From: Ian Campbell <Ian.Campbell-Sxgqhf6Nn4DQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
To: xen-devel
<xen-devel-GuqFBffKawuULHF6PoxzQEEOCMrvLtNR@public.gmane.org>,
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Subject: GSoC 2012 project brainstorming
Date: Wed, 29 Feb 2012 16:53:57 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1330534437.4270.143.camel@zakaz.uk.xensource.com> (raw)
Below are a few ideas which have been floating around as potential
projects (or broad subject areas for projects) for GSoC this year.
If you want any more information on any particular item then please ask.
Likewise if you have any ideas of your own please feel free to chip in.
If you think you might be interested in a project, either as mentor or
potential student, then please add it to the wiki page at
http://wiki.xen.org/wiki/GSoC_2012_Ideas
Ian.
TOOLS
-----
- pv grub2
- xapi support in libvirt
- make xapi use libxl
- compile xapi on ARM
- OpenXenManager
- driver domains
- PV dbus
- HA daemon for Remus
- HA daemon for XCP
PERF
----
- Oprofile
- Linux perf tools in guest
HYPERVISOR
----------
- insmod Xen
- event channel limits
- NUMA
MEMORY
------
- disk based memory sharing
- memory scanner
- paging replacing PoD
- VM Fork
- Copy on read (past VDI boot)
IO
--
- PV OpenGL/Gallium
- PV USB
- PV USB3
- PV SCSI
- PVFB in Xorg
- Infiniband
STORAGE
-------
- gluster/ceph plugins
QEMU
----
- BSD libc
- upstream QEMU stubdoms
TESTS
-----
- better web reporting
- more tests
- upstream linux
DISTROS
-------
- packaging stubdoms
- xen on centos6
- driver domains
- figure out the VM format issue
- XSM in distros
next reply other threads:[~2012-02-29 16:53 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-02-29 16:53 Ian Campbell [this message]
[not found] ` <1330534437.4270.143.camel-o4Be2W7LfRlXesXXhkcM7miJhflN2719@public.gmane.org>
2012-02-29 18:25 ` [Xen-devel] GSoC 2012 project brainstorming Pasi Kärkkäinen
2012-03-12 17:00 ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
[not found] ` <20120312170012.GI5369-6K5HmflnPlqSPmnEAIUT9EEOCMrvLtNR@public.gmane.org>
2012-03-12 17:25 ` Ian Campbell
[not found] ` <1331573131.23971.165.camel-o4Be2W7LfRlXesXXhkcM7miJhflN2719@public.gmane.org>
2012-03-14 18:56 ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2012-03-12 17:48 ` [Xen-API] " Dario Faggioli
2012-03-14 16:59 ` [Xen-devel] " Ian Campbell
[not found] ` <1331744386.23971.496.camel-o4Be2W7LfRlXesXXhkcM7miJhflN2719@public.gmane.org>
2012-03-14 17:55 ` Dave Scott
[not found] ` <81A73678E76EA642801C8F2E4823AD21D7724CFA2D-aFusIB7tbcLeU4JHVX8hdHnr0TU713UqXqFh9Ls21Oc@public.gmane.org>
2012-03-15 7:51 ` Ian Campbell
[not found] ` <1331797918.13956.27.camel-ztPmHsLffjjnO4AKDKe2m+kiAK3p4hvP@public.gmane.org>
2012-03-15 10:02 ` Dave Scott
[not found] ` <81A73678E76EA642801C8F2E4823AD21D7724CFA32-aFusIB7tbcLeU4JHVX8hdHnr0TU713UqXqFh9Ls21Oc@public.gmane.org>
2012-03-15 10:13 ` Ian Campbell
2012-03-15 15:11 ` Stefano Stabellini
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