Re: Call for GSoC/Outreachy internship project ideas

[Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@gmail.com>]

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On Wed, Jan 31, 2024, 18:55 Gurchetan Singh <gurchetansingh@chromium.org>
wrote:

>
>
> On Wed, Jan 24, 2024 at 4:51 AM Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@gmail.com>
> wrote:
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>> On Tue, 23 Jan 2024 at 22:47, Gurchetan Singh
>> <gurchetansingh@chromium.org> wrote:
>> > Title:
>> > - Improve display integration for upstream virtualized graphics
>> >
>> > Summary:
>> > - The Rutabaga Virtual Graphics interface's UI integration upstream is
>> very simple, but in deployment it will be complex.  This project aims to
>> bridge the gap between downstream consumers and upstream QEMU.
>> >
>> > Looking for someone interested in Rust + system level graphics to help
>> realize the next steps.
>>
>> Hi Gurchetan,
>> It's unclear what this project idea entails.
>>
>> Based on your email my guess is you're looking for someone to help
>> upstream code into QEMU, but I'm not sure. Last year there was a
>> project to upstream bsd-user emulation code into QEMU and I think that
>> type of project can work well.
>>
>> Or maybe you're looking for someone to write a QEMU UI code that uses
>> rutabaga_gfx.
>>
>> Can you describe the next steps in more detail?
>>
>> The project description should contain enough information for someone
>> who knows how to program but has no domain knowledge in Rutabaga,
>> virtio-gpu, or QEMU.
>>
>> > Note: developers should be willing to sign Google CLA, here:
>> >
>> > https://cla.developers.google.com/about/google-individual
>> >
>> > But everything will be FOSS.
>>
>> Which codebase will this project touch? If a CLA is required then it
>> sounds like it's not qemu.git?
>>
>
> Good points, I think we need to think about this a bit more ....  I hereby
> withdraw the idea!
>

The project doesn't necessarily need to be in qemu.git. Just something that
is related to QEMU. Past projects have included rust-vmm crates, libnbd,
libblkio, etc.

If the code is used in conjunction with a QEMU guest, then it is probably
in scope.

We can discuss further if you like.

Stefan


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>>
>> > Links
>> > - https://crosvm.dev/book/appendix/rutabaga_gfx.html
>> > -
>> https://patchew.org/QEMU/20230421011223.718-1-gurchetansingh@chromium.org/
>> >
>> > Skills
>> >  - Level: Advanced
>> >  - Rust, Vulkan, virtualization, cross-platform graphics
>>
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