless - Avi's favorite Lua based extension language coming RSN ;) - let's use copy and paste as a concrete example - usecase to help define the requirements and expose architectural - Jes will do this, make concrete counter proposal to hosting virtagent server in qemu - splitting QEMU into more modular components is a large architectural step, but better step Block format acceptance - qcow3 wiki starting GSoC projects - only 3 so far, mentoring organization applications Feb 28th - can update app - please add your thoughts here so that we can have a successful - Luiz will send out a note as more explicit reminder gpxe vs ipxe - gpxe still stagnate - ipxe accepting patches (e.g. igbvf) - perhaps switch in 0.15 (Alex take a look)