Getting started with Xen Project

Getting started with Xen Project

[Aashaka Shah]

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Hello! I am Aashaka. I like computer architecture and have a good knowledge
of C. While browsing Outreachy projects, I came across the project about
adding PVH support to OVMF binaries. Since it looked interesting, I started
reading the mailing-list link mentioned in the project description and also
the Beginners section in navigation by audience column.

Currently, I have very little, in fact, no, experience developing with the
Xen Project. I would like to know how to continue with getting familiar
with the terms, setting up the codebase and making contributions.

Thanks.

Regards,
Aashaka

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Re: Getting started with Xen Project

[Roger Pau Monné]

On Sat, Sep 10, 2016 at 03:51:33PM +0530, Aashaka Shah wrote:
> Hello! I am Aashaka. I like computer architecture and have a good knowledge
> of C. While browsing Outreachy projects, I came across the project about
> adding PVH support to OVMF binaries. Since it looked interesting, I started
> reading the mailing-list link mentioned in the project description and also
> the Beginners section in navigation by audience column.
> 
> Currently, I have very little, in fact, no, experience developing with the
> Xen Project. I would like to know how to continue with getting familiar
> with the terms, setting up the codebase and making contributions.

Hello,

Anthony (who I've added to the Cc) already started looking into this, so I 
think you should better coordinate with him regarding this project.

Please note that this project will involve quite a lot of low-level coding 
in OVMF, and some knowledge of x86 assembly is required, again Anthony will 
be able to provide more insight, and whether this is still a suitable 
project for OPW or not.

Roger.

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Re: Getting started with Xen Project

[Aashaka Shah]

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Okay. I have a basic knowledge of x86 assembly language. I will need to get
familiar with coding in OVMF.

I feel that with some assignments and resources (like a minor bug in some
OVMF code, or tutorial links) and guidance, a prospective mentee might
reach the level required by the project. I would like to know the views of
the people looking into the project.

Regards,
Aashaka

On Mon, Sep 12, 2016 at 6:00 PM, Roger Pau Monné <roger.pau@citrix.com>
wrote:

> On Sat, Sep 10, 2016 at 03:51:33PM +0530, Aashaka Shah wrote:
> > Hello! I am Aashaka. I like computer architecture and have a good
> knowledge
> > of C. While browsing Outreachy projects, I came across the project about
> > adding PVH support to OVMF binaries. Since it looked interesting, I
> started
> > reading the mailing-list link mentioned in the project description and
> also
> > the Beginners section in navigation by audience column.
> >
> > Currently, I have very little, in fact, no, experience developing with
> the
> > Xen Project. I would like to know how to continue with getting familiar
> > with the terms, setting up the codebase and making contributions.
>
> Hello,
>
> Anthony (who I've added to the Cc) already started looking into this, so I
> think you should better coordinate with him regarding this project.
>
> Please note that this project will involve quite a lot of low-level coding
> in OVMF, and some knowledge of x86 assembly is required, again Anthony will
> be able to provide more insight, and whether this is still a suitable
> project for OPW or not.
>
> Roger.
>

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Re: Getting started with Xen Project

[Anthony PERARD]

On Mon, Sep 12, 2016 at 02:30:39PM +0200, Roger Pau Monné wrote:
> On Sat, Sep 10, 2016 at 03:51:33PM +0530, Aashaka Shah wrote:
> > Hello! I am Aashaka. I like computer architecture and have a good knowledge
> > of C. While browsing Outreachy projects, I came across the project about
> > adding PVH support to OVMF binaries. Since it looked interesting, I started
> > reading the mailing-list link mentioned in the project description and also
> > the Beginners section in navigation by audience column.
> > 
> > Currently, I have very little, in fact, no, experience developing with the
> > Xen Project. I would like to know how to continue with getting familiar
> > with the terms, setting up the codebase and making contributions.
> 
> Hello,
> 
> Anthony (who I've added to the Cc) already started looking into this, so I 
> think you should better coordinate with him regarding this project.

Hello, yes, I'm actually already working on it. Sorry.

There is part of this project where we would need to enable network
support in OVMF via the Xen PV interface. The challenge here would be to
work without interrupt, the only interrupt available in OVMF is a timer.
Then, one can use the implementation of netfront from FreeBSD.

> Please note that this project will involve quite a lot of low-level coding 
> in OVMF, and some knowledge of x86 assembly is required, again Anthony will 
> be able to provide more insight, and whether this is still a suitable 
> project for OPW or not.

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Anthony PERARD

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